Johns Manville announced a marketing organization that will make it simpler for contractors and specifiers to get the Firetemp brand caulks and sprays ...

Moe Kessler, president and CEO of Outwater and Architectural Products by Outwater, died in Manhattan.

Owens Corning announced the acquisition of Wall Technology Inc., intending to provide Owens' a broader product line ...

Persecutors of EIFS use cladding on its own office building ...

General Sales Manager for Hamilton Tools Inc. Charles Thomas, died on Dec. 24, 2001 ...

Sto announced the addition of key product lines from Dyckerhoff AG ...

NASFA has announced the International Code Council has made a code change for steel, allowing the use of gypsum wallboard for shear resistance in seismic areas ...

United States Gypsum Co. will be closing its Freemont, Calif., gypsum wallboard plant in the second quarter of 2002 ...

NFPA's Certified Fire Protection Specialist and Certified Fire Inspector I programs have been approved for reimbursement of examination fees by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, as part of the Montgomery GI bill, retroactive to March 1, 2001 ...

Rohm and Haas and OMNOVA Solutions have signed a letter of intent to form a global joint venture ...