Changes 2004

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• ADEMCO is part of Honeywell and website redirects there.
• Advanced Energy (solar) apparently purchased by Beacon Power Corporation
• Advantage Vinyl - Ohio - fencing - website and phone down
• AEP Span, ASC Steel Deck and ASC Building Products now part of ASC Profiles.
• Aero Environmental Limited now Bradford White Canada
• AFGD Glass - consolidated back into AFG Industries
• Aluma Tech/Pacific - curtainwalls - website down and phone dead. Apparent connection to Huntair and their phone numbers point to a residence
• American Play Systems - website down and phone disconnected.
• AMESCO is no longer in business. The METALCO product line is now sold by Atlantis Products
• Apache Products - insulation, name change to Dyplast Products
• apoint Furniture - phone dead, domain name expired
• Aqua-Flo - phone numbers on website do not work, no address forwarding found
• Arbor Veneers - website and phone disconnected
• Atlas Architectural Metals - website down and phone dead
• Atlas Architectural Metals purchased by Buell Door. Probable name change to Buell Architectural Metals. Phone and address in blue searchable database
• ATOFINA Chemicals - name change to Arkema Group - Plexiglass and Kynar 500
• Austroflamm Industries (fireplaces) - US website down, only Austrian website is up
• AvestaPolarit - stainless steels - change to Outokumpu Stainless
• Babb International - Hebel - (Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) no longer in business
• Bayer Chemicals (Bayferrox) and Bayer Polymers, were combined to form a new company called LANXESS Corporation
• Bes-Pac - part of HiRise Recycling
• Black Gold Corp. is now EnergyLogic
• Boren Brick now part of Hansen Brick and website redirects there
• Bossaire and Phoenix Air Systems together are forming a new HVAC company, Phoenix Air Systems, LLC.
• Brookline Manufacturing Company - assets puchased, no longer in business
• Burke by Edoco - name change to Edoco, now part of Dayton Superior
• Capitol Incorporated (retail fixtures) - assets purchased, Aspen Fixtures is successor
• Capitol Lighting and Restoration - 888# dead, website dead, phone lead to unannounced voice mail
• Carpeton Mills - Wavermaker is now C.W. Industries
• Certified Wood and Paper Association - ceased operations
• CEW Lighting acquired by Simkar Corporation
• Chainlight America (lighting) - website and phone dead
• Cierra Products - name change to Babcock-Davis, part of Nystrom
• Classen USA - laminate flooring - assets acquired by Robina Flooring Company
• CLI Fixtures - name change to Commercial Lighting
• Coliseum Collection - phone disconnected, website dead
• Crittal Windows is no longer manufactured by Fox Steel in the US and may only be available though the British office.
• Crosspoint Fabrics now part of Shaw Industries
• Custom Curb (roof curbs) filed bankruptcy
• Cybiag Garage Door Systems - website domain expired, company apparently closed
• Dale Industries acquired by Clark Framing Systems
• Dome Shelter Systems - website down and phone disconnected
• E.H. O'Neill Company (epoxy flooring) - phone disconnected and website dead
• Ebara Solar reorganization change to Solar Power Industries
• Elsro Construction Products - acquired by W.R. Meadows
• Emerson Engineering Company (windows and doors) - phone and website not working
• Engineered Metals Company - phones disconnected, no forwarding numbers
• Far Laboratory Faucets Limited (Ontario, Canada) - phone disconnected, website down
• Fib-Con Corp. - name change to Fiberglass Site Solutions
• Fire Research Laboratories - assets purchased by Ocean Fire Retardants
• Fire Retardant Chemicals Association - name change to American Fire Safety Council
• Fisher Pierce - website and phone down (lighting controls)
• Frick-Gallagher Manufacturing Company - website down, phone disconnected
• Georgia Marble is now part of Polycor, info on that website
• Gilsulate International acquired Gilsulate® 500XR from American Thermal Products
• Globe Amerada Glass Co. - GGAC, LLC purchased portion of company
• Goer Manufacturing and RHC/Spacemaster Corp. purchased by Leggett & Platt
• H.O. Trerice Co. - voice mail says suspending operations and not shipping any current orders.
• Harpers Multi-Lock ( Filesafe ) appears to have been acquired by Medeco due to domain name change.
• Heritage Stairways - name change to Maritime Stair Company
• Honeywell Commercial Roofing Systems - NRCA reported that Honeywell is phasing out the roofing business in Spring 2004
• InterfaceAR is now part of the Haworth/SMED family of architectural solutions.
