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Methods & Materials Expo

Grow your materials knowledge, get hands-on with new products and valuable face time with industry experts in the Methods & Materials Expo.

  • Quality Building Materials from Top Exhibitors
  • Spec products for your projects
  • Design Ideas and Inspiration
  • Make a Connection with Industry Leaders

Participating Exhibitors

Platinum Sponsor

NEOLITH leads the sintered stone industry with sophisticated designs and a robust commitment to sustainability. Its high-performance architectural surface, crafted from 100% natural components, establishes a distinctive standard for excellence in construction materials. NEOLITH’s technical features make it the ideal surface for architects to innovate in furniture, countertops, flooring, cladding, and facades.

Alejandro Daras

Global Projects Director

North Glass is the industry’s strongest and largest glass deep-processing equipment R & D and manufacturing enterprises. Its leading flat glass production products have ranked first in the world for 14 consecutive years. Its independent development of the Low-E coating production line has become a global leader in the coating industry.

Bob Zhang

Sales Director | North America

Gold Sponsors

Founded in 1906, Kawneer’s pioneering architectural solutions continue to advance modern design with resilient, distinctive buildings that promote well-being. With locations across North America and Europe, Kawneer offers global technical expertise, champions sustainable construction methods and is building legacies for future generations.

Chris Giovannielli

Global Director of Product Management

Kuraray’s Advanced Interlayer Solutions (AIS) business is a leading global specialist in the development, manufacture, and supply of Trosifol® PVB and SentryGlas® ionoplast interlayers for laminated glass in architectural applications. The AIS portfolio’s innovative glass-laminating solutions include structural and functional interlayers for safety, security, impact resistance, bird-friendly glazing, sound insulation, and UV protection.

Christoph Troska

Head of Global New Market Development

Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope®, Inc. is North America’s leading vertically integrated manufacturer, fabricator and distributor of architectural hardware, glass and glazing systems. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, OBE is a world-class building products company with significant presence in every major market in the U.S. and Canada. OBE manufactures high-performance architectural glass products and aluminum framing systems and distributes complementary hardware and glazing supplies.

Billy Strait

VP of Business Development

SAFTI FIRST has over 40 years of experience in testing, innovating and providing technologically advanced fire rated glass and framing systems. Our products are tested, certified, listed and labeled both by UL and Intertek/Warnock-Hersey. SAFTI FIRST is also the fire rated glass and framing division of O’Keeffe’s Inc., a leading USA manufacturer of architectural glass and metal products for 80 years.

SAFTI FIRST was the first company to develop and bring to market a fully listed and labeled fire resistive wall and door assembly using clear, ASTM E-119 rated advanced glazing and framing assemblies proudly manufactured here in the USA. We continue to be the leading single-source manufacturer of USA made fire resistive glass and framing assemblies.

Tim Nass

VP of National Sales

Specified Technologies Inc. leads the industry in developing innovative fire protection systems that help stop the spread of fire, smoke and hot gases. For over 25 years, our team has worked hand in hand with the construction industry to create simple solutions to complex firestopping problems. Since firestopping is our only business, we concentrate all our resources on providing the highest quality, fully tested, innovative firestopping solutions.

Aaron Alterman

Curtain Wall & Facade Specialist

YKK AP America is a national manufacturer of award-winning commercial façade systems, architectural windows and residential doors and windows. Driven by a desire to provide exceptional service in our markets, YKK AP America builds upon our foundation of advanced engineering, vertically integrated manufacturing, and customer focus to deliver the highest level of quality at a competitive price.

Jamilla Walcott

Director of Marketing and Product Management

Silver Sponsors

Welcome to a renaissance in architectural beauty and functionality. At Aire Renaissance, we open new vistas in design and function with louvers that seamlessly integrate with your building’s façade and deliver the best performance. As a national distributor drawing on over three decades of collaboration with designers, façade consultants, contractors and building owners, we have honed our boutique solutions to cater to the diverse needs and preferences of the entire construction team. The results are louvers that go beyond the standard look of a louver by incorporating perforated panels with images as well as dimensional mesh options.

