Industry News

Chicago, IL - The Metal Construction Association (MCA) announces the winners of its 4th annual Metal Roofing Championship Games held October 18-20 at METALCON in Las Vegas, NV.

Monroe County, FL -The frightening increase of monster storms hitting the U.S. is not only causing homeowners to think twice about the roofs over their heads, it’s also earning the attention of local city and county officials.

Moon Township, PA - CENTRIA, an industry leader in the design, development and manufacture of architectural metal wall and roof systems, announces that Mark Sendar has joined the company as the new Vice President, Sales.

Lewisville, TX – Metl-Span is releasing a 2018 calendar to highlight the company’s top 12 insulated metal panel (IMP) projects of the last year.

Beloit, WI – Mule-Hide Products Co. Inc. has redesigned its mulehide.com website, making it faster and easier for users to access the information they need when choosing, specifying, installing, maintaining or repairing Mule-Hide low-slope roofing systems.

Bedford, MA - Argos Systems Inc.'s board of directors has appointed Jonathan Fox to be the company's new president. His main duties will be to continue developing efficient marketing strategies, organize sales, develop Argos business, and manage the company. The change is effective January 1, 2018.

Brookhaven, MS - Reed’s Metals - a leading manufacturer of metal buildings, metal roofing and related products - is officially open for business at the company's new store in Jasper, Texas.

Falls Church, VA - The Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) and market analyst Thompson Research Group (TRG) have released a new report providing a quarterly, industry-wide statistical summary of the volume of steel used by cold-formed steel manufacturers in the production of structural studs and nonstructural studs.

Odessa, FL - Roof Hugger LLC, a leader in metal-over-metal retrofit roof systems, announces its Winter/Spring 2018 webinar schedule.

Walker, MI - Tubelite Inc. has named Jeff Wright as client development manager serving clients in Maryland; Washington, DC; and north Virginia.

Olathe, KS - The 2018 International Reflective Insulation Manufacturers (I-RIM) Conference will take place May 9-10 at the Marriott Los Suenos Resort in Puntarenas, Costa Rica.

Oakville, Ontario, Canada – Vicwest Inc. announced has secured the site plan approval with the town of Stratford to expand their current manufacturing facilities, expected for completion the second quarter of 2018.

Pittsburgh, PA –Triangle Fastener Corporation is pleased to announce the availability of a full line of 304 stainless steel bi-metal self-drilling screws.

Wausau, WI - Linetec has hired Phil Bauer as its sales manager serving customers in Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas. He reports directly to Jon Close, Linetec's vice president of sales and marketing.

Allentown, PA - ATAS International Inc. had two employees graduate from the Manufacturers Resource Center (MRC) Manufacturing Leadership Institute (MLI) certificate program earlier this year. The class included over 20 other area manufacturing professionals.

Washington, DC - The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) will host a webinar on “Designing Curved Façades With Cold-Formed Steel” on Thursday, December 7, 2017 at 3:00 p.m. ET. The webinar is designed for architects, engineers, building officials and contractors. Participants are eligible for 1.5 PDHs.

Eufaula, AL - American Buildings Company (ABC) has announced the winners of its south division’s Inaugural Safety, Environmental, and Wellness Poster contest for 2017. Aligning with their mission of always maintaining a high level of safety, the contest was developed as an opportunity to get children involved and thinking about what safety, environmental and wellness culture mean to them.

Rolling Meadows, IL – The Metals Service Center Institute has announced the streamlining of its Board of Directors, reducing the maximum number of directors by 60 percent, and creating four official standing committees responsible for Audit, Compensation, Finance and Governance/Nominating.

Deer Park, WA - Knight Wall Systems announces the company now offers its PanelRail™ cladding attachment rails for use with systems other than Knight’s own proprietary rainscreen attachment systems, according to company president Doug Knight.

DeLand, FL – Kingspan North America has announced the hire of Brad Johnson as VP of Sales for the United States. Johnson has more than 25 years in the metal construction industry, beginning his career with H.H. Robertson.