Changes 2010

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Last Updated: September 2, 2010

September 2010

August 2010

• GS Metals Corp. has been acquired by Cooper Industries, and is now part of Cooper B-Line.

July 2010

• Blumcraft of Pittsburgh - handrails and doors - acquired by CR Laurence
• CMC Joist & Deck - exiting the business
• Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Co. - folding partitions - phone disconnected and letter returned
• Mahon Door - coiling doors - letter returned and phones disconnected
• Mike Young Team - louvers and vents - decided to close business
• Symons - concrete products - information is now within the Dayton Superior website
• The National Paint and Coatings Association and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (NPCA/FSCT) have merged - new name is American Coatings Association
• Traco was purchased and will become part of Alcoa Building and Construction Systems (BCS)

June 2010

• Alcan Composites USA - name change to 3A Composites USA
• Cover-All Building Systems - assets purchased by Norseman Structures Inc.
• Jackson Corporation - exit hardware - acquired by CR Laurence
• Oldcastle Glass is now Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope™
• Summit Structures - fabric structures - in restructuring
• Terry Hinge & Hardware - acquired by Rockford Process Control
• Zero-Loc Enterprises - apparently now part of Kingspan Insulated Panels

May 2010

• Chemical Lime - lime for masonry mortar and soil stabilization - name change to Lhoist North America
• Commercial Block Systems - ICFs - website down, apparently purchased by Fox Blocks
• DCO Lighting - part of Phillips - website merged into Day-Brite Lighting
• Dur-O-Wal - purchased by Hohmann & Barnard from Dayton Superior
• Hardcast is now Carlisle HVAC Products
• Kaylien - commercial fiberglass doors - phone disconnected
• Northstar Vinyl Products - website redirects to CMI Waterfront Solutions - apparently purchased

April 2010

• Abbey Window Coverings brand (draperies) discontinued by Springs Window Fashions
• Architectural Glazing Technologies - curtain wall and skylights - suspending new sales and closing out existing contracts
• CenterCore Furniture purchased the assets of Centercore Group (furniture)
• Correct Building Products and Correct Porch now part of GAF
• Kemlite Company now known as Crane Composites
• Kodiak Industries - gym equipment - Canada - website down and phone disconnected
• Nexcel Synthetics and Nexcel Synthetic Surfaces - assets acquired by Integrated Turf Solutions - no longer involved with concrete fiber reinforcement
• J.W. Peters - precast concrete - part of IPC Precast
• TruStone America - e-crete - autoclaved concrete - phone disconnected
• Weyerhauser sold their commercial Trus-Joist/iLevel business to Atlas with the new trade name Redbuilt - Weyerhauser retains single family construction and Redbuilt is multifamily through commercial.

March 2010

• Ceilcote - we had them listed as SGL ACOTEC - now part of International Protective Coatings
• Kerr Lighting and Snap Edge Corporation are now SEK Corporation
• Patent Construction Systems - concrete formwork - to become Harsco Infrastructure
• PolyVision (a Steelcase company) - exited all products except for interactive whiteboards.
• Superior Metal Trim - ceased operations
• Surewall Products - EIFS - merged products into Parex
• Vistawall Architectural Products - had been purchased by Oldcastle Glass, website now merged into Oldcastle Glass
• Zeledyne “Versalux” has withdrawn from the commercial glass industry and is now focusing only on automotive glass operations.

February 2010

• City Wire Cloth - now part of Gerard Daniel Worldwide
• ICI Paints is now Glidden Professional
• Payne Fence Products – became part of the Betafence group of companies in 2008, company name change to Betafence USA in 2010.
• Senior Technologies and Xmark combined into Stanley Healthcare Solutions
• Wallach Glass Studio now Amri Studio

January 2010

• American Spaceframe Fabricators - ceasing operations
• Blanton & Moore - apparently now part of Jasper Library Service
• Coyne & Delany Co. - name change to Delany Products - plumbing valves
• Heritage Window and Door - closing their doors
• Holcomb & Hoke went out of business in February 2009. In April 2009, Panelfold, Inc. acquired, at public auction, the Foldoor Accordion product line, trade name, and website.
• Hospitality Sign Company - name change to HotelSigns.com
• New World West - storefronts and curtain walls - closed business
• Smith and Hawken - apparently purchased by Target Stores