Changes 2009
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- AAG Glass Studios - merged into Jockimo
- AboveBoard Technology - strawboard materials - phone disconnected and website dead
- Adjusta-Post Lighting Co. - website down, phone fast busy
- Advanced Masonry Technology - Vet-O-Vitz - website down and phone mailbox full
- Alcoa Home Exteriors - vinyl and aluminum siding - now Mastic Home Exteriors - part of Plygem
- Allied Studco has ceased operation
- Alpen Windows acquired by Serious Materials
- American Highway Technology - merged into Dayton Superior website
- American Shower & Bath Corp. and Aqua Glass merged into Masco Bath
- Aquaware America - taken over by MilUSA
- Architectural Art Stone - name change to Heritage Cast Stone
- Arpal Defender - blast windows - phone numbers on website disconnected
- Avante Hardware - cabinet hardware - now part of Liberty Hardware
- Aveno Window Fashions and Timber Blind and Shutter have merged.
- B-Pro Safeguard - blast resistant windows - mentioned in discussion forum. Letter returned with address from website and phone does not sound like a business when called.
- Bailey Bridges prefers to operate as Pioneer Bridges
- BakerHydro - purchased by Waterco
- Bomanite Corp. - assets purchased and operating as The Bomanite Co.
- BonaKemi USA - now Bona USA
- Brayton- Coalesse also brings together the rich design histories of three brands from the Steelcase family of companies – Brayton, Metro and Vecta – as part of the new Coalesse brand.
- Burke Mercer - flooring - is now Burke Flooring
- Burke by Edoco - merged into Dayton Superior website
- Butler Construction - pre-engineered buildings became BlueScope Construction, Inc.
- Carolina Precast Concrete - now part of Hanson
- Coldmatic Products - including Clark Door, General Refrigeration - refrigeration and cold storage - apparently in bankruptcy and brands purchased by DeCastris
- Coldraco - apparent name change to FR Cubicle Curtains And Drapes
- Colonial Stair and Woodwork Company - now Creative Custom Components
- Conspec - merged into Dayton Superior website
- Covalence Building Products - building wraps - now Berry Plastics Corporation
- DSM Law Enforcement Products - evidence lockers - merged into Bradford Systems website
- Deacero Fence - name change to Designmaster Fence
- Delta Control Products - purchased by Bray Controls
- DoorTech Industries - overhead doors - website down, phone disconnected
- Dow sold their pipe insulation products to ITW
- Dur-O-Wal - merged into Dayton Superior website
- Ecophon - part of Certainteed, website redirects to Certainteed website
- Fimbel Door - absorbed into Amarr Garage Doors - note this is a separate company from Fimbel Architectural Door Specialties
- Firedoor Corporation - phone on website disconnected
- Folger Adam Electric Door Controls - products moved to HES website, part of ASSA ABLOY
- Fulton Windows (Canada) - apparently now part of Oldcastle Glass
- Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association merged in 2008 with the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute to become the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute
- Graboplan - fabric structures - website not working and phone disconnected
- Great Lakes Window, MW Windows & Doors, Alenco, CWD Windows and Doors, Patriot Windows combined into Ply Gem Windows
- Greenlite Glass System - importer of SGG PRIVA-LITE - Saint Gobain Glass - no apparent US or Canadian website
- Hickory Hardware - cabinet and misc. hardware - out of business
- Hospitality Manufacturing - furniture - website down, phone disconnected
- ICD/Innovative Concrete Design Corp. - retaining walls - name is now Select ICD
- Ideal Architecture Doors and Plywood - acquired by VT Industries
- Jaypro Sports" Gym Construction product line acquired by Draper. Some Jaypro branded products are still available in a few select states, but they are now manufactured by Draper.
- Katolight Corporation - power generating equipment - now MTU Onsite Energy Corporation
- Kelley, Serco, TKO Dock Doors and LoadHog part of 4Front Engineered Solutions
- Knight-Celotex - in Chapter 7 bankruptcy - meaning liquidation of the company.
- LeBaron Foundry - now East Jordan Iron Works
- Library Bureau Steel - company closed and up for sale.
- Louis Poulsen Lighting - now part of Targetti USA
- Lux Steel - Domore Seating - now Scope Technologies
- Mahon Door Corporation - coiling doors - out of business
- Mammoth and Webco - HVAC - combined to form Mammoth Webco, name changed to just Mammoth.
- MegaStar Systems - filing systems - is now Remstar
- Meredith Collection - tile - company closed
- Millenea Wall Solutions - retaining walls - phone disconnected and website down
- Mills Paint - British Columbia - acquired by Sico - Montreal
- NOFMA - Wood Flooring Manufacturers Assoc. - merged into National Wood Flooring Association
- National Wheel-O-Vator Co. - purchased by ThyssenKrupp Access
- Open Plan Systems - office systems remanufacturing - acquired by HMU
- Operator Specialty Company - gate operators is now Linear Corporation
- Overholtzer Church Furniture - purchased some time ago by Imperial Woodwork
- Palmer Snyder Furniture is now PS Furniture
- Porta Target - shooting range equipment - purchased by Savage
- Precon Bridges - name change to Transpan Bridges
- Prisma North America - name change to Performance in Lighting
- REDD Team - combined into Sapa Fabricated Products website
- Royal Building Systems now Nuform Building Technologies
- Safe Guard Surfacing - playground safety surfacing - now Let's Play Recreation
- Selador - LEDs - acquired by Electronic Theatre Controls
- Semco - now part of Flaktwoods
- Sharon Tube Co. - now part of Wheatland Tube
- Softcare Innovations - now Nurture by Steelcase
- Square D Co. - website now part of Schneider Electric
- Staircase and Millwork Corp. - out of business
- Sterling-Dula Architectural Products and Kane Manufacturing Corporation combined into KaneSterling
- Stjern Corporation - roll up door protectors - going out of business
- The National Paint and Coatings Association and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (NPCA/FSCT) have merged.
- Tri Palm International has changed name back to Oasis International
- Tyler Refrigeration - Hill PHOENIX® purchased certain assets and intellectual property
- US Intec - products merged into GAF website
- Vecta - Coalesse also brings together the rich design histories of three brands from the Steelcase family of companies – Brayton, Metro and Vecta – as part of the new Coalesse brand.
- VoidForm - acquired by Sonoco - maker of Sonotube
- W.P. Hickman Systems - name change to Viridian Systems. Note this is not W.P. Hickman Company.
- Wayne-Dalton - overhead doors - acquired by Overhead Door
- Western Shower Door - website disabled - phone not answered
- Young Fabricated Products - lockers - now Spec-Rite Designs
- van Bergen Company - merged into Verdin Company
