ClarkDietrich Building Systems announced that it has purchased the Vinyl Corp. business from Worthington Industries Inc. Located in Miami, Fla., Vinyl’s products include beads, trims and control joints for stucco/plaster, drywall, EIFS and direct-applied exterior finish systems.
Armstrong World Industries Inc. has reported its third quarter 2011 results. Highlights for are: Adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) of $124 million, up 11 percent over the 2010 period.
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.
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement today in response to the House vote (by a margin of 405 to 16) to repeal the 3 percent tax withholding mandate.
Cabot Gypsum is launching production at a facility that has been in bankruptcy and boarded up for the past three years in Port Tupper, Nova Scotia, as reported in the Cape Breton Post.
The American Iron and Steel Institute Committee on Framing Standards is developing a new standard for nonstructural members. AISI S220, North American Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Nonstructural Members, is targeted for completion at the end of 2011 and publication in 2012.
Armstrong World Industries has named Conn Acoustics Inc. of Newington, Conn., as its 2010 “Ceiling Recycler of the Year.” During 2010, the acoustical contracting firm recycled over 1.3 million square feet of ceiling tiles rather than sending them to a landfill.
Syntheon Inc. has announced a distribution agreement with Sobotec Ltd., one of Canada’s largest manufacturers and distributors of aluminum panel systems for commercial building exteriors.
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