• International Code Council - The following organizations have joined to form the ICC: Building Officials & Code Administrators - BOCA, Council of American Building Officials - CABO, International Council of Building Officials - ICBO, Southern Building Code Congress - SBCCI
• Interpane Glass is closing their US production plant and will remain in business in Europe.
• Invensys Energy Metering name change to Sensus Metering Systems
• J&L Specialty Steel acquired by ATI Allegheny Ludlum
• Jailco (division of Industrial Machine Service) webnot working, phones not working
• JB Engineering (furniture) purchased by Watson Furniture Systems
• JM Lynne is part of DesignTex and their vinyl products can be found there.
• Lead Industries Association has declared bankruptcy and is no longer an active organization.
• Lead Shield out of business - New Shield is successor.
• Lexington Reclosers - product line purchased by Electroswitch and closed
• Line Design Group - website down and phone disconnected
• Lone Star Lead is going out of business and not accepting new orders.
• Louisiana-Pacific Corporation - name change to LP Building Products
• M & I Doors is part of Albany Doors, website changed to Albany Doors.
• Mercedes International LLC - Balco acquired the exterior expansion joint cover product line and all related product production assets of Mercedes International LLC.
• Metal Truss, LLC - Tennessee - phone disconnected and website dead
• MGA Connectors now apparently part of Simpson StrongTie
• Monarch International - handrail components - business being closed
• Multimedia Electronic Programmable Signs acquired by BillBoard Video
• National Arborists Association - name change to Tree Care Industry Association
• Nel-Tech (door hardware) - has ceased operations according to phone message
• Ornamental Metals Group - (CT) website down and phone disconnected.
• Palmer Snyder has split into Palmer Hamilton and Palmer Snyder
• Peter Kohler Windows & Entrance Systems - name change to Kohltech Windows & Entrance Systems
• Phenix Biocomposites - name change to Environ Biocomposites.
• Prosec (bollards) - website down, phone a residence
• Purlin Quick Connect - domain expried, phone disconnected
• Richtex Brick is part of Hanson Brick and separate website discontinued
• RMC Industries - CEMEX (Mexican cement producer) purchases RMC Group (British cement producer). RMC in turn ownes RMC Industries (USA cement producer)
• Rome Cable, Corporation - voice mail says Chapter 7 bankruptcy and no longer soliciting orders
• Ruffneck Heaters acquired by CCI Thermal Technologies
• Russell Cast Stone is now part of Continental Cast Stone
• Safetech International - has been acquired by WSA - a high-tech manufacturer of Annunciators, Security and Fire & Life Safety Products.
• Smiland Paint Company - assets purchased by Morwear Manufacturing
• Solar Shield Insulation purchased by Reflectix
• Southwest Door - name change to Architectural Traditions.
• SRS - Specialty Resin Systems (part of Degussa) apparently no longer has separate website.
• St. Lawrence Cement is now part of Holcom
• Stressbar and Post-tensioning Systems - websites down or not working, phone mailbox is full
• Structural Engineers Risk Management Council - dissolved
• StunFence - name change to CDI Global
• Sun Air Conditioning (Georgia) - phone disconnected and website dead
• SunTuf name change to Palram Americas
• Superior Jamestown Corp. - company out of operation
• SuperiorSeating is now part of Izzy Design
• Survivor Woods - name change to Superior Woods
• T-Grid Modular Ceiling Systems - no longer in business.
• Tellus Furniture is now part of Paoli
• The Climbing Thing - playground equipment - phone disconnected and website not working
• The Ohio Moulding Company  - name change to OMCO
• Thermo Brick International - phone dead, no response to emails from me.
• Tilt 'N Clean Rain Gutter Systems - phone disconnected and website dead
• Tristar Skylights purchased by Bristolite Skylights.
• Tubes Radiatori North America name change to TRAX North America
• USG Interiors sells its relocatable walls business to Ultrawall, LLC.
• USX Corporation reorganization change back to US Steel
• Vandal-Proof Products - name change to Electronic Micro Systems Inc.
• Verceram - Manufacturer of ceramic composite building panels. Out of business.
• Versa-Tile Modulars (Canadian flooring and mats) - phone and website not working
• Viking Industries (windows) is part of Pella
• Walworth Company - valves, website down and toll free and regular phone number disconnected
• Waterlink (tanks) - website and phone not working
• Westcon Construction Products Ltd. was aquired by Mutual Materials.
• Whitewater Specialties (soft bathtubs) purchased by WhiteSpa Co.
• Williams Manufacturing Co. (screen doors) out of business
• WonderWall of America (partitions) - website dead, phone disconnected
• XL Lock Manufacturing - website down and phone disconnected.
• Z-Wall (seismic stiffening system) - phone dead and website dead