Industry News

Allentown, PA - ATAS International's Monsters of Metal team won three awards in the Canstruction Greater Lehigh Valley competition. Canstruction is a unique community event which combines creativity, engineering, and philanthropy as teams design and build large-scale structures entirely out of canned goods that are later donated.

Chicago, IL — Atlas Tube, a division of Zekelman Industries, is expanding its HSS Connections Hub™ to the Canadian market, providing engineers and fabricators access to an innovative digital platform that simplifies Hollow Structural Section (HSS) connection design from concept to construction. Following a successful debut in the U.S., the Connections Hub was showcased at the Canadian Steel Conference, the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction’s flagship event, held October 28-29 at Le Centre Sheraton Montreal.

Wilmington, DE – Tenmat, a recognized leader in passive fire protection, in collaboration with ALPOLIC® and CLADIATOR®, is pleased to announce Tenmat’s FF102/50 Intumescent Fire Block has successfully tested an NYC compliant assembly for this collaborative rainscreen cladding solution. This milestone follows the successful completion of an NFPA 285 fire test conducted at Intertek Laboratories.

Newton, MA — Exhibitors at METALCON, the world’s only global event dedicated exclusively to the application of metal in design and construction, showcased their most groundbreaking innovations for consideration in the prestigious Top Products Award. The top three winning products were unveiled at this year’s show in Las Vegas. Winners were selected through an electronic voting process held both before and during the event, with nearly 1,000 industry professionals casting their votes.

Nashville, TN – Elevate™, a premier brand of commercial roofing systems and part of the Amrize family of brands, marked 2025 as a milestone year for its metal portfolio, providing contractors, architects, and building owners with more choices than ever before. Through the expansion of its AdvantEdge metal edge offering, the debut of the Mountain Black color, and the growth of its Salt Lake City manufacturing facility, Elevate has broadened both the breadth and regional availability of its metal solutions.

Beloit, WI – Low-slope roofing manufacturer MuleHide has named three new territory managers for east of the Mississippi River territories, and a new strategic account manager for modular roofing.

Minneapolis, MN — Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings was among hundreds of companies that participated in GlassBuild America 2025, the premier trade show for the glass, window and door industry. The show ran November 4–6 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, FL.

Itasca, IL — A coalition of industry trade associations representing contractors, consultants and manufacturers in the U.S. and Canada has completed its Quarterly Market Index Survey for Reroofing for the third quarter of 2025.

Allentown, PA - ATAS International announces the 2026 dates for their popular metal wall panel installation seminars. Classroom learning and hands-on installation practice, along with a factory tour where applicable, are covered during the seminar.

Schofield, WI – Airolite has expanded its architectural equipment screen line with the new SV6000, a cost-effective, inverted vertical-blade, 6-inch-deep louver screen.

Vacaville, CA – All Weather Insulated Panels (AWIP) is issuing a last-minute invitation to attendees to visit them in booth 800 at Greenbuild 2025 in Los Angeles. Greenbuild is the world’s largest annual event for green building professionals. This year’s conference kicked off Tuesday and runs through November 7 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

Davidson, NC - 3A Composites Americas announces a series of achievements across its Americas manufacturing footprint, highlighting a commitment to safety, operational excellence and community involvement.

Little Rock, AR – Morin, a leading architectural metal panel manufacturer and member of the Kingspan Group, recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of its Little Rock, Arkansas facility, one of North America's most advanced architectural metal panel plants. The event welcomed elected officials, regional business leaders and Morin executives to celebrate this significant milestone.

Washington, DC – Business conditions at architecture firms weakened further in September, with the AIA/Deltek Architecture Billings Index (ABI) dropping to 43.3, the lowest since April. New project inquiries remained flat while design contract values declined for the 19th consecutive month. The billings index is produced monthly by the American Institute of Architects.

Portland, OR —The Metal Roofing Alliance (MRA) announced its selection of two winners for Q3 2025's Best Residential Metal Roofing Project competition. Located at opposite ends of the country, the projects demonstrate the benefits of metal roofing for every region and every season.

Jamestown, NY – Hope’s Windows, Inc., one of the nation’s leading manufacturers of custom-designed, solid steel and bronze window and door systems, highlights its industry-leading range of blast, bullet, and fire-rated steel windows and doors. Designed for unparalleled protection without sacrificing aesthetics, these products offer a unique solution for high-security commercial, institutional, and residential applications.

Davidson, NC - 3A Composites Americas has announced another exterior wall assembly achievement for ALUCOBOND® PLUS panels, by earning NFPA 285 compliance for fire safety.

Lansdale, PA - The global metal construction community is mourning the passing of Angelo “Ange” Borzillo, the co-inventor of GALVALUME® coated steel and a 2022 inductee into the Metal Construction Hall of Fame. Borzillo passed away on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, at the age of 92, leaving behind a transformative legacy that continues to shape the steel and metal building industries worldwide.

Green Bay, WI - Bay Insulation Systems, a leading provider of insulation systems for the metal building industry, announces the addition of Sean Craft as District Sales Manager covering New England and New York.

Washington, DC – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) has released its October 2025 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). It shows confidence in the equipment finance market is at a heightened level for the fifth consecutive month. The index, which provides a qualitative assessment from key executives in the $1.3 trillion sector, was relatively unchanged at 60.1 in October, from 59.9 in September.