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.
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement today in response to the House vote (by a margin of 405 to 16) to repeal the 3 percent tax withholding mandate.
Cabot Gypsum is launching production at a facility that has been in bankruptcy and boarded up for the past three years in Port Tupper, Nova Scotia, as reported in the Cape Breton Post.
The American Iron and Steel Institute Committee on Framing Standards is developing a new standard for nonstructural members. AISI S220, North American Standard for Cold-Formed Steel Framing – Nonstructural Members, is targeted for completion at the end of 2011 and publication in 2012.
Armstrong World Industries has named Conn Acoustics Inc. of Newington, Conn., as its 2010 “Ceiling Recycler of the Year.” During 2010, the acoustical contracting firm recycled over 1.3 million square feet of ceiling tiles rather than sending them to a landfill.
Syntheon Inc. has announced a distribution agreement with Sobotec Ltd., one of Canada’s largest manufacturers and distributors of aluminum panel systems for commercial building exteriors.
Light gauge steel framing company Custom Stud Inc. is celebrating 10 years in business. Since 2001, the company has evolved from a one roll former to a business announcing seven new lines of production.
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