Changes 2010

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• Abbey Window Coverings brand (draperies) discontinued by Springs Window Fashions
• Accelerated Building Technologies - name change to SYNTHEON Inc.
• Alcan Composites USA - name change to 3A Composites USA
• American Spaceframe Fabricators - ceasing operations
• American of Martinsville - hospitality furniture - letter returned with Florida address?? - phone disconnected - 800# leads to Lazyboy
• Ames - filing systems - acquired by TAB
• Architectural Glazing Technologies - curtain wall and skylights - suspending new sales and closing out existing contracts
• Blanton & Moore - apparently now part of Jasper Library Service
• CMC Joist & Deck - exiting the business
• Carson, Christy and Synertech united to form Oldcastle Infrastructure Enclosure Solutions (OPES.)
• Ceilcote - we had them listed as SGL ACOTEC - now part of International Protective Coatings
• CenterCore Furniture purchased the assets of Centercore Group (furniture)
• Chemical Lime - lime for masonry mortar and soil stabilization - name change to Lhoist North America
• City Wire Cloth - now part of Gerard Daniel Worldwide
• Commercial Block Systems - ICFs - website down, apparently purchased by Fox Blocks
• Compudyne - changed company name to Norment Security Group, had previously combined Norshield Security Products
• Correct Building Products and Correct Porch now part of GAF
• Cover-All Building Systems - assets purchased by Norseman Structures Inc.
• Coyne & Delany Co. - name change to Delany Products - plumbing valves
• DCO Lighting - part of Philips - website merged into Day-Brite Lighting
• Dur-O-Wal - purchased by Hohmann & Barnard from Dayton Superior
• Dynamic Lighting - name change to Amerlux Exterior
• Environmental Technologies - (HVAC) - purchased by Johnson Controls
• Fancy Street Light Company - name change to Rock Island Street Light Co.
• FiberTech Polymers - fencing - company apparently out of business
• GS Metals Corp. has been acquired by Cooper Industries, and is now part of Cooper B-Line.
• Hardcast is now Carlisle HVAC Products
• Heritage Window and Door - closing their doors
• Holcomb & Hoke Mfg. Co. - folding partitions - phone disconnected and letter returned
• Holcomb & Hoke went out of business in February 2009. In April 2009, Panelfold, Inc. acquired, at public auction, the Foldoor Accordion product line, trade name, and website.
• Hospitality Sign Company - name change to HotelSigns.com
• I-XL Industries - brick - Alberta - plant flooded and decided not to rebuild
• ICI Paints is now Glidden Professional
• Industrial Millwork Corp. - assets purchased by Lag Design Custom Wood Doors
• Irwin Telescopic Seating Company - merged into Irwin Seating Co.
• J&L Shutters - letter returned and website dead
• J.W. Peters - precast concrete - part of IPC Precast
• Kaylien - commercial fiberglass doors - phone disconnected
• Kemlite Company now known as Crane Composites
• Kerr Lighting and Snap Edge Corporation are now SEK Corporation
• Kodiak Industries - gym equipment - Canada - website down and phone disconnected
• Mahon Door - coiling doors - letter returned and phones disconnected
• Mike Young Team - louvers and vents - decided to close business
• New World West - storefronts and curtain walls - closed business
• Nexcel Synthetics and Nexcel Synthetic Surfaces - assets acquired by Integrated Turf Solutions - no longer involved with concrete fiber reinforcement
• Northstar Vinyl Products - website redirects to CMI Waterfront Solutions - apparently purchased
• Oldcastle Glass is now Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope®
• Patent Construction Systems - concrete formwork - to become Harsco Infrastructure
• Payne Fence Products – became part of the Betafence group of companies in 2008, company name change to Betafence USA in 2010.
• PolyVision (a Steelcase company) - exited all products except for interactive whiteboards.
• Senior Technologies and Xmark combined into Stanley Healthcare Solutions
• Silent Gliss USA - USA website down, USA no longer listed on the Swiss parent website, phone not working.
• Smith and Hawken - apparently purchased by Target Stores
• Summit Structures - fabric structures - in restructuring
• Superior Metal Trim - ceased operations
• Surewall Products - EIFS - merged products into Parex
• Symons - concrete products - information is now within the Dayton Superior website
• Terry Hinge & Hardware - acquired by Rockford Process Control
• The National Paint and Coatings Association and the Federation of Societies for Coatings Technology (NPCA/FSCT) have merged - new name is American Coatings Association
• Track Seating - phone reports they are no longer accepting orders
• Traco was purchased and will become part of Alcoa Building and Construction Systems (BCS)
• TruStone America - e-crete - autoclaved concrete - phone disconnected
• Universal Building Products - On Sept. 10, 2010, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved the transfer of UBP assets to Dayton Superior Corporation.
• Vistawall Architectural Products - had been purchased by Oldcastle Glass, website now merged into Oldcastle Glass
• Wallach Glass Studio now Amri Studio
• Weyerhauser sold their commercial Trus-Joist/iLevel business to Atlas with the new trade name Redbuilt - Weyerhauser retains single family construction and Redbuilt is multifamily through commercial.
• Zeledyne "Versalux" has withdrawn from the commercial glass industry and is now focusing only on automotive glass operations.
• Zero-Loc Enterprises - apparently now part of Kingspan Insulated Panels