Changes 2012
These listings represent company changes we have identified. These are in the searchable website area to help you find that the company was purchased or changed names or is no longer in business. If you have any additional information, please let us know. Please send us any changes you spot and we will keep this list updated and make 4specs more reliable.
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- 3M - Scotchkote Roofing - product discontinued
- ACL Industries - ladders and treads - assets purchased by UPNOVR
- ALC, Collegedale, Hamilton and Epoxyn are now Thermo Scientific
- Allied Windows - Langley BC - aluminum windows and doors - reportedly going out of business
- American Sports Lighting - now Maverick Poles and Structure
- Amweld International - steel doors - website down, had laid off most of staff in Oct. 2011. Assets purchased by Black Mountain Door.
- Big Apple Wallcovering - vinyl wall coverings - website down, phones disconnected
- BluWood USA - wood treatment - only phone number on website disabled
- Blue Ridge Commercial Carpet - website down, phone with fast busy
- CONTECH Construction Products - name change to Contech Engineered Solutions
- Carlisle Coatings and Waterproofing - sold deck and traffic coating systems to Pecora
- Christopher Moulder - lighting - phone disconnected, email not responded to.
- Clarin Seating - acquired by Hussey Seating
- Column Form Technology - phones disconnected
- Conservatek Industries & Temcor combined into CST Covers
- DEC Architectural Composites - website down and phone disconnected
- Delta Doors - part of CR Laurence - being absorbed into U.S. Aluminum
- East Jordan Iron Works Inc. reports it will rebrand itself and its several international holdings under a common name - EJ
- Finnforest is now Metsa Wood
- Follansbee Steel - purchased by Revere Copper.
- Hansen Hardscapes purchased by and integrated into Oldcastle Belgard Hardscapes
- Higgins Brick - Company apparently closed. phone disconnected and is no longer on website.
- ITT - Complete Water Systems - pumps - name change to Zylem
- Infinite Furniture Solutions - name change back to Royal Seating. Includes Texwood.
- InterEdge Technologies (fire-rated glass) is now AGC Glass Company North America.
- Landscape Brands - site furniture - name change to Anova Furnishings
- Lehigh Portland Cement Company - name changed to Lehigh Hanson
- Met-Tile - metal roofing simulating shingles - merged into McElroy Metal
- NORDPLAN and Univeyor Logistics Systems have merged and are now Quibiqa.
- NuconSteel - closing light gauge steel stud production facilities in Spring 2012.
- Nysan Shading Systems renamed Hunter Douglas Contract Solar Control. Had been purchased several years ago.
- Parwood Manufacturing - wood doors in British Columbia, now Delta Door & Panel
- Peterson Detention - name change to PDI
- Pinnacle Storage Products (lockers) - purchased by Hallowell
- Prospec Contracts - lockers - British company - Spec-Rite Designs is now their exclusive North American partner
- Protective Coatings Technology - acquired by Polyguard
- Rockville Partitions - website redirected to sister company - General Partitions
- Rotonics Manufacturing - name change to Snyder Industries - rotational molding
- Rowan Granite Quarry - phone number and fax disconnected, as on website
- Royal Seating - 877# and fax number disconnected, as on website
- Sanymetal (toilet partitions) has gone out of business as part of the merger to American Standard (several years ago)
- Serious Materials - name change to Serious Energy
- Sharon Stairs - business being closed
- Sheffield Plastics - name change to Bayer MaterialScience
- Simplex Ceilings - purchased by Armstrong
- Superior Window Corporation - Florida - postcard returned with address on website and phone had fast busy for 10 days
- TRA-Mage - name change to TRA Snow & Sun
- ThyssenKrupp Access Corp. (residential-style elevators - not the main elevator division) plans to shut down its U.S. operations.
- Traco's website redirects to Kawneer (had been purchased by Alcoa/Kawaneer), removed from 4specs
- Trimline Building Products - renamed Quarrix Building Products
- Tyco Valves & Controls now Pentair Valves & Controls
- Wheeling Corrugating Co. - parent company in bankruptcy, probably no longer in business. Their phone extensions are mainly disconnected.
