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“The highest compliment that you can pay me is to say that I work hard every day, that I never dog it.”

Wayne Gretzky

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"The attacks of September 11th were intended to break our spirit. Instead we have emerged stronger and more unified. We feel renewed devotion to the principles of political, economic and religious freedom, the rule of law and respect for human life. We are more determined than ever to live our lives in freedom."

Rudolph W. Giuliani. December 31, 2001.

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Another warm week ahead

Please drop in to any Cardinal location for a much needed break and match up help with any exterior product you are looking at!

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Happy 4th of July!!

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We Are Now Stocking Owens Corning Roofing Products!

We are proud to announce that Cardinal Building Materials will be distributing the highly rated Owens Corning Residential Roofing line. We feel it is important for Cardinal to partner with the highest quality roofing manufacturers, as we have done with our siding and window suppliers. We are confident Owens Corning will be a great partner to us and, more importantly, to you our customer for many years to come. We will stock a broad and deep inventory, which together with their award winning contractor programs, will provide exceptional sales and profit opportunities for you. Cardinal Building Materials is strictly a wholesale company. The addition of the Owens Corning Product roofing line makes Cardinal the only place in the markets it serves where a contractor can purchase the highest rated products in each category of the residential building envelope, have it delivered on one truck and billed on one invoice. Among other things, this saves the professional actual dollars in time, logistics and call-backs. Offering great service is a dynamic and multifaceted challenge to any company. To us, a key indicator of a company's level of service is the level of ease for the customer in the actual purchasing process. We are extremely confident, whether you are a remodeler or builder, that this relationship is another huge step in an effort to continue to ensure that Cardinal is the absolutely most convenient place for you to partner your business. Our initial stocking order of Owens Corning consists of the products below: - Duration Architectural Shingles - Supreme Strip Shingles - ProEdge™ Hip & Ridge Shingles - Starter Strip Plus Shingles - WeatherLock® G Granulated Self-Sealing Ice & Water Barrier For more information on Owens Corning Products or any of the great products Cardinal offers, please feel free to contact or visit any convenient Cardinal location. As always, we appreciate you choosing Cardinal, the "One-Stop Shop Exclusive to the Professional." We look forward to roof top delivery of Owens Corning Shingles to your next project.

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America's demand for siding will rise 8.2% per year from 2010 to reach 906 million square meters in 2015, but the residential part of the business still will trail what demand was as far back as 2000, The Freedonia Group forecast today. Masonry and concrete--including brick, tile, and fiber cement--all will gain market share in coming years, while vinyl and wood will see slight declines, the Cleveland-based economic forecasting shop predicted. The forecasts were made in terms of square meters because the U.S. numbers were part of a global forecast in which Freedonia predicted the siding market worldwide will grow 4.8% per year thorugh 2015 to over 5 billion square meters worth $87 billion. The growth in U.S. demand follows a period in which housing starts have fallen nearly 80% since peaking in 2006. That in turn caused residential demand for siding to plunge nearly 50%, slumping to 451.5 million square meters in 2010 from 896.1 million square meters in 2005, Freedonia said. Meanwhile, the sputtering economy caused demand for siding on nonresidential projects dipped 22.5%, to 160.7 million square meters in 2010 from 196.9 million square meters five years earlier. Counting on an inevitable rebound in home building, Freedonia predicted growth in siding demand for new residential building construction will rise 17% annually to hit 697 million square meters in 2015. "However, demand for siding for new residential bulding construction applications will still not reach the level obtained in 2005 or even in 2000" when demand stood at 730.2 million square meters, the company said. On the nonresidential side, Freedonia predicts 7% annual growth in demand. The combined masonry and conrete category will rise to account for 42% of demand in 2015 from 37% in 2000 thanks primarily to increased desire for brick and tile and for fiber cement. Demand for vinyl is forecast to dip to 40% of the total from 42% five year previously, while wood will see a similar two-point drop to account for 10% of the market. Metal siding, at 7%, will account for virtually all of the rest. The numbers are part of a 368-page report called "World Siding (Cladding)" that Freedonia is selling for $6,100.

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Win an IPad 2 From CertainTeed Siding

Send CertainTeed your sales or installation tip, or send photos of your best work demonstrating CertainTeed siding and accessories or EverNew® railing and decking products used in an innovative way or a project that posed unusual installation challenges. If your tip or project is published, you'll win an Apple® iPad2®. To submit the tip, click here. Send photos to: [email protected]. Be sure to include your name, company name and contact information.