The Gold Nugget Grand and Merit Award Winners were announced at the PCBC show in June. Chosen from the circle of Merit Award winners announced in May, Grand Award honorees took center stage at the show in San Francisco, where a crowd of approximately 1,200 building industry professionals attended the gala at Moscone Center.
Crestline Windows & Doors and Vetter Windows & Doors announced renewed efforts to expand the brands into the western United States with products for a range of preferences and budgets, and technology and marketing tools, and new sales personnel to support distributors and dealers in the region.
G-P Gypsum announced that it will donate its DensArmor Plus Interior Wallboard for the first EarthCraft green certified house in Greenville, S.C. The house will be built by Upstate Forever and the Home Builders Association of Greenville.
BPB announced its latest ceiling distributor in Struthers, Ohio. The Drywall Barn carries a complete line of BPB's Celotex, Capaul and Gyptone brand acoustical ceiling systems, as well as ProRoc and GlasRoc gypsum wallboard.
The Fortifiber Building Systems Group is introducing the 10-Year FortiShield Warranty, a performance guarantee for weather-resistive barriers, sealant and flashing products. It provides builders the added assurance that window and door installations will remain trouble-free for years.
On February 4, a private plane crashed en route to a meeting in Ohio, killing Plymouth Foam President and co-owner Scott Roberts, Vice President of Development and Technical Services and co-owner Vance Roberts, and Vice President of Operations Mike Borzcik.