ATTENTION WMA DISTRIBUTOR MEMBERS!
Annual Dues Re-Certification Forms Sent this Week
All distributor home offices are being mailed by USPS an annual dues re-certification to complete and return to WMA. If you do not receive this, contact Amanda Smith at asmith@worldmillworkalliance.com
2016 ANNUAL CONVENTION & TRADESHOW
Convention Early Bird Registration
Ends August 8th, 2016.
Attention 2016 WMA Exhibitors
WMA will be featuring the 2016 WMA Convention & Trade Show Exhibitors in our Latest Millwork Products & Services section of the WMA website. If you have submitted the WMA 2016 Exhibit Booth Contract, and would like to be included in this section, please submit a product/service image (jpeg format) along with 75 words of copy to Brian Welsh at bwelsh@worldmillworkalliance.com by August 15, 2016
MEMBER ANNOUNCEMENTS
Huttig Building Products, Inc. Announces
Second Quarter 2016 Results
Huttig Building Products, Inc.(“Huttig”), a leading domestic distributor of millwork, building materials and wood products, reported financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016.
“We delivered our 21st consecutive quarterly improvement over prior year’s quarter, excluding unusual items, in the second quarter of 2016,” said Jon Vrabely, Huttig President and CEO. “I am very pleased with our financial results and our continued success in executing our strategic priorities in the quarter. We closed the acquisition of BenBilt Building Systems, accelerated our revenue and margin growth, and continued our investments in people, capital, and technology, which we believe will support our growth and profitability going forward.”
Read more at HUTTIG
WMA Remembers Thomas R. Kerr II
It is with sadness that World Millwork Alliance informs WMA members that Thomas R. Kerr II passed away. Many in the millwork industry remember Thomas R. Kerr II who worked in sales and purchasing for Reeb Millwork in Bethlehem, for over 30 years. Tom will be missed by WMA members and all in the millwork industry. Our condolences go out to the Kerr Family.
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HOUSING AND INDUSTRY NEWS
Here are the summer’s hottest housing markets
Summer’s heating up, and so are real estate markets across the nation. The nation’s top five markets shifted dramatically as not one market held the same place it had last month.
Read more at HOUSINGWIRE
EPA Finalizes Formaldehyde Rule
Agency rule combats use of formaldehyde adhesives in home building products.
Read more at REMODELING
Private Residential Construction Spending
Stalls in June
NAHB analysis of Census Construction Spending data shows that total private residential construction spending for June registered a seasonally adjusted rate of $445.8 billion, virtually unchanged from the May downwardly revised estimate. Private nonresidential construction spending fell for a third consecutive month in June, down by 1.3%.
Read more at NAHB Eye On Housing
U.S. Residential Window-Door Market Forecast to Rise
6.0% Annually to 2020
Demand nationwide for residential windows and doors will rise 6.0% per year to become a $25.6 billion market by 2020, the Freedonia Group predicts.
Read more at REMODELING
Custom and Spec Home Market Shares in 2015
Custom home building registered declining market shares across all regions of the Unites States in 2015, except the New England and East South Central division where the custom home share of new single-family starts remained stable and relatively high. NAHB’s analysis of the most recent Census Bureau’s Survey of Construction (SOC) shows that New England registered the highest custom home market share, close to 43 percent. The East South Central division where custom home building is also common, showed the second highest market share of 39%, though a few percent down since a year ago.
Read more at NAHB Eye On Housing
Construction Industry Employment Drops
for Second Consecutive Month
After five years of positive growth in construction employment, ADP’s National Employment Report estimates that approximately 6,000 construction jobs were lost in July, following the loss of 5,000 construction jobs reported in June.
Read more at BUILDER
CODES AND STANDARDS
Building Performance Analysis Focus of
ASHRAE 2017 Modeling Conference
The need for practical building modeling applications, along with the need to transform the design approach to a collaborative process with a sequential process, will be explored in an upcoming specialty conference organized by ASHRAE.
The 2017 ASHRAE Building Performance Analysis Conference takes place Sept. 27-29, 2017 in Atlanta. The conference, formerly known as the ASHRAE Energy Modeling, has a broadened scope that encompasses all uses for and aspects of modeling and the professionals responsible for that work throughout a building’s lifecycle.
Read More at Green Building News
Diane Thielfoldt of The Learning Cafe will provide a very brief introduction to Millennial leaders and how to prepare our organizations to welcome, engage and retain current and future Millennial leaders. She will then facilitate a panel as they share their views and perspectives (the inside scoop) on the Millennials and the Millwork Industry.
Click here to learn more
about the WMA 2016 Annual Convention
