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Carriers’ on-time reliability falls to record lows in November Carriers add boxes, but no swift end to equipment shortage THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN IS BROKEN   There are 20 ships anchored off Los Angles waiting a week to get unloaded, but there is no dock space available due to the mass volumes of containers coming […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials Announces Richard Kasper II as Contractor Specialist – Underlayments in the Florida Market January 18, 2021 Abington, PA (1/18/2021) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) is happy to announce that Richard Kasper II has joined CMI in the role of Contractor Specialist – Synthetic Roof Underalyments providing sales and technical support in all

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Container Update  Dear Valued Customer; ACTIONS HAVE CONSEQUENCES “Deal with Honest and Transparent Partners”  Many nail importers have taken to “drastic actions” in order to curtail losses and are not meeting their obligations of shipping nail orders/ containers as contractually agreed to. These actions would appear to violate the basic tenants of

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Urgent Nail Update Dear Valued Customer; YOUR NAIL CONTAINER WILL BE LATE  If you placed an order in the early fall and your container was to ship in December it will most likely be 30 – 45 days late. If your order was to ship in January for March delivery it could

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Price Increase SecureGrip, WeatherWarrior, SecureWrap Products and Dual Logo products, Including Self Adhered Nationwide Dear Valued Customer; Due to the stark increase in resin and in shipping costs CMI will increase the price on all of the following products; effective on the following dates: All Warehouse Shipments Effective 2/1/21 All Container Shipments Ex.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Price Increase Announcement – Fiberboard Effective:  January 25, 2021 Nationwide Dear Valued Customer; Please be advised that due to rising costs in energy, materials, and transportation, there will be a price increase of 5% to 7% on all fiberboard and cant strip/tapered edge products nationwide effective with shipments January 25, 2021. All

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Roofing Nail and SecureGrip Synthetic Underlayment Market Update December 08, 2020 Abington, PA (12/08/2020) – ROOFING NAILS Why are your nail containers late? Are they late because your shipper won’t pay the current freight rate or are they late because your shipper does not have an on-site presence to oversee the process,

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials, Inc (CMI) “Introduces X-Weather Warrior Black” August 21, 2020 Abington, PA (08/21/2020) – – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) is proud to introduce their new Xtreme-Weather Warrior BLACK. CMI’s synthetic underlayment offering has expanded to offer more options to their customers & end users.   Mark Hinterlong, Director of Underlayments stated “In response

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials, Inc (CMI) Extends “Golden Ticket Promotion” July 31, 2020 Abington, PA (07/31/2020) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) is extending their “Golden Ticket” promotion until the end of December 2020. “Due to the industry impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the incredible excitement around CMI’s “Golden Ticket” promotion we are extending the validity

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Gulfeagle Supply Introduces House-Branded Roof Underlayment June 16, 2020 Tampe, FL (6/16/2020) – Gulfeagle Supply is proud to announce their new house branded synthetic roof underlayment; Gulfeagle SecureGrip25 manufactured by Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI). This synthetic underlayment is proprietary to Gulfeagle and will offer roofing contractors an industry leading product and warranty. The

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Continental Materials Announces Greg Kiphen as Area Sales Manager – in the Southern California, Arizona and Las Vegas markets June 15, 2020 Abington, PA (6/15/2020) – Continental Materials, Inc. (CMI) is happy to announce that Greg Kiphen has joined CMI in the role of Area Sales Manager providing management support and business