The Drake Group will celebrate its 21st anniversary with their annual fall meeting in San Diego from Sept 30th to October 2nd. Founded in the summer of 1995 by a group of visionary independently owned gypsum specialty dealers, The Drake Group is unique in that it is the only gypsum specialty dealer group fully owned and operated by the member companies for the sole benefit of the members.

"We are disappointed and surprised at the recent call for boycotts of our drywall products by some Canadian customers and certain Western Canadian Associations, and through commentary in the Canadian media, related to our Anti-Dumping Complaint and the subsequent Provisional Duties announced by the Canadian Border Services Agency on Sept. 6...."

Lapolla Industries, Inc, a manufacturer and global supplier of high performance, energy efficient building products, announced the company’s support of an ambitious amendment to the 1989 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. Joining forces with more than 500 national and international companies and organizations, as well as hundreds of sub-national governments, the company is calling for world leaders to pass the Montreal Protocol hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) phasedown amendment, which will be voted on in October during a meeting in Kigali, Rwanda amongst signatories to the original Montreal Protocol.

WernerCo announces the release of an expanded portfolio of Self Retracting Lifelines (SRLs), including the compact retractable Bantam6. Personal SRL devices are the fastest growing product segment in the fall protection industry.

Honeywell announced that one of its low global-warming-potential (GWP) materials is being incorporated into a new solution for producing foam used in applications.

FlashShield, a company for flexible gas piping for natural gas and LP, and ARCOM, company focused on specifications, are pleased to announce that FlashShield product data and customized specifications are available through ARCOM’s software platforms to architects, engineers and design professionals.

Larsen Products Corp. welcomes its newest distributor Concrete Logistics Limited, based in Lagos Nigeria.  The company’s newest authorized distributor will service Nigeria and other West African countries with Larsen’s line of concrete and plaster bonding agents.

On the heels of six out of seven months of increasing levels of demand for design services, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) fell just below the positive mark. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lead time between architecture billings and construction spending.

Leading spray foam insulation manufacturer, Icynene, is pleased to announce the launch of its new website – www.icynene.com. The new website has a strong customer-centric approach offering quicker access to the right information for architects, builders and homeowners across North America.

The Gypsum Association (GA), which represents the North American manufacturers of gypsum wallboard, has released an industry-wide environmental product declaration (EPD) for glass mat gypsum panels. The EPD provides vital environmental performance information addressing energy consumption, water consumption, global warming, waste, air emissions and other metrics related to production.