http://Building.industrysearch.com buildings building products panels building building materials insulation building wire building blocks building anchors building building castings waterproofing building posts building studs building The company will spend $58 million for additions that will bring 280 workers from an old downtown site to a newer facility on the north side of town. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14366%2etxt ANGOLA, Indiana, start-up commercial builder Allied Manufacturing Inc. announces the company's plans to locate its first manufacturing facility here, creating 35 new jobs. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14360%2etxt FORT WAYNE, INDIANA, – Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ-GS: STLD) announced first quarter 2008 net income of $143 million, or $0.72 per diluted share, reflecting the company’s recent two-for-one stock split ($1.44 per diluted share on a pre-split basis). Net income increased 40 percent and net sales more than doubled to $1.9 billion, compared to the first quarter of 2007. Comparing first quarter 2008 results to the fourth quarter of 2007, net income grew 46 percent and net sales increased 31 percent. First quarter 2008 results benefit from the company’s acquisitions of The Techs (July 2007) and OmniSource Corporation (October 2007). All per-share figures reflect the company’s two-for-one-stock split effective on March 19, 2008. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14327%2etxt Defense contractor BAE Systems is wrapping up a $46 million expansion project at its vehicle armor manufacturing operation in southwest Ohio. While the move trimmed the number of facilities - nine locations around northern Cincinnati were condensed into three campuses in West Chester Township in Butler County – it also added more space, equipment and jobs. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14279%2etxt TROY, Michigan -- Champion Enterprises, Inc., has announced that it will close its manufacturing facility in Silverton, Oregon, and idle the last of four plants at its complex in LaGrange, Indiana, transferring the LaGrange production to the Company's nearby facilities in Topeka, Indiana. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14212%2etxt ELKHART, Indiana -- Coachmen Industries, Inc. (NYSE: COA) has entered into an agreement to produce ADA compliant low floor accessible buses for ARBOC Mobility LLC., a marketer of specialized transit and shuttle buses designed for users with mobility challenges. This bus incorporates patent pending technologies provided by ARBOC Mobility. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14205%2etxt TROY, Michigan -- Champion Enterprises, Inc., factory-built construction, has expanded its international segment through the acquisition of United Kingdom-based ModularUK Building Systems Limited ("ModularUK"), a steel- framed modular manufacturer, for a nominal initial cash payment and the assumption of approximately $4 million of debt. In connection with the acquisition, it has entered into a lease agreement for three additional buildings near Driffield, East Yorkshire, approximately 60 miles northeast of Champion's existing U.K. operations. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14194%2etxt FRENCH LICK, Ind. (Mar. 5, 2008) - Indiana Secretary of Commerce Nathan Feltman and international business consultant Robert Ady met with South Central Indiana economic development officials here to discuss ways to boost the region's economy. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14109%2etxt Milan - Prysmian, a worldwide leading player in the power and TLC cables industry, has signed a 23.3 million euro EPC (Engineering Procurement Construction) contract with Emirates Aluminum Company Ltd. (EMAL) for the supply and installation of high voltage cables and systems for the world's largest aluminum smelter facility, under construction in Taweelah Area, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates). With a total annual capacity of 1.4 million tons per year, the new smelter would go a long way toward supplying a shortfall in world aluminum supply. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=14019%2etxt Forest Products Inc., a hardwoods manufacturer in Knox County, Kentucky is going after nearly $2 million in state tax incentives so it can buy new automation equipment. While the investment would lead to more than 20 job cuts, state officials say it could also keep the doors open. “The way they’re operating today it’s marginal at best.” said Steve Jones, director of the tax incentives division for Kentucky. “They’re in a loss position so the argument’s being made to us that the only way they can turn that thing around and prevent closure would be this new investment.” http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13978%2etxt Huntingburg, IN (February 4, 2008) - OFS Brands, Inc., a leading North American office furniture manufacturer was awarded the highest rating by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). Commissioner of Labor Lori A. Torres presented the award to Hank Menke, OFS Brands President and CEO, Jeff Eckert, Senior VP of Manufacturing, Wilma Harper, Environmental Health & Safety Director and Louie Verkamp, Plant 5 Manager. Also, in attendance for the ceremony and flag raising from the Indiana Department of Labor were Jeff Carter, Deputy Commissioner, and Michael S. Gaskill, VPP Manager. The company has been working since 2002 on promoting effective worksite-based safety and health while working towards approval for the OSHA VPP. The company is the only company in its segment to receive the prestigious award, and only the second in the entire office furniture industry. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13879%2etxt CORBIN, Ky. – The Southeast Kentucky Regional Industrial Authority’s job creation efforts are getting a shot in the arm, with the construction of a new industrial speculative building in the Southeast Kentucky Regional Business Park. The building is being partially financed with a loan from Southeast Kentucky Economic Development Corporation (SKED). http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13871%2etxt Huntingburg, IN - OFS Brands, Inc., a north American office furniture manufacturer was awarded the highest rating by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration's (OSHA) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP). Commissioner of Labor Lori A. Torres presented the award to Hank Menke, OFS Brands President and CEO, Jeff Eckert, Senior VP of Manufacturing, Wilma Harper, Environmental Health & Safety Director and Louie Verkamp, Plant 5 Manager. Also, in attendance for the ceremony and flag raising from the Indiana Department of Labor were Jeff Carter, Deputy Commissioner, and Michael S. Gaskill, VPP Manager. The company has been working since 2002 on promoting effective worksite-based safety and health while working towards approval for the OSHA VPP. The company is the only company in its segment to receive the prestigious award, and only the second in the entire office furniture industry. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13863%2etxt BASF is proud to sponsor the Sustainable Building Industry Council's (SBIC) Beyond Green 2007 High Performance Building Awards. The winners will be announced at the SBIC Awards ceremony on January 16 from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13785%2etxt Apogee Enterprises, Inc. (Nasdaq:APOG) today announced that it has purchased 100 percent of the stock of Michigan-based Tubelite Inc., which fabricates aluminum storefront, entrance and curtainwall products for the U.S. commercial construction industry, for approximately $44 million (plus or minus closing adjustments). Apogee provides distinctive value-added glass solutions for the architectural and picture framing industries http://Building.industrysearch.com/cgi-bin/portal2/main.plx?file=13698%2etxt