Twelve years ago, Foundation Building Materials first opened its doors at a single location about a mile from Angel Stadium. Today, FBM is headquartered in Santa Ana, California, and has grown into a building materials industry leader with more than 270 locations across North America.

DuPont announced on Dec. 6 an expanded partnership with Team Rubicon, a veteran-led humanitarian organization that serves communities before, during and after disasters and crises. This deeper partnership includes donations of Tyvek protective apparel, personal protective equipment applications training and educational support, safety-oriented content for their website, access to safety personnel, potential volunteers and awareness-building inside and outside of DuPont.

Westlake Royal Building Products announced three partnerships that will distribute Versetta Stone (Lumbermen’s Inc., Mid-Am Building Supply and Wausau Supply Company). These partnerships will expand the Versetta Stone footprint in the Midwest as well as the East Coast.

JB Warranties has named Tommy Cue as Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Brian Bohannan as Vice President of Sales.

Armstrong World Industries, Inc. announced a partnership with Spacekit on Dec. 7, allowing Spacekit to offer its unique modular, acoustical wall art for sale on Armstrong’s direct-to-customer digital sales platform.

NEx: An ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials, announced GatorBar, also known as Neuvokas Corporation, as the newest Bronze Supporting Member.

NEx: An ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials, announced Owens Corning Infrastructure Solutions, LLC as a new Bronze Supporting Member.

Honeywell and Central Glass Co. Ltd. have announced an extension of their long-term partnership to include an agreement for Central Glass, based in Tokyo, to manufacture Solstice Liquid Blowing Agent (HFO-1233zd(E)) exclusively for Honeywell. The ready-now hydrofluoroolefin solution is a non-ozone-depleting, non-flammable, ultra-low-global-warming-potential foam blowing agent for use in a wide variety of foam systems and applications, including refrigerators, freezers, spray foam and panels.

NEx: An ACI Center of Excellence for Nonmetallic Building Materials is pleased to welcome ICC Evaluation Service as a new Allied Organization. NEx has signed a MOU with ICC Evaluation Service to create a partnership in advancing the use of nonmetallic building materials.

RESNET is pleased to announce its recent collaboration with Passive House Institute US to promote the construction of sustainable and affordable homes.