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New Marketing Manager Brings International Experience To Atlas Roofing

February 21, 2014

Atlanta, Ga. – Atlas Roofing Corp. continues to expand its sales and marketing efforts across all divisions of the company, including enhancements to manufacturing and production. To support this growth, Nisha George has been named Marketing and Communications Manager at the company’s Corporate Headquarters in Atlanta. Ms. George, who was previously Marketing Coordinator at Sto Corp.—a producer of versatile cladding and coating systems for building construction, maintenance and restoration—is in charge of creating and implementing marketing and communications plans for all four Atlas Residential and Commercial divisions. Ms. George's expertise started in event marketing and over the years has included communications, media relations, brand management, and social media. She began her career in the agency world, working as a Marketing Associate for Leap Forward Group—a full-service marketing firm. She was also an International Business Consultant in Latin America for Media Plus, Ltd.—an international media company. An alumna of Emory University, Ms. George is currently pursuing her MBA in Marketing Management at Goizueta Business School and resides in Atlanta.
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Meyda Tiffany Lighting Celebrates 40th Anniversary

February 14, 2014

Yorkville, New York— What started as a hobby for Meyer Cohen and his wife Ida Cohen (hence the name Meyda) 40 years ago, has evolved into a nationally recognized American lighting manufacturer. Meyda Lighting, a decorative lighting company, creates beautiful lighting for homes and businesses across the nation, and around the globe. In the seventies and eighties, the company called Meyda Tiffany, captured the popular Tiffany market with authentic reproductions, interpretations and stained glass originals. Lamps, chandeliers, wall sconces and windows were offered including the famous Wisteria, Mini Tiffanies, and the original Meyer stained glass lanterns. Pond Lily, Quality Bent Glass and Precious Memories mottled glass fringed lamps were also featured in the line. Meyda expanded its line into other styles including Mission, southwest, deco, nouveau, contemporary and modern. Among its latest innovations is the world’s largest LED free standing chandelier featured in the Stanley Theatre (pictured) in Utica, New York, and the award-winning Chandel-Air, which combines custom lighting with fan technology. With many years of designing and manufacturing expertise, Meyda has developed innovations, technologies and value engineering that transcend architectural lighting for any budget or economy. Today Robert Cohen and his wife Ellie continue to manage the company with their sons, Chet, Max and Ben by their side. Under their leadership, the company produces an industry-leading product development program that creates dozens of new lighting designs every week. Meyda retains a diverse group of designers and engineers that create custom fixtures, lamps, windows and accessories to meet the exact specifications of any residential or commercial project A variety of lighting diffusers include stained glass Tiffanys, mica, fabric, fused glass, sand-carved glass, blown-glass and acrylic. Fabricators work with steel, iron, aluminum, bronze, brass and copper, while employing a variety of craftsmanship techniques including forging, welding, forming, plasma cutting and soldering. The company's extensive palette of finishes features many textures and colors achieved by employing gilding, hand painting, power coating and electroplating. Conventional and energy efficient lamping solutions are available, including LEDs, compact fluorescents, incandescents and more. Meyda Tiffany Lighting is headquartered at 55 Oriskany Boulevard in Yorkville, New York. For more information, Tel. 1.800.222.4009.
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New Corporate Identity for AS Hanging Systems

February 04, 2014

New Visual Identity to Accompany New Products into New Markets Montreal, QC, Canada, January 30, 2014 – AS Hanging Systems, the North American leader of hanging and display fittings for all manner of interior spaces, reveals a new corporate identity. The new look has been under development for nearly 12 months and is intended to take the company into new markets and support the ever-changing marketplace, which the company addresses with a constantly growing product line. The new logo, which is supported with a fresh new color palette, is already present on the firm’s web site at, www.ASHanging.com. The web site is a portal to all things related to “hanging and display fittings”. The web site also acts as a portal to the company’s “Hang with the Best®” blog, which addresses the same specialties with frequent posts about customer application stories, in depth answers to application questions and announcements.
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