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This March, Building Products veteran Bill Eberle, whom has worked for CertainTeed for the past 42 years, is retiring. He leaves a lasting legacy of leadership and commitment that ripples throughout the industry.

Ron Blank & Associates Inc. has launched a comprehensive program to help building product manufacturers get their products specified.

The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has updated and released two documents specific to aluminum: the combined AAMA 609 & 610-15, “Cleaning and Maintenance Guide for Architecturally Finished Aluminum” and CW-10-15, “Care and Handling of Architectural Aluminum from Shop to Site.”

Exemplary craftsmanship in a recent residential remodeling project has earned Wall to Wall Construction LLC, Catonsville, Md., the Remodeler Project of the Quarter award from CertainTeed Corporation.

Swanson Group Manufacturing LLC, a Pacific Northwest forest products company, announced that it has acquired the assets of Olympic Panel Products LLC. Located in Shelton, Wash., Olympic Panel is the largest overlay plywood manufacturer in North America. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute will host its 2015 CFSEI Annual Expo and Meeting on May 18-19 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Fla.

The Valspar Corporation celebrates 50 years of Fluropon 70 percent PVDF resin-based coatings. Since the flagship architectural coating launched in 1965, Valspar’s Fluropon exterior coatings have become the industry standard for both metal coil coating and aluminum extrusion applications.

Parex USA Inc., the parent company of leading building material brands: Parex, Teifs, LaHabra, El Rey, and Merkrete, announced the addition of two new hires to the Marketing Department—Kevin Rantin, marketing director, and Tiffany Awischus, product manager for Merkrete.

When board members of the Bucks County Audubon Society in New Hope, Pa., were looking for help with a leaking roof on their historic building, they only had to search as far as a supportive member.

International architecture and engineering firm LEO A DALY announced that Rafael Sixto has joined the firm as Managing Principal of its Miami office.