Changes 2009

These listings represent company changes we have identified. These are in the searchable website area to help you find that the company changed or is no longer found. If you have any additional information, please let us know. Please send us any changes you spot and we will keep this list updated and 4specs more reliable.

Last Updated: November 14, 2009

November 2009

• AboveBoard Technology - strawboard materials - phone disconnected and website dead
• Architectural Art Stone - name change to Heritage Cast Stone
• Greenlite Glass System - importer of SGG PRIVA-LITE - Saint Gobain Glass - no apparent US or Canadian website
• Mahon Door Corporation - coiling doors - out of business
• Millenea Wall Solutions - retaining walls - phone disconnected and website down

October 2009

• American Shower & Bath Corp. and Aqua Glass merged into Masco Bath
• Jaypro Sports’ Gym Construction product line acquired by Draper. Some Jaypro branded products are still available in a few select states, but they are now manufactured by Draper.
• Staircase and Millwork Corp. - out of business
• Tri Palm International has changed name back to Oasis International
• van Bergen Company - merged into Verdin Company

September 2009

• Adjusta-Post Lighting Co. - website down, phone fast busy
• Advanced Masonry Technology - Vet-O-Vitz - website down and phone mailbox full
• Aquaware America - taken over by MilUSA
• DoorTech Industries - overhead doors - website down, phone disconnected
• Mills Paint - British Columbia - acquired by Sico - Montreal
• Wayne-Dalton - overhead doors - acquired by Overhead Door

August 2009

• Alpen Windows acquired by Serious Materials
• Hospitality Manufacturing - furniture - website down, phone disconnected
• Knight-Celotex - in Chapter 7 bankruptcy - meaning liquidation of the company.
• Palmer Snyder Furniture is now PS Furniture

• AAG Glass Studios - merged into Jockimo
• Alcoa Home Exteriors - vinyl and aluminum siding - now Mastic Home Exteriors - part of Plygem
• Allied Studco has ceased operation
• American Highway Technology - merged into Dayton Superior website
• Arpal Defender - blast windows - phone numbers on website disconnected
• Avante Hardware - cabinet hardware - now part of Liberty Hardware
• Aveno Window Fashions and Timber Blind and Shutter have merged.
• B-Pro Safeguard - blast resistant windows - mentioned in discussion forum. Letter returned with address from website and phone does not sound like a business when called.
• Bailey Bridges prefers to operate as Pioneer Bridges
• BakerHydro - purchased by Waterco
• Bomanite Corp. - assets purchased and operating as The Bomanite Co.
• BonaKemi USA - now Bona USA
• Burke Mercer - flooring - is now Burke Flooring
• Burke by Edoco - merged into Dayton Superior website
• Butler Construction - pre-engineered buildings became BlueScope Construction, Inc.
• Carolina Precast Concrete - now part of Hanson
• Coldmatic Products - including Clark Door, General Refrigeration - refrigeration and cold storage - apparently in bankruptcy and brands purchased by DeCastris
• Coldraco - apparent name change to FR Cubicle Curtains And Drapes
• Colonial Stair and Woodwork Company - now Creative Custom Components
• Conspec - merged into Dayton Superior website
• Covalence Building Products - building wraps - now Berry Plastics Corporation
• DSM Law Enforcement Products - evidence lockers - merged into Bradford Systems website
• Deacero Fence - name change to Designmaster Fence
• Delta Control Products - purchased by Bray Controls
• Dow sold their pipe insulation products to ITW
• Dur-O-Wal - merged into Dayton Superior website
• Ecophon - part of Certainteed, website redirects to Certainteed website
• Fimbel Door - absorbed into Amarr Garage Doors - note this is a separate company from Fimbel Architectural Door Specialties
• Firedoor Corporation - phone on website disconnected
• Folger Adam Electric Door Controls - products moved to HES website, part of Assa Abloy
• Fulton Windows (Canada) - apparently now part of Oldcastle Glass
• Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association merged in 2008 with the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute to become the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
• Graboplan - fabric structures - website not working and phone disconnected
• Great Lakes Window, MW Windows & Doors, Alenco, CWD Windows and Doors, Patriot Windows combined into Ply Gem Windows
• Hickory Hardware - cabinet and misc. hardware - out of business
• ICD/Innovative Concrete Design Corp. - retaining walls - name is now Select ICD
• Ideal Architecture Doors and Plywood - acquired by VT Industries
• Katolight Corporation - power generating equipment - now MTU Onsite Energy Corporation
• Kelley, Serco, TKO Dock Doors and LoadHog part of 4Front Engineered Solutions
• LeBaron Foundry - now East Jordan Iron Works
• Library Bureau Steel - company closed and up for sale.
• Louis Poulsen Lighting - now part of Targetti Poulsen USA
• Lux Steel - Domore Seating - now Scope Technologies
• Mammoth and Webco - HVAC - combined to form Mammoth-WEBCO
• MegaStar Systems - filing systems - is now Remstar
• Meredith Collection - tile - company closed
• The National Paint and Coatings Association and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (NPCA/FSCT) have merged.
• NOFMA - Wood Flooring Manufacturers Assoc. - merged into National Wood Flooring Association
• Open Plan Systems - office systems remanufacturing - acquired by HMU
• Operator Specialty Company - gate operators is now Linear Corporation
• Overholtzer Church Furniture - purchased some time ago by Imperial Woodwork
• Porta Target - shooting range equipment - purchased by Savage
• Precon Bridges - name change to Transpan Bridges
• Prisma North America - name change to Performance in Lighting
• REDD Team - combined into Sapa Fabricated Products website
• Royal Building Systems now Nuform Building Technologies
• Safe Guard Surfacing - playground safety surfacing - now Let’s Play Recreation
• Selador - LEDs - acquired by Electronic Theatre Controls
• Semco - now part of Flaktwoods
• Sharon Tube Co. - now part of Wheatland Tube
• Square D Co. - website now part of Schneider Electric
• Stjern Corporation - roll up door protectors - going out of business
• Tyler Refrigeration - Hill PHOENIX® purchased certain assets and intellectual property
• US Intec - products merged into GAF website
• VoidForm - acquired by Sonoco - maker of Sonotube
• W.P. Hickman Systems - name change to Viridian Systems. Note this is not W.P. Hickman Company.
• Western Shower Door - website disabled - phone not answered
• Young Fabricated Products - lockers - now Spec-Rite Designs