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Holcim Building Envelope Unveils Enverge Spray Foam

Today, Holcim Building Envelope announces the launch of Enverge®, an innovative, sustainability-focused spray foam insulation brand with a mission of changing the way the world insulates, creating more energy-efficient buildings and healthier living environments. A Fusion of Gaco SprayFoam and SES Foam Brands, for Advanced Insulation Solutions

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SES Foams LLC to be Acquired by Holcim

Holcim has entered into an agreement to acquire SES Foam LLC, the biggest independent spray foam insulation company in the US with 2022 (est.) Net Sales of USD 200 million. SES has a track record of double-digit growth, with advanced energy-efficiency and bio-based solutions for new and green retrofitting projects.

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Saving Time to Fly

Increasing pressure over the last couple of years has occurred in many industries, including the spray foam industry. However, with a set of valuable business techniques, companies may fly through these turbulent times into the skies of victory by resisting the cultural pull towards fast results and instead building a business based on managing time and labor.

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Technically Speaking

Gaco SprayFoam | SES spray foam contractors know that a sale means nothing if the equipment doesn’t work, the installation goes poorly, or someone is hurt on the job. The actual installation of spray foam starts long before the installer pulls the trigger on the gun, and mastering this preparation is as much an art as spraying the foam.

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SES Foam Acquires New Manufacturing Plant

The state-of-the-art manufacturing plant in Spring, Texas enables SES Foam's continued growth

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Spray Foam in Extreme Climates

What role does SPF insulation play in the defense against different weather regions around the world?

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One of the Good Guys

Spray Foam Magazine recently caught up with Chief Operating Officer of SES Foam Charles Valentine to discuss how his background, family, and values impact his role as a leader in such a dynamic corporation and in the spray foam industry.

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Fortified Foundations

Each year, from June 1st to November 30th, residents living along the east coast of the United States, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Islands closely monitor hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean. This six-month window, known officially as Hurricane Season, represents the annual period when conditions are most likely to form a potentially catastrophic storm event.

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Survive & Thrive

Business in the construction sector is like a roller coaster. You claw your way from the start, powering yourself up, up, up, working long days, making your share of mistakes along the way, and if life were fair and the economy perfectly stable, your hard work would be rewarded, and your business would be profitable, steady, and fun to run. Unfortunately, that’s not the way our economy works.

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Care and Comfort

Spray foam helps create a safer seal and a more comfortable environment for a senior living community in South Carolina

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Internal Innovation

SES Foam and US GreenFiber® have created a fusion of their industry-leading products as an all-in-one product known as Custom Comfort Solutions and implement the system in a home building project.

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SES Polyurethane Systems and Greenfiber Offer New Approach to Home Insulation

Greenfiber® and SES offer new approach to home insulation with Custom Comfort Solutions and completed two projects with builders Elev8 and Monte Hewett Homes, and spray foam contractor SEI Group.

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The True Cost of Foam

We are in a very strange industry. We buy sets or pounds, which are packed as gallons of liquid, then we process it on the jobsite to make board-feet of finished foam. Most spray foam contractors don’t list the board feet on the sales estimate, instead they call out the net thickness after trim. This is all based on a requirement to install insulation with specific R-Values in the wall, floor, and ceiling.

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The Future of Spray Foam

Necessity is the mother of invention. As the industrial revolution started a roaring global economy toward the end of the 19th century, humanity faced a new challenge. Population growth was not sustainable. The population was expected to plateau or shrink without a scientific breakthrough. The global food supply was driven by the discovery of saltpeter in South America. Saltpeter was essentially bird droppings that had been deposited and fossilized over millions of years.

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An Essential Partnership

Examining the relationship between spray foam contractors and spray foam suppliers and the importance it plays on the SPF industry as a whole

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Small Changes Can Make a Big Difference - Part 2 of 2

Part 2 of the series on how small changes can make a big difference to your business growth

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