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Sanders Saws has entered an agreement with Austrian diamond tool and machinery supplier Eurodima Diamant-Technik to serve as the exclusive North American distributor for the company’s Braxx cutting system. The deal is effective immediately. Eurodima...

Simpson Strong-Tie Acquires Quik Drive

Quik Drive, Gallatin, Tenn., was acquired by the Simpson Strong-Tie, Dublin, Calif., on Oct. 15, 2004. Simpson Strong-Tie is a manufacturer of connectors and shearwalls. Quik Drive manufactures a variety of specialty fasteners...

New Merger Combines Stucco Manufacturing Companies

Parex Incorporated of Redan, Ga., LaHabra Products Incorporated of Anaheim, Calif., and El Rey Stucco Co. of Albuquerque, N.M., merged to form ParexLahabra, Inc., a California corporation based in Anaheim, on Jan. 1, 2005. ...

Lafarge North America Upgrades and Expands It’s Buchanan Plant

Lafarge North America Inc. will invest approximately $75 million to substantially upgrade and double the capacity of its gypsum drywall manufacturing facility in Buchanan, N.Y. The new production line will operate at world-class manufacturing standards,...

OSHA Offers Tips to Protect Wokers in cold Environment

Now that it is winter, OSHA is reminding employers and workers to take necessary precautions, such as those listed on OSHA’s Cold Stress Card, to prevent and treat cold-related health problems. Workers in construction are...

Aerosol Foam Sealant Standards are Under Development

Two proposed standards concerning properties of aerosol foam sealants are currently in development within ASTM International Committee C24 on Building Seals and Sealants. Both proposed standards-WK6156, Practice for Specimen Preparation for Determining Rate of Air...

Construction Climbs 4 percent in October

New construction starts increased 4 percent in October to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $592.7 billion, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. Gains were reported for nonresidential building and nonbuilding...

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Wind-lock®, Leesport, Pa., recently held its second Trimroc Interior Moulding sales training class in Reading, Pa. Ten Wind-lock dealers and distributors attended the class, which included classroom training and hands-on product training, where attendees installed...

Tribute: Daniel James Cassidy

Dan Cassidy, executive vice president of Cassidy Brothers Inc., a major interior contractor in the Chicagoland area, and a member of the AWCI board of directors, died in an automobile accident on Nov. 27, 2004....