Sto Corp. has announced that its parent company, Sto SE & Co. KGaA (Sto), via a newly formed holding company ‘Sto Panel Holding GmbH’, will make a significant equity investment in SkyRise Prefab Building Solutions, Inc. 

The Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) has released the 2019 edition “Technical Guide for Cold-Formed Steel Framing Products.”

The Gypsum Association (GA) has expanded its library of Spanish and French technical publications. 

Rockfon North America, part of the ROCKWOOL Group, has entered into an exclusive agreement with Geometrik Manufacturing Inc.

The Steel Framing Industry Association has elected new board of directors and officers for 2019-2020. 

Simpson Strong-Tie announced its participation in the National Hurricane Resilience Initiative and Hurricane Awareness Tour initiated by the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes (FLASH). 

Firestone Building Products Company, LLC (Firestone), a subsidiary of Bridgestone Americas and a global manufacturer of commercial roofing and building solutions, announced the opening of its first greenfield plant in Heinsberg, Germany. 

JLG Industries, Inc., an Oshkosh Corporation company and a manufacturer of aerial work platforms and telehandlers, is supporting National Fall Prevention Safety Stand-Down Week.

Werner, a manufacturer with a complete line of climbing products and fall protection equipment, will conduct more than 200 training events in support of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) National Safety Stand-Down initiative scheduled from May 6-10, 2019. 

Construction employment increased by 33,000 jobs in April and by 256,000 or 3.5 percent, over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed jobseekers with construction fell to a record low for April.