Bob Cangemi

President

AMICO has been a leader in the metal industry since 1939 specializing in perforated metal and expanded mesh facades, ceilings, railing, and more. We bring years of architectural experience, detailing support, fabrication capabilities, engineering load analysis, job site coordination, and a passion for great architectural design work.

Michael Nelson

Marketing Manager

Automated Fenestration Inc (AFI) is North America’s leader in actuators & controls for windows and skylights for natural ventilation and smoke/heat exhaust. Automated Fenestration Inc is a fully independent UL Listed manufacturer with a long standing reputation in the industry since 1987

Walter Rodriguez

Vice President

Axalta Coatings is a global leader in powder and liquid coatings, backed by over 150 years of history and expertise. With manufacturing facilities and sales offices spanning Europe, the Middle East, Asia, China, and the Americas, we are uniquely positioned to serve customers worldwide in the construction industry.

Ben Mitchell

Business Development Manager

Bisam Facade, a global leader in aluminum façade engineering & fabrication, is headquartered in New York City with a strong focus on U.S. operations. With 25+ years of experience and iconic projects worldwide, we deliver innovative, sustainable, and custom façade solutions, redefining architectural excellence across the United States and beyond.

Niyazi Can

Technical Director

Cascadia Windows & Doors is an innovative, industry leader, creating beautifully designed architectural fiberglass windows, doors and cladding support systems. Included in some of the most exciting and award-winning construction projects across North America, Cascadia’s goal is to help revolutionize the energy-efficiency of modern buildings and drive the adoption of high-performance building products.

Ali Alamzadeh

Canadian inside Sales/Technical Sales Support

CUPACLAD® is a natural slate rainscreen cladding system which offers a range of cladding solutions, from traditional to contemporary, offering architects and specifiers a wide choice, suiting any individual design.

CUPACLAD® uses high quality and durable slate and is installed using a new and efficient fixing system designed by CUPA PIZARRAS.

Patrick Penza

Regional Sales Manager – Northeast

Florim group has been producing ceramic surfaces for over 60 years. The group has around 1,500 employees worldwide and a turnover of over 586 million dollars. Synonymous with quality, competence, and sustainability, it is known to the market with high-end Italian and American brands. The company, after becoming a Benefit Company, obtained the B Corp certification in 2020.

Matteo Calisesi

Business Development Manager

GCP Applied Technologies is a leading global provider of construction products technologies that include high-performance waterproofing products and specialty systems such as PERM-A-BARRIER®, SILCOR® and PREPRUFE®, additives for cement and concrete and the VERIFI® in-transit concrete management system. GCP products have been used to build some of the world’s most renowned structures. More information is available at www.gcpat.com.

Kelley Panariello

Senior Project Manager

With over 149 years of metal working experience, Hendrick Architectural is a leader in designing, manufacturing and fabricating speciality metals. Our perforated and corrugated facade panels, HCLAD substructure systems, along with our profile bar grilles and screens, are among the sleekest and most innovative available.

Brad Bieberich

Architectural Sales Manager

Hydro delivers customized aluminum extrusions for your own building systems as well as complete branded systems for the building envelope. Our Sapa, Technal and Wicona brands develop and manufacture complete systems, while our local manufacturing plants produce the architectural extrusions that fit your own systems.

Paul Walker

Business Development Manager

Founded in 1923 and headquartered in Oberriet, Switzerland, Jansen AG develops, manufactures and distributes sophisticated steel profile systems. In 2023 Jansen Inc., USA was founded. To this day, the Jansen Group remains a wholly family-owned company and employs around 620 people worldwide. Jansen offers a wide range of thermally insulated and non-insulated doors, windows and facades.

Robert Miller

Head of Sales

Innovative technologies for the design of energy efficient buildings, sustainable building solutions, and award winning design. We are committed to providing pioneering new technologies in insulation and low energy solutions worldwide, as well as support sustainability efforts and communities here in the US.

