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CARLISLE, Pa. - Carlisle Construction Materials (CCM) announced the acquisition of Insulfoam from privately held Premier Industries of Tacoma, Wash.

ATLANTA - Georgia-Pacific Gypsum announced that recent FM Approvals tests give three different roof assemblies using DensDeck® Prime 225, 285 and 315 PSF listings, respectively.

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WADSWORTH, Ohio - Soprema Inc. announced a partnership with Pfister Energy to develop integrated solar roofing systems.

United Coatings Manufacturing Co. announced it has been acquired by Huron Capital Partners LLC.

PLANO, Texas - Insential Inc, an insurance wholesale company, announced the official rollout of the new entity to coincide with the International Roofing Expo.

GAF Materials Corp. and Elk Corp. officially announced the companies had completed their merger.

LARKSVILLE, Pa. - The Canadian Patents and Trademarks Office has issued utility patent number 2,189,986 to THOR Systems Inc. president Ronald C. Hungarter for his innovative roofing layout tapes.

On Feb. 12, Building Materials Corporation of America (BMCA) and ElkCorp. announced they had entered into a definitive merger agreement under which BMCA will acquire all of the outstanding common stock of ElkCorp for $43.50 per share in cash. The agreement with affiliates of BMCA followed ElkCorp’s termination of its previous merger agreement with affiliates of The Carlyle Group (Carlyle).

NORWOOD, Mass. - To better support the needs of the roofing industry, FM Approval is now allowing roofing professionals free, unrestricted access to RoofNav, its Web roofing tool. The comprehensive, online time-saving tool provides roofing professionals with all the engineering and technical information on more than 6,000 FM-approved roofing products and 180,000 roofing assemblies.