Happy Holidays!
One of the real joys of the Holiday Season is the opportunity to say thank you and to wish you the very best for the New Year. All of us here at Acrymax wish you a joyous holiday season and a New Year of peace and happiness. We look forward to working with you in […]
Historic Philadelphia School Saved by Recycled Content
In the Fall of 2015, the Horace Furness High School received an Acrymax HP-1 Fully Reinforced Coating System that preserved its existing standing seam and flat seam metal roofs. This is a fluid applied coating system that provides a 45 mil fully reinforced elastomeric membrane system. The primary components in this system were Acrymax’s Elastomeric […]
History of Roof Coatings
The roots of industrial coatings can be traced back thousands of years to ancient civilizations such as the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. In the Middle Ages the use of bitumen as a waterproofing material became widespread in Europe. However, it would not be until the 1950’s that elastomeric roof coatings based on new polymeric technology […]
LEED Recommended For All General Services Administration Buildings
Early this month, the Green Building Advisory Committee, officially recommended that all General Services Administration (GSA) buildings use the LEED green building certification system. The Green Building Advisory Committee was established by GSA in 2011. The reason for this recommendation is to measure the buildings efficiency. The committee also communicated that LEED should be the […]
New Year, New Acrymax….
Well new Acrymax building – same great company! The steel arrived last week for the addition to our manufacturing plant. Located on the western edge of Media, PA, Acrymax manufactures in a building originally constructed in 1914 and we’ve been operated at this location since 1958. After 60 years, we were due for some upgrades! […]
Space Shuttle Endeavour makes final landing in Los Angeles
On Friday September 21, 2012 Space Shuttle Endeavour made its final landing at Los Angeles International Airport. The shuttle had crisscrossed the skies of California on the back of a Boeing 747 in its final aerial show. The 78 ton Endeavour will soon be making its way down the boulevards of Inglewood and Los Angeles […]