Industry News

Pittsburgh, PA - Triangle Fastener Corporation has announced the addition of two new sizes to their line of SD300™ stainless steel bi-metal self-drilling screws: #12 diameter in 1” and 2” lengths.

Moundridge, KS — Steve Baker of The Bradbury Group, will present at the FMA Coil Processing Workshop in Corpus Christi, Texas, on Sept. 20-21.

Washington, DC - The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) Standards Council is seeking research proposals for its 2023 Small Project/Fellowship Program. Launched in 2014, AISI’s Small Project/Fellowship Program identifies and provides funding for research projects that will significantly impact the reliability, performance and cost-competitiveness of cold-formed steel products.

Washington, DC – For the eighteenth consecutive month, architecture firms reported increasing demand for design services in July, according to a new report from The American Institute of Architects (AIA). The AIA Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score for July was 51.0.

Washington, DC - The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) will host a webinar on “Vibration Serviceability of Floors With Cold-Formed Steel Framing” on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT.

Portland, OR — Labor Day is an excellent time to consider ways to prepare homes for the coming season and experts say paying attention to roof care is especially important this time of year. And when it comes to caring for a metal roof, there's no better source for recommendations than the Metal Roofing Alliance.

Cleveland, OH - The Garland Company announces that Garland, through its Design-Build Solutions subsidiary (DBS), has earned a publicly procured, competitively solicited contract award for Contract #COG-2133A from The Cooperative Council of Governments (CCOG), an Equalis Group Lead Agency. The contract is available to any Equalis members in the state of Ohio.

Mineral Wells, TX – Just west of Fort Worth, Texas, construction of a 12,000 square foot warehouse and office space is well underway to accommodate the expansion of a third-party logistics (3PL) operation.

Newton, MA - Sustainability is a word that gets tossed around plenty by those promoting metal construction products. Though it’s a vague term, it does a great job of blanketing the long list of benefits provided by metal construction products. Sustainability experts at companies exhibiting and/or speaking at METALCON share their thoughts on metal and sustainability.

Washington, DC – The Equipment Leasing & Finance Foundation (the Foundation) has released its August 2022 Monthly Confidence Index for the Equipment Finance Industry (MCI-EFI). The index reports a qualitative assessment of both the prevailing business conditions and expectations for the future as reported by key executives from the $900 billion equipment finance sector. Overall, confidence in the equipment finance market now stands at 50, an increase from the July index of 46.1.

Mason, OH – Clopay® Corporation, a leader in closure products for commercial, residential, industrial, institutional, and retail applications, has unveiled its new Visionaire® MicroCoil® Grille. Available through both its Cornell and Cookson brands, the patented, ultra-slim profile of Visionaire® MicroCoil® Grille requires nearly 30% less headroom than standard industry grilles.

Conshohocken, PA (Newswire.com) - Mainline Metals, Inc. announced today that it acquired Great South Metals, located in Acworth, Georgia. Under the leadership of John Kingery, Great South Metals has become one of the leading flat-rolled service centers in the South with a phenomenal reputation for over 40 years. It has immediately bolstered Mainline Metals' position as a leading nationwide provider of prime, excess, and secondary steel.

Chicago, IL – Working with machinery OEMs, the Metal Construction Association’s Metal Forming Equipment / Rollformer Council has developed a structured outline of the benefits of proper general maintenance schedules for machinery.

Allentown, PA - ATAS International has added a new educational course titled “Insulated Metal Panels – Creating the Perfect All-In-One Barrier Back Up Wall System".

Deer Park, WA - Knight Wall Systems announces that it now offers custom parts and fabrication manufactured to order from its Eastern Washington production facility and shipped nationwide, according to company President Doug Knight.

Cleveland, OH - The Garland Company, a full-service roofing manufacturer and building envelope solution provider based in Cleveland, Ohio, announced a 2022 partnership with local nonprofit University Settlement, highlighted by a recent “Spirit Week” employee charity drive that raised $50,000.

Buffalo, NY - Rigidized® Metals has expanded its line of TXTRwall Interior Metal Wall Panel Systems to now include TXTRsound Interior Acoustical Metal Ceiling Clouds. Like TXTRwall, the TXTRsound systems are customizable, durable, attractive, and capable of maintaining interior design intent.

Galena, KS - Roofing manufacturer TAMKO Building Products LLC has promoted longtime TAMKO executive Jeff Beyer to Chief Operating Officer, while announcing that Prithvi (Prith) Gandhi joins the company in Beyer’s previous position as Chief Financial Officer.

Deland, FL - Kingspan Insulated Panels North America and Seabin™ have partnered up to launch the first ocean cleanup initiative for Los Angeles, California. Marina del Rey, the largest man-made marina in North America, is the second location in Seabin’s 100 Cities by 2050 campaign, with the program expecting to capture 120 tons of marine waste and microplastics from the waterways over a three-year period.

Rosemont, 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 second quarter of 2022. The survey results indicate opportunities in the reroofing industry generally improved during the second quarter of 2022 when compared with the same quarter in 2021.