Changes 2002

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• 2001, is now the parent company of Kelly Company
• Acorn Window Systems, website and phone not working. Apparently filed for bankruptcy.
• Advanced Building Technology - Rhino ICF- website down and phone not responding.
• AdVent International - website not responding, phone disconnected
• Aerocology and DCE are now part of Donaldson's Air Filtration System
• Air Technology Systems purchased by Stultz
• Airline Products Company was acquired by Nystrom Building Products of Minneapolis, MN
• Alcan Building Products--Siding is now Gentek Building Products
• All European Designs, website and phone disconnected
• American Custom Millwork purchased and is now ACMI. Website to come.
• American Electronic Sign is now part of 3M Traffic Safety and Management
• American Precast now part of Rinker
• American Steel Products was placed in bankruptcy in 1999.
• Amoco Building Products had changed to Tenneco Building Products in Amyrna, GA, producing extruded polystryene products. Now,Tenneco Building Products has changed to Pactiv Building Products.
• Ancon CCL Inc. was a British company's US operations supplying post-tensioning. Purchased by Dayton Superior.
• Armstrong-Hunt - website down, phone is active, but does not appear to be a company phone
• Atlas Door Corporation no longer manufactures sectional overhead doors.
• Atlas Door Division Intellectual Property and Engineering Design have been acquired from Clopay Building Systems by Cornell Iron Works
• Austman/Durante - furniture, domain not renewed, phone disconnected. (British Columbia, Canada)
• Auth-Florence Manufacturing, announces the acquisition of Cutler Manufacturing Corporation. (Jan 2001)
• Automatic Sprinkler is now part of Kidde Fire Fighting as are National Foam, Feecon, Wirt Knox, Powhatan, Angus, Flexline and Imperial
• Babcock-Davis Hatchways was purchased by Nystrom
• Bakor - Henry Company formerly Monsey Bakor
• Basic Precast Company disappeared. Website still up, but phone on website is not being answered.
• Blue Circle Cements now part of LaFarge
• Brico Industries apparently purchased by Victaulic Company of America as their website is redirected there.
• Choctaw was purchased by Hanson Pipe and Products. Gifford-Hill-American also part of Hanson Pipe and Products.
• Dor-O-Matic, Division of Republic Industries is now NT Dor-O-Matic Division of Ingersoll+Rand
• Dow Chemical Company purchased the assets of Celotex Corporation's rigid foam insulation business. This includes all former Celotex brand polyisocyanurate insulations products for residential and commercial markets, including Tuff-R, Super Tuff-R, Sturdy-R, and Thermax Insulating Sheathing, HY-Therm nail Line Roof Insulation, Celo-Vent Insulated Shingle Deck, and Tuff-Wrap Air Infiltration Barrier.
• Ecometrics merged into Capital Controls Co.
• Efco Building Systems - website redirects to their parent - Consolidated Systems Inc.
• EFSI is now Amneon
• Electronic Systems USA (ESUSA) acquired by Johnson Controls in 2000.
• Elf Atochem and Rhom & Haas products are available from Atohaas Americas Inc.
• Elmdor Manufacturing Company is now Elmdor/Stoneman, division of Acorn Engineering Company
• ESFI is now Amneon, website to come
• Eternit - Reading, PA filed for bankrupcy and closed for business
• Exit Technologies - website not responding and phone disconnected. No entry in switchboard for Kansas.
• Faus Group now is only private label products
• Flexco Company is now Marley Flexco (USA)
• Flexible Products Co. now part of Dow Chemical
• Frommelt corporate headquarters is at Rite-Hite Corporation, Milwaukee, WI
• GE Specialty Materials Acquires BetzDearborn
• Gear Moulding now part of Ashland Hardware Systems
• General Fire Extinguisher closed its doors in April 2001.
• Geocel Corporation has purchased GCS Coatings division of American Chemical Technologies
• Georgia-Pacific and Domtar Gypsum are now Georgia-Pacific Gypsum
• GeoWestern (retaining walls) - website down and phone not working
• Gordon-Piatt Energy Group Burner technology was purchased by John Zink Company, LLC, in October 2000.
• Grace acquired the business and assets of Addiment, Incorporated
• Greensteel and Nelson Adams purchased by PolyVision Corp.
• Harbinger Carpet transitioning to Durkan and Karastan - part of Mohawk Carpets
• Haskell-Senator ceased manufacturing operations
• Hawaiian DuraGreen - closed operations
• Heritage Stairways Ltd. (Canada) website down and phone is disconnected
• Hewi closed US production facilities and their products will now be available through Hafele and Handrail Design
• Hoffman Air and Filtration Systems now part of Gardner Denver Hoffman
• HPG International's roofing division was bought by Johns Manville
• Innovative Wood Products - phone disconnected, website domain not renewed.
