CertainTeed's Apollo Solar Roofing System makes it possible to mount lightweight, durable photovoltaic panels on a new existing roof.
Owens Corning's TruDefinition Duration shingles pack several color granules in each shingle, providing multiple options to color a roof.
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Continued robust profits in roofing and break-even returns for insulation enabled Owens Corning's building materials segment to more than quintuple its earnings before interest and taxation (EBIT) to $55 million in the fourth quarter from $9 million in the year-earlier period. Building material...
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Net income at Beacon Roofing Supply jumped 89%, from the same period a year ago, to $19.1 million during its fiscal first quarter. Net sales grew 21% to $489.9 million for the period ended Dec. 31.
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Demand nationwide for roofing will rise an average of 5.7% per year between 2010 and 2015 to reach 263 million squares worth $24.4 billion, the Freedonia Group forecast.That's a turnaround from the previous five-year period, in which demand shrank 6.1% per year, going from 274.2 million squares in...
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SRS Acquisition announced it opened a new location in Omaha, Neb., under the Shake & Shingle Supply name. The facility is the first SRS location in Nebraska and will serve the Omaha, Lincoln, and Council Bluffs metropolitan areas, as well as eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
Oil prices affect the asphalt shingle market in more ways than one.
They're slippery, they tear, and they're expensive.
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SRS Acquisition Corp. is in the final stages of acquiring State Shingle Co. in Oakland, Calif., a move that will expand SRS to 44 locations nationwide, the company announced today. The purchase is structured as an asset purchase and is scheduled to close on April 1 and is intended to expand SRS'...
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SRS Acquisition Corp. opened in San Antonio its 43rd location nationwide and its ninth facility under the Southern Shingles name.
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Owens Corning's building material segment saw earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) fall 30% in 2010 from the year before to hit $281 million even though the segment's net sales declined just 2% to $3.24 billion.
There's just 3,000 square feet for Worth Supply to show off its extensive collection of clay, slate, and cedar roofing tiles. But the two-year-old dealer has set things up to make it easy to reconfigure the showroom as needed. It even creates one-of-a-kind displays to serve its high-end clientele.
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SRS Acquisition Corp., America's 14th-biggest LBM operation, announced it acquired Superior Distribution of Piney Flats, Tenn., a one-store distributor of roofing and related exterior products serving the Tri-Cities market of Tennessee and Virginia.
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Lowe's Companies and CertainTeed Corp. announced an agreement in which CertainTeed will supply selected interior building products to Lowe's stores in particular parts of the country.
Concrete and clay tile roofing have long been favorites in the Sunbelt region for their energy-efficient qualities and aesthetics.
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Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) at Owen Corning's roofing business dropped 22.1% in the second quarter from a year earlier to reach $149 million while the insulation business' EBIT loss improved to $26 million from its $28 million loss a year before.
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Rapidly growing SRS Acquisition Corporation revealed it has closed on the acquisition of Pace Supply Corporation, a distributor of roofing, siding, and windows with headquarters in Lansdale, Pa.
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SRS Acquisition Corp. continues to grow at a rapid pace, revealing it has acquired certain assets of H&S Building Material L.P., a distributor of roofing materials in northwest Houston.
Homeowners can save 7% to 15% in total cooling costs by putting products on their roofs that reflect the sun's rays rather than absorb them, the Cool Roof Rating Council says.
Tamko Lamarite Slate composite roofing shingles are now available in variegated colors, including plum, rustic stone, patina, and pewter.