CMI NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EG Roofing Nail Listing Change – Update… Abington, PA (03/16) – Last week we had received a memo from Miami-Dade County, Board and Code Administration Division regarding electrogalvanized (EG) roofing nails. This is a follow up to our previous letter dated March 15, 2016 regarding Dade County nail listings.  I have again included a copy of the Dade memo for your review. At this current time we want to inform all of our customers that as of April 1, 2016 all Dade County listings for EG Roofing Nails will most likely be temporarily suspended. To protect you […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: EG Roofing Nail Listing Change… Abington, PA (03/16) – Today we received a memo from Miami-Dade County, Board and Code Administration Division regarding electrogalvanized (EG) roofing nails. I have included a copy of the memo for your review. The memo indicates that there has been some third party testing conducted of randomly selected samples from distribution locations that include some approved by Miami Dade County and some that were not. These samples were tested for corrosion pursuant to TAS 114. The results of the testing showed none of the samples tested from suppliers to the market passed […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Steel Cost Effect on Nail Pricing… Abington, PA (03/16) – There have been some very recent spikes in steel prices in China since the end of the Lunar New Year period. While this is being caused by a confluence of factors the simple reality is that most steel production in China is government controlled, and the prices have been at unsustainable low levels for some time. Steel prices have been at a twenty year low. Chinese steel mills have been ordered to cut production for various reasons including environmental, pollution control, etc., but by taking supply out […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials Announces Long Term Supply Agreement with MSL – Supporting Fiberboard Demand Across the United States Abington, PA (12/15) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) had notified its customers that on November 18th Georgia Pacific announced the closing of its fiberboard operations ending a 31 year partnership with CMI shipping hundreds of millions of feet of roofing fiberboard nationwide. Now, just two weeks later, on December 1, 2015 we are pleased to announce a long term supply agreement with MSL (part of the Louiseville Fiberboard Group) to supply our customers and the market with the highest quality […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials’ SecureGrip™ Synthetic Roofing Underlayments Approved for Use in Florida – FBC Approval FL18374 Abington, PA (10/15) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) announces that its full line SecureGrip Synthetic Underlayment products are now approved for use in Florida under Florida Building Commission Approval #FL18374 for use as “mechanically attached, woven polypropylene underlayments used as alternatives to ASTM D226, Type I and Type II” roofing felts. SecureGrip PRO™, SecureGrip25™ SecureGrip PLUS™, and SecureGrip MAX™ products have been tested and evaluated for conformance to AC 188 in accordance with ICC standards and testing formats and ASTM D226 – […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials’ Full Line of SecureGrip™ Synthetic Roofing Underlayments Now T.D.I. Listed – Supporting both Contractors and Building Owners… Abington, PA (10/15) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) announces that its full line SecureGrip Synthetic Underlayment products are now approved and listed on the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) list of acceptable alternatives to roof underlayment specified in Chapter 15 of the IBC and Chapter 9 of the IRC. SecureGrip PRO™, SecureGrip25™ SecureGrip PLUS™, and SecureGrip MAX™ products have been tested and evaluated by Intertek for conformance to AC 188 in accordance with ICC standards and testing formats. […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials Announces Enhancements to the CMI SecureGrip™ Line of Synthetic Underlayments – Plus Improved Warrantees that Support the Contractor and Home Owner…      Abington, PA (5/15) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) announces that it has upgraded its entire line of Synthetic Roof Underlayments since the beginning of 2015 by including even better U.V. resistance packages and the implementation of additional non-slip technologies. These enhancements improve on an already well accepted product offering that will continue to differentiate CMI products in a very crowded marketplace and support roofing contractors with premier roofing underlayments across the US. While […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Price Increase Announcement – SecureGrip™ Synthetic Underlayment Effective:  June 1, 2015 Nationwide     Dear Valued Customer; Please be advised that there will be a price increase of 2% to 3% on SecureGrip™ products nationwide effective with shipments June 1, 2015. Check out our announcement flyer by clicking here. Order your direct containers by May 15, 2015 to lock in your pricing for Fall arrivals. For special quotes, pricing, or any related questions, please contact your local CMI Sales Representative or CMI Customer Service at 1-800-247-6637. Click here to see more information on CMI’s line of SecureGrip™ products. We […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTINENTAL MATERIALS ANNOUNCES CORPORATE REALIGNMENT FOR 2015 Abington, PA (12/14) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) announces the below corporate realignment to reinforce our commitment to better support and serve our valued customers and business partners. Marty Boland – Senior Vice President will assume responsibility for the direct management of national accounts. No longer running the Western Region, this change will allow Marty to be the lead contact with our key national account business partners. This will be in addition to his continued role of supporting our Regional Sales management team while focusing his 20 years of successful […]