Industry Updates

FRSA Training Center Open for Business

FRSA’s building, located in Orlando, is booking training sessions for 2023. The Training Center can accommodate up to 48 people plus instructors for classroom seating. Amenities include audiovisual equipment, dry erase board and flip charts, refrigerator and counter space for food and beverage service. There is also a conference room that comfortably seats 16 people and includes conference phone, audiovisual equipment and electronics for virtual meetings. Food and beverage services can be arranged through FRSA for a nominal fee.

For those requiring outdoor hands-on space in addition to indoor space, the facility offers ample parking lot space for use, along with tents and tables at no additional fee. Interested in rental space? Please contact John Hellein at 800-767-3772 ext. 123 or by email at john@floridaroof.com. See pages 18-19 for more info.

MFM Building Products Completes Expansion Project

MFM Building Products, a manufacturer of a full envelope of waterproofing and weather barrier products for the building industry, has recently finished a substantial expansion project that began in February 2021. The thrust of the expansion project was adding 48,000 square feet to the production area and the acquisition of new production equipment to meet the rising demand for orders. MFM has been acquiring additional raw materials to ensure product availability for its customer base and the new facility now accommodates this additional inventory. The building, which was planned to be completed by the fall of 2021, was finished in June 2022 due to extended lead times for raw materials. The exterior portion of the facility was completed in November.

Other aspects of the expansion project included constructing new offices in the main headquarters building and the addition of a new, state-of-the-art Research and Development laboratory for increased quality control and new product development. Once the production equipment is fully operational, the company expects to hire additional full-time employees.

According to Tony Reis, President, “We definitely had some setbacks with the current state of the supply chain, which caused some delays in the completion date. Now that we are finished, we are focused on meeting the needs of our customers and hope to be introducing several new waterproofing products to our portfolio. As an ESOP company, there is a lot of excitement among our employees as MFM continues to grow.”