From ICF Magazine
V-Buck Ends Manufacturing
Vinyl Technologies Inc., makers of
V-Buck, have closed their business. The company got its start making
window bucks for the removable forms industry, and pioneered the concept
of vinyl window bucks for ICFs. Prior to this, the only material
available was lumber, and the lightweight, easy-to-assemble, no-hassle
V-Buck revolutionized the industry when it came to market in the
mid-1990s. It offered a termite-proof, rot-proof, no-warp material.
Over the years, VTI constantly
updated and improved their product as the industry evolved. By the early
2000s, they offered bucks for pre-formed arch, gothic arch, and eyebrow
windows—which had been extremely costly to build with other methods—
and enough widths to match every product line of every major
manufacturer.
As ICFs moved into the mainstream, other companies began offering
their own bucking systems made of EPS foam, engineered lumber, and
heavy-gauge steel. The triple punch of a devastating construction
slowdown, increased competition, and an extremely delayed recovery
pushed VTI onto a trajectory it could not recover from.
VTI president Bruce Anderson says, "We'd like to thank all
of our loyal customers and
distributors through the years who made V-Buck the standard of
excellence for ICF projects across North America."