Judson Mason

Senior Director of Marketing

Kingspan Insulated Panels – North America is a business unit of Kingspan, a global company operating in more than 60 countries, with over 140 manufacturing facilities. Kingspan Insulated Panels – North America manufactures and markets three groups of products at its U.S. and Canadian facilities: insulated metal wall and roof panel systems for commercial/industrial construction; insulated architectural panel and façade systems for design-driven projects; and controlled environment panels and doors for cold-storage and climate-controlled warehousing. In addition to its commitment to quality and innovation, the company is on the leading edge of the sustainability movement, offering best-of-class products produced in state-of-the-art, eco-friendly facilities. To learn more visit www.kingspanpanels.us.

Graydon Cox

Regional Sales Manager

For over 75 years, Kolbe windows and doors are best known for superior quality, craftsmanship, and attention to detail. From expansive windows to detailed doors, Kolbe offers a range of innovative, high-performing products. With an ever-expanding product lineup, Kolbe offers more functionality than ever before – paired with endless options for customization.

Karl AlKallassy

VistaLuxe Collection AL LINE Technical Support

Morin is an industry leader in architectural metal wall and roof panels. We excel in helping customers turn their most challenging design ideas into reality, providing innovative, high-quality solutions for a wide range of architectural projects.

Andrew Wilson

National Sales Director

Driven by innovation, color and sustainability, PPG has been changing what’s possible in architectural metal coatings since 1967. What started with revolutionary PPG DURANAR today includes infrared-reflective pigments, customizable powders and now, PPG CORAFLON Platinum, the newest addition to PPG’s world-class fluoropolymer powder coatings for architectural metal and aluminum sheets.

Gary Edgar

Architectural Specifications Manager, Industrial Coatings

RAICO Bautechnik GmbH is the acknowledged specialist for sophisticated building envelopes: We develop and distribute custom-made glass curtain walls which make unique architectures shine in all their glory. Be it constructions made of wood, steel or aluminium, we always provide the right RAICO solution to meet any given demands of design.

Creative designs and extraordinary buildings often call for individual detailed solutions. Whether it is window and door elements, roof constructions with flexible standard systems which we constantly improve or complex bespoke solutions, this RAICO principle applies to all of them: The extraordinary is our daily routine!

Thorsten Evenkamp

Managing Partner

Founded in Pennsylvania, reSAWN TIMBER co. manufactures high-performing, well-designed wood materials for interiors and exteriors. They offer a range of exquisite products, prioritizing sustainability and minimal environmental impact. Known for personalized service and expert assistance, reSAWN’s creations enhance prestigious projects with timeless beauty and character.

Christine Cohen

Specification Consultant

Rigidized® Metals Corporation has led the world in the development and production of deep-textured, three dimensional metals used in architectural, industrial and transportation applications. Rigidized® Metals products are known for their attractive, economical and functional appeal. The Rigidized® Metals deep-texturing process adds strength, impact resistance and the ability to hide scratches. It also allows for down-gauging, resulting in lighter, longer lasting products and reduced maintenance costs.

Kevin Porteus

Director of Business Deveopment

Vetro, a division of the Roschmann Group, merges expertise between Roschmann’s US operations and Vetro Building Envelope to lead the glass, glazing and specialty facades industry across North America. Specializing in bespoke, high-performance building enclosures, combining custom design, engineering, and project management for exceptional results in commercial and residential markets.

Dirk Schulte

Chief Sales Officer

Based in the Germany town of Gersthofen, sedak is a premium manufacturer of optimum quality insulated and safety glass. As a market leader and specialist in oversized glass formats and special glass, we supply single-pane glass, multi-layer glass and functional insulated glass in formats up to 3.6m × 20m.

Maic Pannwitz

Vice President

Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings (formerly Valspar Architectural Metal Coatings) is a leader in the art and science of high-performance coatings that excel in both beauty and function. Our long-lasting Fluropon® 70% PVDF architectural coatings for coil and extrusion applications comes to life through an unlimited palette of 50,000+ colors and aesthetic effects and will keep your building façade looking new for decades to come. Coating applications include Curtain Wall, Metal Wall Panel Systems, Metal Roofing, Aluminum Window and Door Frames, Skylights, Soffits and Fascia, and more.

