News Release CertainTeed: Your Take –Page 2 of 2
For immediate release:
October 4, 2010
CertainTeed Launches “Your Take” Video Contest, Invites Building Professionals to Shoot their Success
(Valley Forge, Pa.) – CertainTeed Corporation is calling on building professionals to grab their video cameras, shoot their success and post video on YouTube™ as part of a new contest. The “CertainTeed: Your Take” contest is recognizing outstanding exterior home design and qualifies building professionals for a chance to win an Apple® iPad™.
“Through the ‘CertainTeed: Your Take’ contest, quality craftsmanship will take a starring role, allowing building professionals to showcase their work with the online community,” says Matt Gibson, manager of contractor programs for CertainTeed’s Siding Products Group. “With our industry-leading exterior product colors, styles, textures and profiles, the design options are limitless. We know there are amazing projects out there and we look forward to recognizing these talented professionals for their work.”
Building professionals can submit a project that incorporates one or more of CertainTeed’s fiber cement, vinyl or polymer shake siding, exterior trim, fence, railing or deck products. To enter, contractors, builders, architects and designers can simply shoot video and upload it to YouTube between October 1 and December 31, 2010. The videos will be judged on originality, creativity and message delivery. Further information and full contest rules are available at www.certainteed.com/yourtake.
CertainTeed offers a comprehensive line of low-maintenance, high-quality and sustainable exterior building products, many of which help building professionals qualify toward credits for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) through the U.S. Green Building Council and certification through the National Association of Home Builders’ (NAHB) Green Building Guidelines. Popular product lines include Weatherboards™ Fiber Cement Siding, EverNew® Vinyl Decking and Cedar Impressions® Polymer Siding. For more information, visit certainteed.com.
About CertainTeed
Through the responsible development of innovative and sustainable building products, CertainTeed has helped shape the building products industry for more than 100 years. Founded in 1904 as General Roofing Manufacturing Company, the firm's slogan "Quality Made Certain, Satisfaction Guaranteed," quickly inspired the name CertainTeed. Today, CertainTeed® is North America’s leading brand of exterior and interior building products, including roofing, siding, windows, fence, decking, railing, trim, foundations, pipe, insulation, gypsum, ceilings and access covers.
A subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, the world’s largest building products company, CertainTeed and its affiliates have more than 6,000 employees and more than 65 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. In 2009 and 2010, CertainTeed, which is headquartered in Valley Forge, Pa., was named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, a national award that recognizes environmentally responsible corporations. The group had total sales of approximately $3 billion in 2009. www.certainteed.com
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