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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 the test.  All products shipped into south Florida were not tested so we are working with the officials in Metro Dade to participate in an action plan to provide certainty to our customers that materials supplied by Continental Materials meet the requirements of TAS 114 Appendix E.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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. A Code Compliance Research Report, CCRR 1045, had been completed and issued by Intertek and accepted by TDI as proof of meeting the stringent roofing underlayment requirements. See the link on the CMI website to get to the TDI listing.