Changes 2006
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- Abcot - concrete reinforcing splicing - acquired by Erico
- Aerolator Systems purchased by CaptiveAire (kitchen hoods)
- Alltrista Zinc Products - name change to Jarden Zinc Products
- Ameri-Door and Appalachian Door were merged into Algoma Hardwoods
- American Sports and Recreational Surfaces - website and phone dead
- Amity Fiberglass - their 800# is now answered by Piedmont Fiberglass
- Anderson Hickey - closed, products moved to Groupe Lacasse, which is in turn owned by Haworth
- Armstrong Air Conditioning is now doing business as Allied Air Enterprises
- Autopark - website dead, no response to phone call
- Autospace Corporation - phone and website dead
- BBA Nonwovens is now Fiberweb
- Balmer Architectural Mouldings - company being reorganized
- Belltron USA purchased by Verdin
- Biometrics 2000 - now Akcess Biometrics
- Bruning Paint Co. - purchased by Insl-x
- Buell Door, Buell Flooring, and Unique Moulding - Buell Door Company and all subsidiaries will not be operational after July 11, 2006.
- Builders Imports is now Cladding Corp.
- Carder Concrete Products Company - concrete culverts, manholes and structures, apparently merged into Rinker Materials as the website redirects
- Carmel Steel Products - website down, phone mail box is full over a month period
- Carron and Company - products made by Floline and Insulated Metal Wall Plank
- Cesar Color - decorative glass - domain expired, CA and AZ numbers disconnected (confirmed out of business)
- Champlain Marble Co. acquired by Tennessee Marble Company
- Childspace Playgrounds now Romperland Playsystems
- ClearSpan (fabric structures) merged back into Farley Group
- Colorado Door Fabricators - website and phone no longer working
- Continental Bridge now part of Contech Engineered Solutions
- Continental Woodworking Co. - wood molding - phone disconnected. no forwarding number
- Contour Products, Heartland EPS and Advance Foam Plastics - merged and renamed ACH FOAM Technologies
- Copeland Corporation, following a legal reorganization, has become a part of Emerson Climate Technologies.
- Copper Sales - name change to Firestone Metal Products
- Covert Operations (epoxy adhesives) - now part of USP Structural Conectors
- Crane Products stadium seating now Perma-Cap by AVCON
- DC Solutions (overhead doors) now part of LiftMaster
- DSI Architectural Products - architectural metal stairs, no longer available
- Danthonia Designs (signs) now Spring Valley Signs
- Degussa Building Systems purchased and is now BASF Construction Chemicals - Building Systems
- Denglas Technologies - closed for business
- Deonnetti - California window and door manufacturer - website dead, phone does not work
- Dixie Anchoring Systems purchased by MacLean Power Systems
- Dukane Communication Systems is now GE Security, Sound and Communications
- Dzynspec merged back into Mats
- E-Crete (ACC) purchased by TruStone America
- EckAdams Company - purchased by Koch Originals
- Elrod Corporation - ceased doing business, being liquidated
- Equator Advanced Appliances - website expired and phone calls lead to a warranty service in India answering the phone
- European Classic Designs (venetian plasters) apparently out of business
- FBII Products - now part of Honeywell Security
- FEBCO and Mueller Steam purchased by Watts from SPX
- Fields Company - roofing asphalts - assets acquired by Gardner
- Fire Control Instruments - now part of Gamewell - FCI, which in turn is part of Honeywell
- Florida Made Door Company now owned by Masonite
- Forest Trust transformed into Forest Guild
- Foundation for Interior Design Education Research is now Council for Interior Design Accreditation
- GE PermaCon (Permanent Component Construction) is no longer a product offered by GE.
- Gallery Brassworks is now Gallery Metalworks
- Gate Frame Industries - gate hardware - website dead and phone disconnected
- HSS Structure Systems - tension fabric structures - website dead and phone disconnected
- Headrick Building Products purchased by GAF
- Highland Stucco - name change to Shamrock Stucco
- Huntington Tile Group - phone and website dead
- Industrial Coatings Alliance Group - phone and website dead
- Integra Dynamics - name change to Tapmaster Incorporated
- Integris Metals and Ryerson Tull have joined into one name - Ryerson.
- International Steel Group (formerly Beth Steel) is now Arcelor Mittal
- Invensys Building Systems merged into TAC
- J.G. Braun and R&B Wagner combined into The Wagner Companies
- Joslyn Anchoring Systems purchased by MacLean Power Systems
- KM Systems - now Record USA
- Kanalflakt - same as FanTech
- Kreonite is now a division of Dunning Photo Equipment
- L.L. Sams is now Texwood Library Furniture
- La Crosse Acoustical Tile now known as Interior Systems
- Lone Star Industries (Dyckerhoff) and RC Cement (Buzzi Unicem) merged to form Buzzi Unicem USA early in 2004
- Ludlow Coated Products purchased by Covalence Building Products
- Luminaria Lighting - recently acquired by School House Electric
- MHE-International - ACC products - now primarily in Hawaii and Asia, dropped from directory
- Manufacturers Applied Renovation Systems - replacement seating for telescoping bleacher system, website and phone dead
- Mark Correctional Solutions - assets purchased by Kullman Buildings Corp.
