Roofing Industry News

Attracting more than 4,200 expo booth visits, the Owens Corning Virtual Business Building Day on Thursday, April 7, offered roofers a day of travel-free training, new tools and ideas to grow their business.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Carlisle Companies Incorporated announced plans to invest more than $60 million to build an innovative, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Sikeston, Mo.

Asphalt roofing product shipments saw a significant increase in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same time last year, though some products didn't fare as well when compared to the last quarter of 2020.

ROSEMONT, Ill. — The National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) announced its ProCertification program recently received an Award of Excellence for Outstanding Human Performance Intervention from the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI).

RICHBURG, S.C. — The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) and UL today announced plans to expand their relationship to increase manufacturer access to testing to the IBHS Impact Resistance Test Protocol for Asphalt Shingles.

THE WOODLANDS, Texas — Huntsman Building Solutions announced the launch of two new courses for design professionals. The continuing education offerings, "Spray Polyurethane Foam as a Continuous Insulation (CI) Solution" and "Improving Roof Performance with Spray Foam Insulation," are both available through Architectural Record magazine’s Continuing Education Center.

MCKINNEY, Texas — SRS Distribution Inc. and ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, today announced SRS Distribution as the new title sponsor for the Las Vegas Bowl, as part of a five-year agreement.

DENVER — Scope Technologies and Leap have entered into a strategic partnership, combining Scope’s industry-leading aerial and blueprint Round Rock TX Roof building envelope measurement data with Leap’s digital sales and project management application.

KANKAKEE, Ill. — IKO announced that its steep-slope product lineup is now available on the Building Systems Design (BSD) SpecLink platform.

An innovator in the spec-writing software field, BSD offers leading-edge tools, like SpecLink, which allow architects, engineers, consultants, specifiers and Round Rock TX Roof building owners to synchronize their design specs and collaborate more efficiently with cloud technology to quickly produce cost estimates for projects.