Universal Forest Products, a multi-billion dollar publicly traded supplier of manufactured wood products, has specified HexiTherm Adhesives for its Open Joist series of products.The announcement was made by Hexion Specialty
IBS ENERGY STAR HOME AGAIN FEATURES CONCRETE WALLSThe 6,725 square-foot “New American Home” on display at the International Builders’ Show in February was the first home to be certified by
The Steel Framing Alliance (SFA) announced the release of the first TechSpec on “Cold-Formed Steel Framing,” a document the Washington, D.C.-based market development group says is an excellent resource for
On Friday afternoon, January 25, 2008, a fire at the Monte Carlo Casino in Las Vegas burned a portion of the decorative attachments that contained foam plastic attached to its
Arch Aluminum & Glass Co. Inc. has acquired Trulite Industries Ltd., one of Canada’s largest fabricators of large-scale insulated, tempered, spandrel, and screen printed glass, as well as a distributor
Trucktruth.com, an online resource for the lift truck industry, has launched an online calculator that compares the cost of owning and operating an internal combustion engine (IC) lift truck fleet
Long-time Sarasota, Fla., plasterer Kevin Walsh has been named director of worldwide application services and product education for FirmoLux, LLC, a worldwide supplier of “fine Italian plasters” commonly known as
Walls & Ceilings columnist Ricardo Gonzalez has created a new Web site designed to deal with issues relating to Latinos in the business world. Gonzalez’s column is titled, “Working With
STO UNVEILS NEW STORM-PROOF WALL Sto Corp. has produced StoTherm Storm Systems, a high-impact EIFS cladding designed for coastal areas vulnerable to damage from hurricane-strength winds. More than 25 hurricanes