Joe Rasmussen

Architectural Account Executive

Shildan provides terracotta rainscreen and sunscreen products and systems for iconic faҫades. Shildan introduced Terracotta Rainscreen to the US market in 1998 and continues to push the envelope and redefine extruded terracotta. Shildan specializes in designing and engineering systems to meet the needs of today’s high performing facades.

Jen Marchesani

Vice President Sales & Marketing

TerraCORE Panels is a leading provider of lightweight panelized cladding systems with an expansive portfolio of solutions. In partnership with Fiandre, TerraCORE offers a large-format porcelain rainscreen façade system that serves as an innovative and eco-friendly alternative to traditional cladding in a vast array of colors and finishes. Utilizing a one-million-sqft plant in Crossville, TN, TerraCORE’s porcelain system serves as one of the premier “Made in the USA” cladding products on the market. TerraCORE’s lightweight panel systems offer increased speed and ease of installation while facilitating the design and construction of lean and sustainable buildings.

Trevor Ede

VP Of Sales

Vitro Architectural Glass, North America’s largest and most trusted glass manufacturer, produces many of the commercial glass industry’s most often specified products, including high-performance Solarban® low-e glasses, Starphire Ultra-Clear® glass, performance-tinted glasses and VacuMax™ Vacuum Insulating Glass (VIG). As a global organization focused on creating glass for the architectural, automotive and containers markets, Vitro is committed to innovation and sustainable manufacturing and end-use, including the development of energy-efficient products and processes. By working closely with customers and partners, Vitro provides expert service and support to ensure that its projects meet or exceed ever-evolving requirements and satisfy demanding sustainability certifications.

Steve Cohen

National Architectural Manager

WindowMaster was founded in 1990 with its vision is to create better buildings that have plenty of fresh air and excellent and safe indoor climates. WindowMaster employs highly experienced cleantech specialists in Denmark, Norway, Germany, United Kingdom, Ireland, Switzerland, and throughout North America. In addition, we work with a vast network of certified partners to bring our high quality solutions effectively to your building project.We supply sustainable indoor climate solutions for all types of buildings and our solutions are based on natural forces – natural ventilation. In addition, we have many years of experience in providing smoke ventilation solutions that comply with European EN standards, Danish regulatory standards and UL 325.

Imola Frei, LEED AP

Business Development Manager, East Coast

Zintek Srl is located in Porto Marghera – Venice, a leader manufacturer of the Zintek® zinc-titanium laminate. Exclusively imported and represented by MegaKer ® an established engineering and facade specialist on the North American market since 40 years.Thanks to its metallurgical plant which has been active continuously since 1936 and extends over an 925,000 sqf surface, of which 520,000 sqf are indoors, Zintek® produces over 100,000 tons of semi-finished products per year – Zintek US can boast a unique production chain that includes everything from the zinc smelting process to the production, engineering, distribution and fabrication of Zintek®, both for roofing and cladding, in coils, sheets or finished fabricated solutions.

Zintek® / MegaKer ® is a premium quality company which offers a winning combination of tradition and innovation, allowing it to deliver highly efficient and competitive products and services.

Giancarlo Pilotto

CEO

Bronze Sponsors

The Permasteelisa Group engineers, designs and manufactures architectural envelopes for signature landmark buildings throughout the world, applying constant innovation in the fields of quality, safety and environment through the use of advanced technologies.

Kyle Faron

Business Development Manager

Vetro, a division of the Roschmann Group, merges expertise between Roschmann’s US operations and Vetro Building Envelope to lead the glass, glazing and specialty facades industry across North America. Specializing in bespoke, high-performance building enclosures, combining custom design, engineering, and project management for exceptional results in commercial and residential markets.

Dirk Schulte

Chief Sales Officer

Interested in Sponsoring?

Facades+ conferences are prime informational and networking events for architects, general contractors, engineers, fabricators, material suppliers, building owners and developers, educators, and students.

That’s why Facades+ has become the premier conference on high-performance building enclosures. For our physical events, the Methods+Materials Sponsor Gallery provides face-to-face interaction between you and our architects, designers, and facades specialists who spec your materials and processes during the Facades+ conference program. There are many ways to use this opportunity to connect in a personal way with this influential group as a sponsor.