Disturbing news out of the Badger State on Tuesday after a roofing contractor was sentenced on a conviction of child enticement stemming from charges filed against him in Washburn County, Wis., Circuit Court last March. Following a guilty plea in June, the court handed down a 25-year sentence to James Emerson, president of Rice Lake, Wis.-based ReNew…
Serial entrepreneur Lance Bachmann, founder of Bristol, Pa.-based LB Capital, announced on Tuesday that his holding company has completed its acquisition of My Pittsburgh Roofing, which will become part of Bachmann’s Planet Roof portfolio firm. According to a Sept. 3 news release, My Pittsburgh Roofing is the second of three successful roofing company roll-ups…
A new report by Future Market Insights released Tuesday shows the global roofing material market reached $141.1 billion in 2023, and sales are forecast to rise at a compound annual growth rate of 4.6% over the next decade to exceed $231 billion by 2034. On the domestic side, the U.S. is anticipated to enjoy a…
A tragic accident on Tuesday at the Great Bend Municipal Airport in Barton County, Kan., claimed the life of a 16-year-old who was working on a roof with a second man when the aerial boom bucket they were using made contact with a high-voltage power line. According to the Barton County Sheriff’s Office, emergency personnel…
Holcim Building Envelope announced on Tuesday plans for the construction of a new Malarkey Roofing Products plant in Franklin, Ind., about 20 miles south of Indianapolis, on a 135-acre campus that will hold a 300,000-square-foot manufacturing facility and warehouse. In an August 13 news release, Holcim Building Envelope said the new facility is expected to…
CrewCost, a new accounting software program launched on Tuesday, is being touted by the company as “designed for contractors by contractors”; the program and eponymously named firm is from the founder of Esticom, a cloud-based takeoff and estimating application since acquired by Procore. In a July 16 news release, CrewCost pointed out that the domestic…
Owens Corning announced Tuesday that it completed its acquisition of Masonite International Corporation, a bellwether provider of interior and exterior doors and door systems, having acquired all outstanding Masonite common shares for $133.00 per share. The finalization, announced in a May 15 news release, has an implied transaction value of nearly $3.9 billion. “The addition…
NanoTech Materials, Inc., a provider of climate-resilient materials, announced on Tuesday a collaboration with Cool Roof Coating Systems, LLC, a subsidiary of Tesson Roofing in the Grand Canyon State, to combat high indoor temperatures in the all-consuming heat that is summer in Arizona. In a Jan. 23 news release outlining the partnership, Cool Roof Coating…
On Tuesday, TAMKO Building Products LLC announced a multi-year branding opportunity that may rival the Taylor-Kelcey alignment by becoming the official ‘roofing partner’ of the Kansas City Chiefs. In a Dec. 19 news release, TAMKO said KC fans, visitors, and viewers would see new TAMKO signage and activations at Chiefs games in GEHA Field at…
A research paper published on Tuesday in the academic journal Device offers an alluring prospect to the roofing industry: an adaptive roof tile, which, when deployed in arrays on roofs, can lower heating bills in winter and cooling bills in summer without the need for electronics. The paper’s authors, UC Santa Barbara researchers Charlie Xiao,…
