CMI NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

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 […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTINENTAL MATERIALS ADDS EARL WARD AS VICE PRESIDENT OF WEST AND UPPER MID-WEST SALES REGIONS Abington, PA (12/14) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) is very pleased to announce the appointment of Earl Ward as Vice President managing and supporting the Western and upper Midwest markets of the US for CMI. Earl will be responsible for all sales and marketing in these strategically important areas and will guide our independent sales organization to support our distribution customer requirements. Additionally, Earl will be working closely with contractors and our supply chain group to target and enhance service in those […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Price Increase Announcement – Modified Bitumen Effective:  September 8, 2014     Dear Valued Customer; Please be advised that there will be a price increase of $2/roll on Modified Bitumem All-Weather APP products effective with September 8, 2014. Continued increases in energy and transportation costs are driving production costs to unprecedented levels. We strongly suggest you plan for your inventory needs accordingly. For special job quotes, revised pricing, or any related fiberboard questions, please contact your local CMI Sales Representative or CMI Customer Service at 1-800-247-6637. We thank you for your continued support, and know our success depends on […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Price Increase Announcement – Fiberboard Effective:  August 11, 2014 Nationwide Dear Valued Customer; Please be advised that there will be a price increase of 5% to 7% on fiberboard products nationwide effective with shipments August 11, 2014. All currently priced fiberboard orders must ship prior to August 11, 2014 to receive pre-increase pricing. Continued increases in energy and transportation costs are driving production costs to unprecedented levels. We strongly suggest you plan for your inventory needs accordingly. For special job quotes, revised pricing, or any related fiberboard questions, please contact your local CMI Sales Representative or CMI […]