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Belgian building materials group Etex won European Union approval on Friday to purchase most of French cement maker Lafarge’s plaster activities in Europe and South America.

Applegate Insulation, with its recent California approval and facility acquisition, is now sold coast-to-coast.

CEMCO has announced that it has secured a facility outside of Ft. Worth to better service Texas and the surrounding markets.

Flex-Ability Concepts has relocated to expanded quarters in Oklahoma City.

ClarkDietrich Building Systems announced that it has purchased the Vinyl Corp. business from Worthington Industries Inc. Located in Miami, Fla.

The National Plastering Industry’s Joint Apprenticeship Trust Fund (aka Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ Job Corps) has moved its national headquarters.

EcoStud LLC has announced that Prince Building Systems LLC will distribute the EcoStud product line in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.

Armstrong World Ind. announced it has acquired Intalite Inc., operating under the name Simplex and based in Montreal, Quebec.

Calendar JANUARY             24-27   World of Concrete                         Las Vegas Convention Center                         Las Vegas                         www.worldofconcrete.com FEBRUARY             8-11     International Builders’ Show                         Orange County Convention Center                         Orlando,

USG Corp. and its distribution subsidiary, L&W Supply Corporation, worked with producers of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” to build seven homes for families in Joplin, Mo.