By Lauren White. The 2025 Building Envelope Olympics showcases sportsmanship and skills. Professionalism. Precision. Pride. All things that come to mind when thinking about Olympians, which we’ll see soon for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy. The same is true for the more than 100 competitors who convened in Scottsdale, ...
By Emma Peterson. How the industry has come together to support the next generation of professionals. The 2025 SkillsUSA competition is coming to a close at the end of June with the SkillsUSAChampionships! This is the premier showcase of the United States’ most highly skilled career and technical education students. ...
By Jesse Sanchez. Leister’s Vacuum Plate 100-LP makes leak detection faster and easier for contractors. For contractors looking to reduce labor hours without sacrificing quality, Leister’s Vacuum Plate 100-LP might be one of the smartest investments they can make. Unveiled at the Midwest Roofing Contractors Association (MRCA) show, the compact, battery-powered tool quickly ...
By Emma Peterson. Learn how Leister’s new innovations and technology prevent long-term roofing issues. For over seven decades, Leister has been consistently developing and improving technology and tools used in plastic welding and industrial hot-air applications. In one of The Coffee Shops™ Read Listen Watch® (RLW) webinars, Heidi J. Ellsworth got to ...
By Emma Peterson. Meet the Vacuum Plate, the newest roofing product from Leister and your best friend when working with membranes. If you’ve been around at different events and conferences this trade show season, you probably have seen our incredible crew running soundstages and hosting panels. But did you know ...
By Emma Peterson. New vacuum plate products, upgrades to the VARIMAT and more! While at the 2025 International Roofing Expo (IRE), Heidi J. Ellsworth got the chance to host Dave Nordentoft and Brittany Wykle of Leister for a live episode of ReadListenWatch® (RLW). They started off with Brittany, who is an associate ...
By Emma Peterson. From a new vacuum plate to the next generation of VARIMAT, Leister continues to improve their heat welding offerings. In a special Read Listen Watch® (RLW), Heidi J. Ellsworth took attendees to the 2025 International Roofing Expo (IRE) show floor to talk to Dave Nordentoft and Brittany Wykle of ...
Editor's note: The following is the transcript of a live interview with Dave Nordentoft and Brittany Wykle of Leister. You can read the interview below, listen to the podcast or watch the recording. Intro: Hello and welcome to this month's RLW from RoofersCoffeeShop. My name is Heidi Ellsworth and we are ...
By Emma Peterson. Tune into this RLW, live from IRE 2025, to hear from Leister experts about the changes and innovations in the heat welding sector. The International Roofing Expo (IRE) is just around the corner, and we couldn’t be more excited here at The Coffee Shops. We have a slew of ...
By Emma Peterson. Learn how this compact tool is revolutionizing membrane leak detection. Recently, The Coffee Shops™ crew got the chance to explore the Midwest Roofing Contractors Association (MRCA)’s show in St. Paul, Minnesota. While there, the trade show floor was full of exciting new technology to learn about! One such product ...