Changes 2021

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November

• DiversiFoam Products - now part of Kingspan Insulation North America
• Hoover Color Corporation - now Cathay Industries
• Masland Contract now part of Mannington Commercial
• NEI Advanced Composite Technology - now part of Owens Corning
• Panelfold closed in 2020. Intellectual property acquired by Woodfold.
• Spancrete Industries acquired by Wells Concrete

October

• AGC Glass Company North America - purchased by Cardinal Glass
• Benson Global (Curtainwalls), Aegis Metal Framing (roof trusses) and MiTek USA (connectors) realigned into MiTek
• Megamet Industries - doors - business closing in December
• Morse Industries name change to Morse Architectural

August

• American Hydrotech - purchased by Sika, current website remains
• Centria apparently sold to Nucor.
• Consolidated Glass Holdings filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in mid-July - J.E. Berkowitz, Dlubak Corp., North American Specialty Glass and Global Security Glazing had been combined into CGH
• E.T. Techtonics - bridges - joined the Creative Composites Group
• General Polymers - name change to Sherwin-Williams High Performance Flooring
• Henry Company purchased by Carlisle Companies, current website remains
• Kinestral Technologies rebranded as Hailo
• Herman Miller acquired Knoll,will continue as distinct brands as part of MillerKnoll
• Plygem and Atrium Windows now part of Cornerstone Building Brands
• ThyssenKrupp Elevator - name change to TK Elevator
• Willseal expansion joints - product info moved to Tremco after purchase.

June

• Columbia Commercial Building Products and J.E. Berkowitz closed by Consolidated Glass Holding
• FabriTec Structures rebranded to PFEIFER Structures
• TW Flooring Group - name change back to Tesoro Woods
• U.S. Bullet Proofing acquired by Quikserv. Intent is to maintain 2 separate brands and websites.

April

• Architectural Facades Unlimited (California) - owners retired
• Froet Industries - roof drains, now under Zurn
• Hadrian acquired by Zurn
• Icynene merged into Huntsman Building Solutions - also includes LaPolla Industries and Demilec products
• OMG sold its edge business to MTL Holdings - Metal-Era now makes Perma-Tite Coping (under Metal Era brand) and Hickman Edge Systems PermaSnap Coping [updated 1/2022 and noted in 2022 changes.]
• Rotary Lift now under Vehicle Service Group

March

• Creative Pultrusions name change to Creative Composites Group

February

• Alpar Architectural Products - website redirects to Pawling
• AAMA and the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) unified into one organization, the Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA).
• BondCote Corporation - purchased by Heytex Group - no apparent roofing products on that website
• Cardinal Commercial Systems rebranded to HMI Commercial Glazing Systems
• CPI Daylighting - moved under Kingspan Light + Air
• Glidden Professional, formerly ICI, is now under the PPG Paints umbrella
• Meggitt Training Systems - now InVeris Training Solutions
• Rock Wool Manufacturing Company of Leeds, Alabama (not Rockwool - Canada) filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy
• Sealex - moved under Tremco Sealants
• Society for Protective Coatings merged with NACE International to form Association for Materials Protection and Performance

January

• AFM withdrawing from polystyrene insulation and geofoam under the brand names of Foam-Control
• Bedford Technology (recycled plastic lumber products) acquired by Tangent Technologies
• Carolina Ceramics - purchased by US Brick
• Fib-R-Dor redirects to Chem-Pruf Door Co.
• Firestone Building Products (FSBP) - LafargeHolcim has completed purchase of Firestone Building Products
• Rodenhouse Fastener rebranded as Trufast Walls