JONESBURG, Mo. — Under a bright summer morning sky with the steady hum of freeway traffic in the background, a handful of elected officials and CertainTeed Roofing employees stood in a half-circle with a collection of golden shovels in hand and ceremoniously planted dirt on a sapling’s roots.
The act didn’t last more than a minute, but the symbolism set the tone for the grand opening ceremony of CertainTeed’s new shingle manufacturing facility in June. It also solidified the company’s message that building in America matters now — and will continue to matter in the future, particularly in the roofing industry.