Changes 2008

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• A.B. Chance and Atlas Systems combined into Chance Civil Construction, division of Hubbell Power Systems
• ACCO Aerated Concrete Systems - website says production plant for sale
• ACH Float Glass - name change to Zeledyne - Versalux glass
• ACS Production - tension structures - letter returned and phone not answered - as on US website. Looks like French company with US office or address
• AVA Furniture Group - acquired by Mayline Group
• Able Door Manufacturing - overhead doors - ceased operations
• Adams Stair Works - wood stairs - filed bankruptcy
• Adams-Mulford (modular furniture) - name change to Amcase
• Advanced Lab Concepts combines with Collegedale to form ALC - Collegedale
• Aeicor Metal Products - and All Broward Hurricane - going out of business
• Air Economy Corp. - purchased by Scott Springfield Manufacturing
• Allstar - (garage door operators) - now part of Linear Corporation
• AlumaTek - website down and phone disconnected
• Alumiseal Corp. - vapor barriers - website down and phone disconnected
• American Bi-Fold Door - hanger doors - website down, no answer on phone
• American Incinerators Corporation - also known as U.S. Cremation Equipment
• American Mold Guard - letter returned, phone numbers not working, Anaheim phone disconnected
• Aquarius Brands - irrigation - name change to Jain Irrigation
• Architectural Concrete Creations - concrete formliners - Symons is exclusive distributor
• Architectural Floor Systems - acquired by Gerflor
• Architectural Windows & Entries - phone - as on website - disconnected
• Arkansas Seating - Eck Adams - website suspended, phone disconnected
• Artistic Metal Coatings - number on website is disconnected
• Aspmaxcess - access floors - purchased by Tate Access Floors
• Astrup Company and John Boyle merged into Tri Vantage and reclassified as a distributor. They were acquired by Glen Raven
• Bach Faucets - now supported by Price Pfister
• Beckermann Kitchens - residential kitchens - filed for bankruptcy
• Belentry Doors - phone disconnected, mail returned
• BenchmarkHMF - metal doors - purchased by HMF Express
• Bidet-o-let - website up, phone disconnected
• Bieber Lighting Corporation - website up, phones never answered
• Binswanger Mirror - part of Vitro America
• Braman Furnishings Group - furniture - phone, as on website, disconnected
• Bridge America - website down, phone numbers not working
• Brite Manufacturing - composite decking - business closed
• Brocar - baby changing stations - purchased by Foundations Children's Products
• Carlon Lamson & Sessions - name change to Prime Conduit
• CenterCore Group - Centercore, DO3, Domore, Kobispace & Infinity brands - website dead, 800# disconnected
• Century Manufacturing (aluminum windows - Las Vegas) - phone number on website is invalid
• Charleston Metalworks - metal roofing - company shut down
• Conica Technik - sports surfaces - letter to US office returned, phone disconnected - address on website is in Switzerland. No apparent US address. Now part of BASF.
• Controlled Energy Corp. - tankless water heaters - purchased by Bosch
• Cornerstone Life Safety Solutions - emergency lighting line discontinued. Equivalent systems from Dual-Lite - also from Hubbell
• Crossley Carpets part of Tandus
• Curtition purchased by Kwik-Wall. Their accordion partitions will be sold under the Curtition name and flat panels under the Kwik-Wall name.
• Designer Concrete Fences - name change to Artisan Precast
• Designweave (carpet) is now part of Patcraft and Designweave
• Dodge-Regupol is now ECORE International.
• Donco Air Products now Raymon Company
• Dor-O-Matic - website redirected to Falcon Lock
• Durkan Commercial brand carpeting was absorbed by Karastan
• Edko - now ProAccess Systems - distributor of fence gate systems
• Electronic Display Systems - name change to SignCo EDS
• Elite Access Systems - gate operators - purchased by Chamberlain / ListMaster
• Embury Company is now Kastner Metals / Embury
• Europe's Best Windows & Doors - residential windows and doors - website down and phone disconnected
• FOILTEC North America - name change to Vector Foiltec
• Fenceworks - now Ironworks Mfg. & Supply Co.
