Gibraltar Steel Corp., Buffalo, N.Y., has purchased Portals Plus Inc., a Chicago-based, privately held manufacturer of roofing products. Financial terms of the deal, the fifth building products company acquired by Gibraltar in the last 16 months, were not disclosed.
Portals Plus is a privately held company, with affiliates Roofing Products & Systems Corp. and J.L.R. Services Inc. The company had 2003 sales of approximately $14 million, operates two facilities, and employs approximately 80 people.