VELUX A/S and Dutch investment firm Egeria have reached an agreement concerning the sale of JET-Group to the VELUX Group. The decision to acquire JET-Group, a European leader in industrial roof light systems, is in line with the VELUX Group’s growth strategy and specifically the desire to grow its business in the non-residential market for daylighting solutions.
Read MoreVitro Architectural Glass has appointed Michelle Estes as the regional architectural manager for south central Texas. Estes, who most recently was an architectural sales representative for Masco Coatings Group, which represents Behr Paint, will market Vitro Glass products to architects and glazing contractors in Houston, Austin and San Antonio and help manage the glass selection process.
Read MoreThe former AkzoNobel Specialty Chemicals is today being relaunched as Nouryon. The move follows the recent acquisition of the business by The Carlyle Group and marks the company’s transition to becoming an independent, global specialty chemicals leader.
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Rockfon presents “Designing Acoustic Ceilings for Healthcare Buildings,” a new continuing education course. Participants are eligible to earn 1.0 Learning Units (LU) from the American Institute of Architects’ Continuing Education System (AIA/CES), as well as from other architectural and interior design associations.
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Guardian Glass is now producing jumbo coated glass in North America. The company recently completed all testing on its jumbo coater in Carleton, Michigan and started coating its float glass with Guardian SunGuard® SuperNeutral® 68 HT coating.
Read MoreGAF has committed to provide enough roofing shingles to replace the roofs of more than 200 homes in the most vulnerable communities. This includes an initial donation of more than 300,000 square feet of shingles to Good360. Good360 works with recovery agencies, local recovery groups and nonprofits to determine exactly what’s needed and when, ensuring that GAF’s giving efforts are both effective and efficient.
Read MoreAxalta Coating Systems Ltd. today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Robert Bryant, Axalta’s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, to the additional role of interim Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately.
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Covestro and 3M have a relationship that has spanned decades. Covestro’s raw materials for coatings and adhesives can be found in a wide range of 3M’s polyurethane coating and adhesive applications, while the company’s polycarbonates are utilized in a variety of 3M traffic safety products.
Read MoreGeoff Pettis joins the growing team at Apogee Enterprises, Inc.’s Building Retrofit Strategy Team as an account executive. Focusing on the Southeast region, he assists building owners and property managers to evaluate the benefits of window renovation and upgrades.
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Northwest Hardwoods donated American tulipwood for a pavilion installation called MultiPly that was featured in the Sackler courtyard of the Victoria & Albert Museum in Knightsbridge during the festival. MultiPly was the collaboration between Waugh Thistleton Architects, the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC) and ARUP Group. MultiPly explored a new, more sustainable way of building that showcased the structural, aesthetic and environmental properties of American tulipwood cross-laminated timber panels (CLT). American tulipwood is one of many American hardwoods that AHEC promotes to other countries and is one of the widely available and sustainable hardwood species from the U.S. hardwood forests, and is unique to North America.
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