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Product Showcase Winners Announced at IRE 2018

A panel of industry experts selected these from dozens of new products on the show floor

By Art Aisner, Editor-in-Chief
Carlisle IRE

Best Commercial Product: Carlisle Construction Materials – RapidLock Technology

Lakeside Fasteners IRE

Best New Product: Lakeside Construction Fasteners – LCF COR-10 WOODX

Polyglass IRE

Best Residential Product: Polyglass – Polyfresko G SA

Carlisle IRE
Lakeside Fasteners IRE
Polyglass IRE
February 6, 2018

Another round of new, innovative and problem-solving products were unveiled Tuesday at the start of the 2018 International Roofing Expo.

Among them were the products selected by industry experts as the best the new year has to offer. Judges reviewed the products they could see, try and compare in a new unique layout that offered a time-saving overview of what’s new on the show floor. They then separated the items into three separate categories and chose the best on a criteria that included innovation, productivity and cost-effectiveness.

Unlike last year, awards were only issued for first place winners.

Best New Product

Lakeside Construction Fasteners – LCF COR-10 WOODX

Best Residential Product

Polyglass – Polyfresko G SA

Best Commercial Product

Carlisle Construction Materials – RapidLock Technology

“This is really an honor,” said Eric Velliquette, vice president of sales and marketing for Lakeside Construction Fasteners. “We always look forward to exhibiting our new and innovative products at this show and introducing them to the metal roofing market.”

Officials with Carlisle Construction Materials said they hoped their new RapidLock product would make an impact at the show and were very pleased to be recognized by the industry.

“We’re very excited about this product, seeing that it’s an industry first – a fully-adhered system that’s adhesiveless,” said Chad Buhrman, Carlisle’s insulation product manager.

 

KEYWORDS: IRE (International Roofing Expo)

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Art Aisner is Editor-in-Chief of Roofing Contractor and Roofing Supply Pro. He spent the bulk of his career as a multi-media journalist for newspapers and television stations before joining the RC team in 2015. He is the driving force behind the publication’s content development, editorial strategy and other initiatives that serve growing audiences in the roofing space.

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