Niles Building Products, a leader in the manufacturing of expanded metal accessories for stucco, plaster, drywall and veneer plaster applications announces the opening of its new distribution facility in Dallas Forth Worth.

An Alabama lawsuit against National Gypsum was dismissed in October, the company announced.

Parex USA Inc. announced the acquisition of the exclusive global rights to market, sell and manufacture the Variance product line under a long term licensing agreement with Variance Finishes LLC.

The Bulgarian subsidiary of Knauf has been granted “Class A” investor status by the Bulgarian government for its investment into a new factory.  

Atlanta-based Sto Corp. announced that it will have price increases for many products effective January 2012.

Georgia-Pacific said it’s idling its gypsum operations in Nova Scotia and laying off most of its remaining workers, as reported by the Canadian Press.

Brad Burgess has joined Topcon Positioning Systems as national sales manager for scanning products in the Topcon Emerging Business Unit. Spider, a division of SafeWorks, has named Scott Quinters as

Belgian building materials group Etex won European Union approval on Friday to purchase most of French cement maker Lafarge’s plaster activities in Europe and South America.

Applegate Insulation, with its recent California approval and facility acquisition, is now sold coast-to-coast.

CEMCO has announced that it has secured a facility outside of Ft. Worth to better service Texas and the surrounding markets.