CMI NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials Announces Polston Sales & Marketing as Sales Representative for Texas Markets August 27, 2019 Abington, PA (8/19/2019) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) is proud to announce that Polston Sales & Marketing (est. 1984) has joined the CMI team taking on the sales of the CMI line of commercial and residential roofing system products, and providing coverage and support in the Texas market areas. “We are excited to add the Polston group with their 70 years of combined experience and their customer and industry knowledge. The team will be a strong asset to CMI in their new role […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Roofing Nail Tariff Update June 17, 2019 Dear Valued Customer; CMI (Continental Materials, Inc.) continues to provide our customers with quality products and timely deliveries, as well as the most up to date and accurate information to help support running your businesses effectively. Tariff update – June 15th, 2019: ENTRIES AS OF JUNE 15 NOW 25% TARIFF ON CHINESE NAILS Background: On May 31st, 2019 the United States Trade Representative (USTR) delayed the 15% tariff increase for the Section 301 List 3 goods until June 15th . The total tariff on those listed items would remain at 10% on goods shipped […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Roofing Nail Tariff Update June 03, 2019  Dear Valued Customer; As one of the largest and oldest direct importers of nails in the USA today, CMI has been providing our customers with quality products, timely deliveries, as well as the most up to date and accurate information to help support running your businesses effectively. Tariff update as of 5:32PM on May 31st, 2019 Background: On May 10, 2019, the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) implemented the previously delayed 15% increase in tariff for the Section 301 List 3 goods. The total tariff on those listed items is 25%.  […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Roofing Nail Tariff Update May 23, 2019  Dear Valued Customer; “The Section 301 Tariff increase to 25% (from 10%), that had been postponed from January 1, 2019, has now implemented.”  Many customers have contacted CMI asking about how we will be handling the newly increased tariff on their CMI nail and accessory orders that have not yet arrived from China. Hopefully we can clear up any misunderstanding of this situation as follows: On May 10, 2019, the office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) implemented the previously delayed 15% increase in tariff for the Section 301 List 3 goods. The […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Roofing Nail Tariff Update May 08, 2019 [REVISED 5/8] Dear Valued Customer; “The Section 301 Tariff increase to 25% (from 10%), that had been postponed from January 1, 2019, has now implemented. Some Background. On Sunday, May 5, 2019, President Trump announced that the tariff rate on USTR List 3 items of Section 301 tariffs would be increasing from 10% to 25% on Friday, May 10, 2019. Additional details have evolved and clarifications have been made to the initial tariff implementation schedule that would have affected all entries as of Friday, May 10, 2019 at a 25% tariff […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials Announces the addition of Mark Hinterlong to the CMI Team – Supporting Underlayments and New Business Development May 06, 2019 Abington, PA (5/6/19) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) is excited to announce that Mark Hinterlong has joined the CMI team taking on the new role of National Director of Underlayments and New Business Development. Mark was selected to support Continental Materials’ efforts to develop and provide additional direction for CMI’s growth path in the synthetic underlayment business. Mark brings an extensive history in building products; more recently leading a team that was a prominent player in the […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Price Increase Announcement – Asphalt Effective:  April 29, 2019 Nationwide Dear Valued Customer; Please be advised that due to rising asphalt, transportation, and other costs, the price of all Continental Materials asphalt products will increase between 5% and 8% nationwide effective with shipments April 29, 2019. You will receive your new delivered pricing from your local CMI Sales Rep or you can call CMI Customer Service at 1-800-247-6637. All prior quotes for shipments after the effective date must be re-confirmed to be valid. All Continental Asphalt is produced with our patented No-Smell™ formula and protected with our […]

  As market leaders it is important to keep you our valued customers informed of the challenging supply issues we are all experiencing tied into the ongoing supply hurdles encountered in China; and well documented in our previous roofing nail updates. Copies of these prior announcements are available at www.ContinentalMaterials.com for your reference Since September 12th our primary supply chain in China is once again producing high quality coil roofing nails. Due to the ongoing issues with the galvanizing mills, as part of a severe Environmental Enforcement Campaign mandated by the Chinese government, there have been two prolonged shutdowns since […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials Announces the addition of Mike Sinclair to the CMI Team – Supporting Brand and Market Development March 18, 2019 Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) is delighted to announce that Mike Sinclair has joined the CMI team taking on the role of business development. “We are excited to add a person with Mike’s 18 years of experience and industry knowledge with BlueLinx. His years in sales management and 23 years in the building products sectors will be a strong asset to CMI as we continue to expand our business and product offering in various target markets”, says […]