Industry News

Lewisville, TX – Metl-Span announced that Steven R. Zirkel has joined the company as the new president. Metl-Span is an industry leader in providing insulated metal panel products for increasing usage in institutional, commercial, industrial and cold storage markets.

Colorado Springs, CO - S-5!®, a leading manufacturer of metal roof attachment solutions, recently announced the expansion of their national distributor network to include three new partners: Rocky Mountain Snow Guards, Rapid Materials and Roof Things.

Morrisville, VT - Alpine SnowGuards®, a leading manufacturer and distributor of a variety of types of snowguards for metal roofs and other roof systems, has introduced two new animations that illustrate how their SnowMax and PP145 products are installed.

Raleigh, NC – VMZINC®-US, the international brand name of rolled zinc products, has announced that registration is now open for the seventh edition of the Archizinc Trophy contest. The bi-annual contest, open to architects throughout the world, aims to highlight the use of VMZINC featured in a variety of sites, building typologies and architectural styles.

Villa Rica, GA – SAF Perimeter Systems announces Craig Burkhalter has accepted a Project Manager position. In his new role, Burkhalter will manage order fulfillment of the full range of SAF Perimeter Systems commercial building products.

DeLand, FL - Recently, Kingspan Panels, a leading U.S. manufacturer of insulated metal wall and roof panels based in Central Florida, attended the White House Summit on Climate, and the Road through Paris. The Summit gathered leaders from the government, private sector, academic, technical and scientific communities to focus on cross-sector efforts to tackle the climate change challenge in the U.S. and globally.

Washington, DC - The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) returned to positive territory after a slight dip in August, and has seen growth in six of the nine months of the year so far. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lead time between architecture billings and construction spending.

Schofield, WI – Airolite has announced the development of a new stationary vertical blade louver. The new SCV501MD is Florida Building Code Approved for use in the High Velocity Hurricane Zone, and Miami-Dade Approved for use where the room behind the louver is not designed to drain water, or the room will house non-water-resistant or waterproof equipment, components or supplies.

Exton, PA – Kristen Blankenship has recently been appointed Field Sales Representative for LUMIFLON® resins. She will be responsible for business development and account management in the U.S. and the Americas.

Lewisville, TX – Metl-Span, an industry leading manufacturer of insulated metal panels, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a new manufacturing plant in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The plant allows Metl-Span the opportunity to expand and serve customers competitively within the Canadian and Northeastern United States markets.

Indianapolis, IN – Firestone Building Products Company, LLC (Firestone), recently announced the appointment of a new vice president to its executive team. As vice president of roofing sales, Anthony Salvatore will lead sales efforts for the group, managing sales team operations and resources to deliver profitable sales growth.

Raleigh, NC – VMZINC®-US, the international brand name of rolled zinc products, has announced two recent hires at the company’s Raleigh headquarters. Mary Kate Morace has joined as a project coordinator, and Mike Simon has joined as an assistant sales representative intern.

Villa Rica, GA – SAF Perimeter Systems has launched a new division website for specifiers of commercial cornice, gutter systems and roof edge products. SAF improved the site’s user experience to enable instant access to any product category within a two-tiered navigation scheme, where all information is just a couple clicks away.

Eufaula, AL - American Buildings Company (ABC), a leading domestic and international manufacturer and marketer of high-quality metal building systems for industrial, commercial, and institutional construction markets, announces the addition of Midwest Commercial Construction LLC of Imlay City, Michigan to its national network of Builders.

Tampa, FL - JoAnne Baker of Alpine SnowGuards, Morrisville, VT, was the winner of the Phantom 3 quadcopter drone that was given away by DesignandBuildwithMetal.com during the recent METALCON show, October 14-16 in Tampa, FL.

King Of Prussia, PA - Arkema Inc. and PPG Industries are celebrating a half-century of partnership with Kynar 500® PVDF resin. The only original and continuous licensee of this well-recognized, often-recommended and universally trusted fluoropolymer product, PPG uses Kynar 500® FSF® PVDF resin as a key ingredient to power its complete line of Duranar® fluoropolymer coil and extrusion coatings.

Glenshaw, PA - The Steel Deck Institute (SDI) has published a new edition of the Diaphragm Design Manual (DDM04), which complies with the requirements of the new AISI S310-13, North American Standard for the Design of Profiled Steel Diaphragm Panels.

Moon Township, PA - CENTRIA, an industry leader in the design, development and manufacture of architectural metal wall and roof systems, announces that Dave Donovan has been promoted to Product Manager - Insulated Panel Systems.

Chicago, IL – Selected by a panel of professional architects, eight outstanding building projects from across the country were recognized by the Metal Construction Association (MCA) at the 2015 Chairman’s Awards ceremony.

Austell, GA - The Miller-Clapperton Partnership Inc., an engineered façade cladding provider, announces that Andrea D. Smith has joined the company as their Marketing Director.