INDIANAPOLIS - Firestone Building Products Co. announced two executive promotions to its senior management team. Former vice president of sales and marketing Bob Delaney was named chief operating officer, reporting directly to Mike Gorey, the company’s president. Delaney joined the company in 1994 and has worked in the roofing industry for 23 years.
NEWTON, Mass. - The 16th Annual METALCON event held Oct. 3-5 at the Tampa Convention Center filled 80,000 square feet of space and drew more than 7,300 design and construction professionals from 40 different countries. The three-day event featured 715 booths, a comprehensive 38-session conference program and new live-action demonstrations of field techniques. Twenty new programs focused on methods for creating energy-efficient buildings that can withstand extreme weather conditions.
TOLEDO, Ohio - Owens Corning announced its plan of reorganization is now effective, marking the company’s emergence from Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection.
PROVO, Spain - Interstate Roofing Supply sponsored its first annual coil nail gun roofing contest. Over 300 contractors attended, with 41 competing for the fastest installation of three bundles of CertainTeed Landmark 30 shingles on a 6:12 slope mock roof deck. The application required a pipe flashing and sidewall step flashing, and had to adhere to high wind application requirements.
FAIRLAWN, Ohio - Firestone Building Products Company, a division of BFS Diversified Products LLC, purchased GenFlex Building Products, a division of chemicals maker Omnova Solutions Inc. GenFlex was comprised of 100 employees and had been in operation since 1980. Firestone will acquire a manufacturing plant in Tuscumbia/Muscle Shoals, Ala., a warehouse in Columbus, Ohio, and the GenFlex headquarters office in Maumee, Ohio.
DALLAS - ElkCorp's subsidiary, Elk Slate Products Inc., announced it has completed the acquisition of SlateDirect L.P., the manufacturer of the TruSlate™ patented slate roofing system. The company stated it will add the slate to its product line.
DALLAS - Online registration is now open for the 2007 International Roofing Expo (IRE), which will be held March 6-8, 2007, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Attendees who register before Jan. 22 will receive early-bird pricing rates. Online registration is available 24 hours a day at www.theroofingexpo.com.
VALLEY FORGE, Pa. - CertainTeed Corp. has released its new Flintglas® Mineral Surfaced Cap Sheet with CoolStar™ energy-saving reflective surface. Rated by the Cool Roof Rating Council (CRRC), the product is compliant with California Title 24, Part 6, and meets initial Energy Star requirements as a cap sheet for use over inorganic and organic built-up roofing systems.
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. - BASF was the recipient of a New Jersey Clean Energy Leadership Awards for the company's "Better Home, Better Planet Initiative: Near-Zero Energy Home" in Paterson, N.J. The company built the prototype home with more than 150 strategic partners to demonstrate an affordable, sustainable, energy-efficient and disaster-resistant home to homeowners, builders and architects.
PHOENIX - A record number of roofing industry professionals attended the third annual Best of Success Conference, held Sept. 21-22. Hosted by Roofing Contractor magazine, the event drew more than 240 attendees to the Pointe South Mountain Resort in Phoenix.
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