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

New test data showing that EIFS outperform brick and stucco both in moisture absorption tests and thermal efficiency tests were released recently by the U. S. Department of Energy (DOE)

Article misleading on MgO fire-resistanceEditor:While the November 2007 article, “MgO Board: A Primer on the Next Generation of Sheathing,” was quite interesting, it became less appealing when the author used

CertainTeed Gypsum has named Steve Barefoot Manager of Marketing Technical Services for GlasRoc(R) Sheathing. In his new post, he will focus on the technical direction and support necessary for GlasRoc

Leica Geosystems, based in Norcross, Ga., announced the winner of its 2007 Super-Charged Sweepstakes grand prize featuring a new 2007 X7 Bullet Super Bike. The winner, Steven W. Hughes, is