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later renamed general aniline & film or gaf for short . 1933 interlocking shingles introduced 1966 general aniline & film acquires sawyer s manufacturer of photographic equipment 4 1967 ruberoid merges with general aniline & film and adopts the gaf name 5 1967 timberline architectural shingle introduced 1968 general aniline & film corp. formally changes its name to gaf corporation 6 1982 samuel j. heyman took control of the company 1987 samuel j. heyman took the company private ; it continues to be owned by the heyman family 2004 introduced first pre coated energy efficient modified bitumen membranes 2005 introduced first energy efficient asphalt shingle 2007 gaf acquires elkcorp 2010 introduced solar grade single ply tpo membranes 2011 first company to offer lifetime limited warranty on all laminated shingles 2012 first company to offer lifetime limited warranty on entire roofing system bankruptcy edit on jan. 7 2001 gaf s principal shareholder became the 27th company in the united states to file for protection under chapter 11 of the u.s. bankruptcy code from liabilities relating to asbestos related bodily injury claims . in what was an ill fated acquisition gaf s purchase of ruberoid brought with it a product line that contained considerable quantities of asbestos . the asbestos containing products ranged from roofing shingles and siding to insulation and numerous other construction related products . along with the purchase came ownership of an asbestos mine in vermont . once the sale was complete gaf corporation became the de facto leader in asbestos supplies in the state . the mine was shut down in 1975 . gaf s roofing business at the time d b a gaf materials corporation was not involved in the manufacture or sale of asbestos containing products and thus it did not have any liability related to these claims . gaf s shareholder emerged from bankruptcy in 2009 having discharged its asbestos related bodily injury claims . citation needed certification programs edit gaf master elite requires a contractor to be fully licensed insured up to date on training requirements and to be in good standing regarding customer satisfaction . 7 gaf certified gaf master select gaf master references edit http www.gaf.com about gaf contact gaf https www.youtube.com watch & v bdk04vfkt1m & t 10m22s 1971 gaf view master commercial with henry fonda & jodie foster at youtube general aniline buys sawyer s ; management stays in portland . the oregonian . portland oregon . november 1 1966 . section 3 p. 8 . two chemical company boards approve merger . the oregonian . portland oregon . march 2 1967 . p. 31 . barton frank may 12 1968 . new name merry go round . the sunday oregonian . section 1 p. 33 . general aniline & film ... . changed its name to gaf corporation at the annual meeting in portland on april 23 . gaf roofing find master elite roofing contractors . gaf . external links edit gaf roofing gaf truslate slate roofing gaf canada gaf poland http www.colorantshistory.org igfarbenamerica.html retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title gaf materials corporation & oldid 736681998 categories companies based in morris county new jerseycompanies established in 1886building materials companies of the united statesparsippany troy hills new jerseyhidden categories articles needing additional references from march 2014all articles needing additional referencesarticles with a promotional tone from march 2014all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 29 august 2016 at 04 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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