Benjamin Obdyke Hires New Market Development Manager
Benjamin Obdyke, a leading supplier of moisture management products, has hired Richard Ferro as its newest Market Development Manager. In this role, Ferro will educate architects, builders, and dealers on the best products and practices for protecting the building envelope. Ferro’s territory comprises the Mid-Atlantic region, including New Jersey, eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland. Ferro […]
Westlake Royal Building Products Introduces New Celect Board and Batten Profile
Westlake Royal Building Products, one of North America’s largest manufacturers and distributors of exterior and interior building products, is pleased to announce that it has added a Celect 11” Board & Batten profile to the Celect Cellular Composite Siding line. This new profile will add visual interest to home exterior projects with a vertical pattern […]
BlueLinx Announces Expansion of Distribution Partnership With LP
BlueLinx Holdings Inc., a leading U.S. wholesale distributor of building products, and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LP Building Solutions), a leading manufacturer of engineered wood building products, the expansion of its distribution partnership. The expansion includes LP’s Siding Solutions brands and prefinished solutions (LPSmartSideTrim & Siding, and LPSmartSideExpertFinishTrim & Siding) in the Southeast and Midwest Regions, specifically […]
Simpson Strong-Tie Releases New Fastening Systems Catalog
Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, released the Simpson Strong-Tie 2023 Fastening Systems catalog, a comprehensive guide to the company’s most recent innovations and product line expansions for wood, mass timber, steel, and concrete and masonry fastening applications. Available in print and online, the new catalog is designed to assist […]
Seeing the Lite
By Mike McDole Years ago, the lumber dealer I was working for was growing quickly— and promoting people just as quickly. One year, for example, I brought on a new assistant general manager, a dispatcher, a yard manager, and a second shift supervisor, all in a span of four months. For me, the fun part […]
Simpson Strong-Tie Introduces Next-Generation, Easy-to-Install H1A Hurricane Tie Designed for Increased Resiliency and Higher Allowable Loads Using Fewer Fasteners
Pleasanton, Calif. — Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, today announced the release of the Simpson Strong-Tie H1A next-generation hurricane tie, a code-listed and tested update to the original H1 connector. The new tie is designed to install with fewer, shorter nails and achieves higher allowable uplift and F2 loads […]
LMC to hold its 88th Annual Meeting in Charlotte, NC
Wayne, Pa. – February 22, 2023 — The LMC Annual, one of the top events in the forest products and building materials industry, is set to arrive in Charlotte, NC, March 8-10, 2023. Known as LMC’s largest event, with over 60% of its membership in attendance, it provides almost three hundred supplier partners a place to meet and […]
Westlake Royal Building Products Refreshes the Color Palette of Foundry Specialty Siding
Foundry Specialty Siding, an exterior brand within the Westlake Royal Building Products portfolio, is refreshing its color palette with five new Standard hues and four new Weathered hues as well as expanding the availability of colors within its Grayne profile. The new colors reflect the latest trends and consumer demand, particularly toward grays and darker […]
New Simpson Strong-Tie TITEN HD Screw Anchors Code-Listed for Exterior Environments
Simpson Strong-Tie, the leader in engineered structural connectors and building solutions, has introduced the Titen HD heavy-duty mechanically galvanized screw anchor, a code-listed way to provide high anchoring strength in both interior and exterior applications. Designed for use in cracked and uncracked concrete, as well as uncracked masonry, this new expansion of the Titen HD […]
Benjamin Obdyke Introduces Double-Sided Sealing Tape
Benjamin Obdyke’s new HydroTape DS is an acrylic-based double-sided sealing tape for used with mechanically fastened housewrap. Opting to use a double-sided tape for housewrap seams helps eliminate many of the issues and failure points of conventional seam tapes. In standard applications, traditional seam tapes that adhere to the surface of housewrap or to sheathing […]