• Fenevations - phone on website disconnected - MegaWood, Infinity Bronze and SteelView windows
• Fire Protection Technologies - Flammadur - website down, phone calls not returned
• Fleet America Lifts acquired by Stertil Koni
• Flex Guard Products - tile setting materials - now sold by ProSpec
• Flinchbaugh Company sold Butler Mobility (dumbwaiters and lifts), now called Butler Mobility Products
• Fralo Plastech is now Roth Global Plastics
• Freudenberg Building Systems - now Nora Systems
• Frick Co. - refrigeration - now part of Johnson Controls
• GE Polymershapes - Insulgard - now SABIC Polymershapes, now Insulgard
• GE Structured Products - Lexan - now SABIC Innovative Plastics
• GS Metals - acquired by Cooper B-Line
• Galvamet America has merged with Metl-Span
• General Resource Corp. now Millennium Equipment
• Genlyte Group - now part of PhilipsNA
• Glassalum International - curtain walls - name change to Permasteelisa CS
• Guilford of Maine - fabrics - now part of True Textiles
• Hancock Joist is now New Millennium Building Systems
• Hancock Rack - industrial storage shelving - business closed
• Hi Pro International - (skylights) - phones disconnected
• ICS Garland - epoxy flooring - purchased by Sika
• InQuest Engineering - seismic hold downs - name change to Earthbound Corporation
• Interface Fabrics Group - fabrics - now part of True Textiles
• Interlock San Diego - Tactile Warning Surfaces - closing the business
• JJI Lighting - now part of PhilipsNA
• Jensen Industries, Triangle Bath Cabinets, as well as Broan and NuTone medicine cabinets are now part of Broan-NuTone Storage Solutions
• Kalamazo Technical Furniture - lab casework - apparent name change to Teclab
• King Luminaire - part of Stresscrete Group
• Koala Play Group - now SCS Interactive
• LBI Technologies is now CETCO Liquid Boot Company
• La Gard brand security products found at Kaba Mas
• Labflex - is now ByrumLabflex - website is available only in German with no apparent US office
• Laminated Plastics - Panelyte - website down, phone numbers disconnected
• Laufen Tile - now under the Roca Group
• Laurel Marble - shower bases - out of business
• Lennel Specialties Corporation - name change to Exo-Tec
• Linq Industrial Fabrics (geotextiles) is now Thrace-LINQ
• Lone Star Ceramics Company - purchased by Elgin Butler
• Matrix - medical furniture - apparently part of Midmark Corp.
• Metecno USA acquired by Kingspan North America - brands include API, ASI, Benchmark, and Morin.
• Mizer - shelving - combined into Stelterr
• ModuLine, Naturalite and Skywall - combined into the Vistawall website. Vistawall was purchased by Oldcastle Glass.
• Mohawk Commercial carpet was absorbed by Bigelow.
• Navastone - now part of Hanson Hardscape Products
• Nomaco K-Flex - name changed to K-Flex USA
• Nova Hand Dryers merged into World Dryer
• Noveon - FlowGuard plastic piping - name change to Lubrizol Corporation
• Novitas and PCI - lighting controls - name change to Greengate Cooper Controls
• Oldcastle Infrastructure - Chase Steps - no longer in production
• PW Industries - cable trays - now part of Cablofil/Legrand
• Parent Door Systems - Canadian steel and vinyl residential doors - website down, phone disconnected
• PennSummit Tubular - purchased by Valmont Industries
• Plaza Door Company - assets acquired by International Impact Building Products
• Plyco Ventilation Products - now The Mike Young Team
• Precision Entry, Sugarcreek Industries, and Monarch IG came together under the brand name ProVia Door
• Quaker Furniture - name change to Studio Q Furniture
• Re-Con Building Products - (roofing shingles) - phones disconnected. website still up
• Republic Windows and Doors - company closing
• San Diego Precast Concrete - now U.S. Concrete
• Santa Regina - terrazzo tile - phone numbers on website never picked up and no answering machine/service
• Santana Products / Hiny Hiders, Comtec Industries / Capitol Partitions combined into Scranton Products website
• Sealflex Industries - website down, phone disconnected
• Seidelhuber Metal Products - now part of Brodhead Steel
• Smith Mountain Impact Systems - storefronts - now SMI Systems
• So-Luminaire Daylighting - tracking skylights - name change to Ciralight
• Spider Court - resilient athletic flooring - no longer in business
• Stevens Roofing Systems and Stevens Geomembranes now Dow Roofing Systems
• Stone Mountain Brick Company - think brick - apparently part of Re-Con - website dead and phone not working
• Stonefield Classic Shutters and Atlantic Shutter Systems found under Atlantic Premium Shutters
• Supra Products - emergency lock boxes - website redirect within GE fails, when located appears to be real estate lock boxes only and not Knoxbox type building boxes for keys
• Tamms Industries - purchased by Euclid Chemical last year, products merged into Euclid Chemical website
• Tech-Fab - carbon concrete reinforcement - name change to Chomarat North America
• Tennessee Fabricating Co. - company closing
• Terrapointe Wallcoverings now Naturetex Decorative Products
• Thermocon - spray insulation - purchased by ICC / K-13
• Traf-Park - parking equipment - acquired by Cubic Transportation Systems
• United States Ceramic Tile Co. - now under Roca Group
• Vail Metal Shingles - purchased by Custom-Bilt several years ago. Websites being merged.
• Valspar Flooring is now Sika Industrial Flooring
• Vent Master - kitchen exhaust - now under Halton Company
• Vision Fire & Security is now Xtralis/VESDA
• Weben-Jarco - boilers purchased by Green Boiler
• Wescom Products - nurse call systems - name change to Intego Systems
• Wheeling-Pittsburg Steel Co. - acquired by Severstal North America
• Windo-Therm - name change to Advanced Energy Panels
• Wood Flooring International - now Brandywine International - wood flooring
• Woodsmiths Design & Manufacturing - wood stairs - being closed down