- Master Builders - now Degussa Admixtures
- Matco International - name change to American Mat & Rubber Company (AMARCO)
- Meeker Cedar Products - wood siding - website alive, but all phone numbers are disconnected or dead
- Mero Structures is now Novum Structures
- Mid Atlantic Vinyl Products now MVP WeatherWise
- Mirada Stone - website down, no phone can be traced
- Monarch Lighting Company - phone disconnected and website dead
- National Sash and Door Jobbers Association is now Association of Millwork Distributors
- Nevamar - laminates - purchased by Panolam Surface Systems
- New World Stone Company - now Alberene Soapstone Company
- New Yorker Boiler Company and NY Thermal now called NTI
- NexWatch - now Honeywell Integrated Security
- Nexwood Industries - plastic decking, website dead and 888# disconnected
- Niff-Corr - website up, phone not being answered, fax not responding
- Oasis and Sunroc water coolers - now TriPalm International
- Patternlok Carpet - Synthetic Industries Flooring Systems - sold to Shaw Group
- Peckham Industrial Coatings - phone and website dead
- Philadelphia Tramrail Company now PTR Baler and Compactor - trash compactors
- PolyVision has acquired over the last 5-10 years: Alliance America, Greensteel, Nelson Adams, Peninsular Slate, Carolina Chalkboard, American Chalkboard, Ibid, Pixid, Softboard, Posterloid
- Polythane Systems - now BaySystems North America
- Polywood - synthetic decking - phone disconnected, same number as is on website
- Poma Corporation now WeatherGuard Building Products
- Pro-tec-to Rolling Shutters - name change to Titan Security and Screen Co.
- RMC Industries is now part of CEMEX
- Repla Windows has ceased production. Manufacturing and staff have moved to Superior Seal.
- Richmond Textiles - name change to Hunter Douglas Hospitality
- Riverwind (special wall surfaces) - website and phone dead
- SI Concrete Systems (Fibermesh) and Synthetic Industries were acquired by Propex
- SMI Steel Products - name change to CMC Steel Products - joists and beams
- SNS Technology - website dead, phone dead
- Saint-Gobain - Sully - now North American Specialty Glass
- Security Impact Glass - name change to SAF-GLAS
- Senergy, Acrocrete, Finestone, and SonoWall brands.now part of BASF Wall Systems
- Sentry Manufacturing and Heritage MedCall have joined as one company.
- Serenity Church Furniture - not taking any more orders, going out of business
- Shoreline Industries - composite decking - name change to American Composite Building Products
- Sincol of America now Florida Ceilings
- Spectrallusion - name change to Safety Glow USA
- Squire-Cogswell/Aeros Instruments now Ohio Medical
- Stanark Foam Plastics in now Noark Enterprises
- Starnet International purchased by Conservatek Industries
- Steadfast Bridge Company now part of Contech Engineered Solutions
- Steel Truss and Component Association being phased out
- Steelox - MBCI purchased intellectual property rights and will provide their panel shapes
- Stone Creek Brick Company - Ohio - phone on website is disconnected, no forwarding number. Switchboard has same number
- Stormwater 360 - now CONTECH Stormwater Solutions
- Superior Floor Co. - sports flooring - purchased by Aacer
- TRIATEK Lighting is now Lumisys
- Tempa Glass Industries is now part of the National Glass
- Textron Fastening Systems now Elco Construction Products
- The Falcon Group - Epic Furniture, Falcon Products, Howe Furniture, Thonet, and Shelby Williams Industries went through Chapter 11 and were reorganized as Commercial Furniture Group
- Tico Bamboo - company liquidated
- Towne House Restorations - website down, phone disconnected
- Tri-Plane mirrored closet doors no longer in production
- U.S. Plastic Lumber - assets acquired by Trimax Building Products
- US Tennis Court and Track Builders Assoc. has become American Sports Builders Association
- United Panel - Stenni panels - company is closed
- VICWEST changed its name to Jenisys Engineered Products
- Vermax - cultured marble - website down and fast busy for a month on their phone
- Vertiflex Products - website alive, phone numbers on site are disconnected and switchboard.com does not have a listing in Illinois.
- Visteon Float Glass - now ACH Float Glass
- Vortechnics - now part of Stormwater 360
- Watts Drainage Products, Watts Water Technologies and Watts Brass & Tubular - brands folded into Watts Regulator Co.
- Western Metal Lath and Clark Steel Framing formed ClarkWestern Building Systems.
- Wikk Industries ceased manufacturing Excel Balanced Doors earlier this year.
- ZENON Environmental now part of GE Water as are Ionics, Osmonics and BetzDearborn
