NCI Building Systems Reports 39% Growth in Fourth-Quarter Earnings Per Diluted Share to $1.33 and 70% Growth in Adjusted Earnings Per Diluted Share to $1.41.
Fourth-Quarter Sales Increase 46% Earnings Guidance Established for Fiscal 2007 in Range of $4.55 to $4.80 Per Diluted Share, 25% to 32% Above Fiscal 2006 HOUSTON, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NCI Building Systems, Inc. today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year...

Starting at the bottom of the building.
Starting at the bottom of the building By A. D. "Butch" Horn ORCO Construction Supply expanded its product mix to literally 'get in on the ground floor' Sun Valley, CA -- While the residential construction market slows, the commercial side of the business...

Commercial Metals Company to Build Innovative Steel Micro Mill in Phoenix Area.
IRVING, Texas, Dec. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Commercial Metals Company , headquartered in Irving, Texas, announced today plans to construct a steel manufacturing facility, a "Micro Mill," in the greater Phoenix, Arizona area. The Micro Mill is a "continuous continuous" design where metal flows uninterrupted from melting to casting to...

Nucor to Purchase Harris Steel Group.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Nucor Corporation announced that it has agreed to make a tender offer for all of the shares of Harris Steel Group, Inc. at C$46.25 per share. This tender offer will remain open for a minimum of 35 calendar days and has the full...

Nucor Invites You to Join Its Fourth Quarter and Year End of 2006 Conference Call on the Web.
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Jan. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- In conjunction with Nucor's fourth quarter earnings release, you are invited to listen to its live conference call with host Dan DiMicco, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The event will be available on the Internet on Thursday, January 25, 2007, at 2...

NCI Building Systems Announces Definitive Agreement To Acquire Garco Building Systems.
Accretive Transaction Expected To Expand NCI's Presence In Northwestern United States and Western Canada HOUSTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NCI Building Systems, Inc. today announced that it has signed a definitive asset purchase agreement to purchase substantially all the assets of Garco Building Systems, Inc. ("Garco"), which...

United Solar Ovonic Supplies 700kW of Uni-Solar(R) PV Laminates to Solar Integrator American Energy Technologies.
World's Largest Metal Roof-Integrated Solar Array Commissioned in New Jersey AUBURN HILLS, Mich., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- United Solar Ovonic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) , announced today that it has supplied 700 kW of photovoltaic (PV) laminates to TurtleEnergy LLC...

Two Aerojet Employees Honored With NASA's Prestigious 'Silver Snoopy' Award.
REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Aerojet, a world-recognized aerospace and defense leader in missile and space propulsion, is pleased to announce today that two of its employees, Jaime Martinez and Vicente Mendoza, have been honored with NASA's most prestigious award -- the "Silver Snoopy." The awards were personally...

Chaparral Steel Company Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend.
MIDLOTHIAN, Texas, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Chaparral Steel Company today declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.10 per common share, payable on February 15, 2007, to stockholders of record on February 1, 2007. Chaparral Steel Company, headquartered in Midlothian, Texas, is the...

Blast resistance for Omaha Federal Building.
Wausau Window and Wall Systems engineered a high-performance, blast-resistant curtainwall system for the $50-million renovation to the Zorinsky Federal Building in Omaha. The courthouse's glass exterior comprises Wausau's four-sided, factory-glazed, unitized system and its SuperWall system, which was field-glazed by glazing contractor Aluminum Wall Systems. Both systems incorporate 1.25-inch...