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Selkirk & American Metals’ Parent Company Is Purchased

Tuesday, September 23, 2014, DALLAS, TEXAS

Air Distribution Technologies, the parent company of venting brands Selkirk, American Metals and Hart & Cooley, was purchased June 16, 2014, by global giant Johnson Controls. It was purchased from the Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board for a reported...

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Dimplex North America Promotes Adam Klein to VP

Friday, August 29, 2014, CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO

Adam Klein has been promoted to vice president, U.S. independent retail, at Dimplex North America, a supplier of electric fireplace units. Klein has been with Dimplex for more than 10 years, most recently as director of U.S. sales, and will show Dimplex...

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Bernard Dalsin Granted Patent

Friday, August 29, 2014, FARMINGTON, MINNESOTA

Bernard Dalsin Manufacturing (BDM) was granted US Patent No.  8,734,209 on May 27, 2014, in connection with its Pro-Form Direct-Vent Insert Termination Cap. The cap has been patent-pending since Feb. 27, 2006 and has since been sold through OEM,...

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Harman Stoves Celebrates 35 Years

Friday, August 29, 2014, LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA

Harman Stoves, a brand of Hearth & Home Technologies and maker of stoves that are “built to a standard, not a price,” is celebrating 35 successful years in business in 2014 – an important milestone for America’s leading manufacturer...

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Housing Starts in U.S. Rise to Highest Level in Eight Months

Tuesday, August 19, 2014, NEW YORK, NEW YORK

From Bloomberg/BusinessWeek Housing starts surged in July to the highest level in eight months, underscoring the recent pickup in builder optimism as the U.S. residential real-estate market gains some traction. Beginning home construction climbed...

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Why Millennials Are Slow to Purchase Homes

Friday, July 25, 2014, WASHINGTON, D.C.

From Builder Pulse It’s tempting to make sweeping statements that Millennials don’t want to own anything and would rather rent it all – from cars on Uber to movies on Netflix to apartments on Craigslist. But Jason Furman, chairman...

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Why Aren't New Homes Selling? Because they cost too much.

Thursday, July 24, 2014

By Frank Anton, vice chairman of Hanley Wood, publisher of Builder I think it's really that simple to explain why new homes have their lowest share of the for-sale housing market in at least the last 35 years. As you can see in the accompanying chart,...

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New-Home Sales Down 8.1 Percent

Thursday, July 24, 2014, WASHINGTON, D.C.

Sales of newly built, single-family homes fell 8.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 406,000 units in June, according to newly released data by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales numbers...

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Two New Distributors for Modern Flames

Friday, July 11, 2014, PHOENIX, ARIZONA

Modern Flames is proud to announce the addition of two distributors to their network of class distribution. Cans Unlimited (CUI) of Simpsonville, South Carolina, and Star-Fire Distributors of Akron, Ohio, formally agreed to represent, stock and sell the...

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