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...So it has ended up having to start a training programme that prepares military veterans, people coming out of prisons and at-risk young people to work in the roofing sector....
...Until then, Mr Millstone had been working on transactions and strategy for Heyman’s operating companies — GAF, a North American roofer, and International Specialty Products, a chemicals business — while...
...The deal makes CRH Europe’s second-largest producer of lime, a product used in the chemicals and pharmaceuticals sectors as well as cement....
...In Europe, CRH is the second largest building materials distributor and biggest producer of “heavyside” products which covers cement, aggregates, and readymix concrete....
...The case concerns US building group Standard Industries’ proposal to buy German roof product company Braas Monier....
...The settlement on Friday ends the British tobacco group’s seven-year legal dispute with Flintkote, a US roofing company that used to make products containing asbestos....
...He is repeating accusations he made to the European Commission, which resulted in an investigation that included raids on Velux’s offices....
...“Everything together just makes it a better time to purchase right now,” says Joe Fiorelli, safety manager at Gulfeagle Supply, a distributor of roofing and building products based in Tampa, Florida, which...
...It has received £5m from the Welsh government for a collaborative project with Corus to integrate Dyesol cells into steel roofing....
...SIT designs, makes and installs building integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roofing systems for commercial roofs....
...Low barriers to entry, low expenses, useful end products. What’s not to like? Plenty....
...One user – a roofer in Chicago – turned a MySpace advert offer costing a few hundred dollars into a $30,000 roofing deal....
...SIG, the specialist insulation and roofing group, was in focus on Wednesday as takeover rumours circulated....
...The overseas move on the building materials sector began in 1997 when Redland, the roofing tile specialist, was bought by Lafarge of France for £1.8bn....
...Builds stake in roofing and building products maker ElkCorp. Builds 8.8 per cent stake in LSE through derivatives contracts...
...The best performer was Plant Health Care, the maker of natural horticultural and agricultural plant feed products, which increased 56 per cent....
...Home Depot is increasing returns from its 2,000 existing stores by widening its range of products and focusing on big-ticket transactions as the company’s rate of expansion declines....
...Sales of home installation services grew 28 per cent, with strong demand for roofing, countertops, kitchens, windows and flooring....
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