• Insulgard Corp. is now part of GE Polymershapes
• International Development Research Council (IDRC) no longer exists. It was merged with NACORE to form a new association called CoreNet Global.
• International Fiberglass Corp. - website down and no phone listed in switchboard.com
• International Protective Coatings - purchased by Grace Construction Products - Flamesafe is trade name
• International Wood Products (Maryland) website and phone disconnected. Was in reclaimed wood and flooring.
• Kentile Floors had stopped production of resilient flooring products.
• KorPine particle board plant closed.
• Livos Phytochemistry - website down, phone disconnected
• Malta Wood Windows & Doors, website and phone not working
• Mas-Hamilton Group now Kaba Mas
• Maywood Inc. bankrupt in 1998
• Millar Elevator Service Company was integrated into Schindler Elevator Corporation.
• Mills Partitions now part of Bradley Corp.
• Mipolam is now owned by Gerflor
• Napco Exterior Products name change to Variform
• Nicolon/Mirafi is now TC MiraDRI, a fully owned subsidiary of Royal Ten Cate (USA) Inc., established in 1704.
• North American Steel Framing Alliance is now the Steel Framing Alliance.
• Northern Design Precast - website and phone not responding
• NuVent is apparently being closed and may be sold.
• O'Brien Partition Co. apparently being reorganized.
• Olflex Systems now part of Lapp USA
• Peelle Company's sliding metal fire doors division was bought by Overly Manufacturing Company.
• Pioneer Roof Tile is now Hansen Roof Tile
• Pittway was acquired by Honeywell International, February 200
• Plan Hold International is part of Safco Products Co.
• Plastics Research Corp., division of Erwin Industries is no longer in business. They were in Flint Michigan. Plastics Reseach Corporation of Santa Fe Springs, CA is alive and can be reached at 562.802.7446
• Pleion Corporation (furniture) website is dead and phone no longer works
• Premdor purchased Masonite and renamed their company to Masonite International Corporation
• Premium Polymers was bought by Flexible Products Company of Marietta, GA
• Provincial Partitiions is now PPI Modular Structures
• Quantum Industries and TransLogic Corp. were combined.
• Radic company sold
• Reeves Southeastern Corporation now part of Master Halco
• Republic Powdered Metals now sells Cooley's C3 Single Ply roof system
• SDG Systems Development Group/ Acoustical Interiors now manufactured and sold by Acoustics First Corporation
• Sentry Turnstiles was apparently sold. Website and phone not working.
• SFG North America - website and phone disconnected. Company was apparently Shing Fa Ceramic Works Co. in Taiwan
• Siemens Solar Industries was acquired by Shell Solar in April.
• SkyvivaUS - website and phone not responding
• Smith Fiberglass Products and Fibercast Co. merged with the two corporation locations remaining. New name is Smith Fibercast.
• Solutia was spun off by Monsanto Company in September, 1997 as an independent entity.
• Steel Stud Manufacturers Association (SSMA) is the new trade association representing manufacturers of cold-formed steel studs, joist or track framing members. Formed through a merger of the Steel Stud Section of the Metal Lath/Steel Framing Association Division of NAAMM (ML/SFA) and the Metal Stud Manufacturers Association (MSMA),
• Tarifi Stone - website and phone not working
• Tesa Entry Systems changed name to Onity
• Thyssen Elevator's acquisition of Dover Elevators in 1999 and the ensuing mega-merger of Thyssen and Krupp has created one of the world's 50 largest companies, ThyssenKrupp AG.
• United Technical Products purchased by Julie Industries
• USG has purchased Louisiana-Pacific FiberBond underlayment and wallboard line and has renamed it FiberRoc
• Vincent MetalGoods merged with Alcoa Reynolds and others to form Integris Metals. In 2005 - Integris Metals and Ryerson Tull have joined into one name - Ryerson.
• Walters & Wolfe [Formerly FENPRO]
• Westguard going out of business
• Weyerhaeuser Company announced that as of June 30, 2002 Willamette Industries has been fully merged into Weyerhaeuser.
• Weyerhaeuser architectural door products have been sold to Wind Point Partners, and the door division is called Marshfield DoorSystems, but are still marketed as Weyerhaeuser Architectural Doors, Marshfield, WI (800)869-3667.
• Window Technologies - right to manufacturer and sell these products was purchased by Century Manufacturing in Las Vegas - 800.654.7027
• Windsor Door & Millwork - website down, phone disconnected
• World Contract being transitioned to Bigelow Commercial, part of Mohawk Carpets
• Xantrex Technology Inc. acquired Trace Engineering in 2000