To accommodate the company’s continuing growth, Hacker Industries Inc., manufacturer of gypsum concrete floor underlayments, self-leveling underlayments and sound control systems, is relocating its corporate office in Newport Beach, Calif.
The Gypsum Association has recently posted its third free continuing education unit course on www.gypsum.org. The course, titled “Application of Gypsum Panel Products,” offers one Health, Safety, and Welfare CEU learning unit with the AIA.
The Carolina Lathing and Plastering Contractors Association has endorsed Swett & Crawford, a provider of wholesale commercial insurance products and programs, for its unique insurance program designed especially to cover the risks and exposures of EIFS applicators.
Executive
Director of EIMA Steve Klamke has announced his departure from the position,
which became effective on Dec. 31, 2008, according to a press release issued by
the association’s President David Boivin.
The
American National Standards Institute Board of Standards Review approved the
“Withdraw for Cause Request of ANSI/SIA A92.10 Transport Platforms” submitted
by the American Society of Safety Engineers as Secretariat for ASC A10
Construction and Demolition Operations.
Fascan
International, exclusive U.S. distributor of FASSI cranes, is offering drywall
distributors up to $10,000 in reimbursements for performing regularly scheduled
maintenance on their drywall booms.
Dryvit
Systems has announced that National Quality Assurance has completed a final
audit of its West Warwick, R.I., headquarters and has awarded ISO 14001:2004
certification to the facility.
Roy Zeh has joined Alabama Metal Industries Co. (AMICO) as managing building product sales in southern region. Roll-Kraft has added Jayne Herak as director of sales. Simonton Windows has named
Paul
S. Quigg, fire-protection engineer who helped develop drywall screws, died at
age 80 in November. A Barrington, Ill., resident, he passed of liver cancer in the Hospice
of Northeastern Illinois in Woodstock.
When Hacker Industries planned its 25th Anniversary Conference in New Orleans this past November, the company decided to do something that would impact the conference host city.