The American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) will host its 75th Annual Conference February 26-29, at the Naples Grande Hotel (Waldorf Astoria) in Naples, Fla. The highlight of this year’s event is the celebration of AAMA’s 75th anniversary.
“The longevity and continuing success of AAMA was made possible through the expertise, perseverance and dedication contributed to our [...]

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) forest certification program is seeking applications for its Conservation and Community Partnerships Grants program, which is now in its third year.
“SFI Inc. has invested over $1.1 million in 24 projects since 2010,” says SFI resident and CEO Kathy Abusow. “With the help of the over 125 partners involved, the SFI [...]

Window Nation announced it is stepping in to help Regency Windows customers who may be wondering what to do after the company closed unexpectedly on January 20. Window Nation announced it will offer a discount equal to any down payment customers paid to Regency for windows that they have not received and will also honor [...]

The Department of Energy (DOE) hosted a strategy session yesterday which attracted many door and window manufacturers, as well as other interested parties, and served as a candid sharing of input regarding the DOE’s Volume Purchase Program (VPP) for Windows.
The intent of the session was to hear from vendors and manufacturers as to how the [...]

Fenestration Day™ 2012 is set to take place April 12 at the El Tropicano Riverwalk Hotel in San Antonio, Texas, where it will be co-located with Glass TEXpo™. In its third year, the event continues to grow with new seminars, speakers and sponsors.
Aurora, Ohio-based FeneTech has signed on to sponsor the Door and Window Industry [...]

Eastman Chemical Co. officials consider the recent acquisition of Solutia Inc. of St. Louis, an important step in Eastman’s strategy to extend its global presence in emerging markets, in particular in Asia Pacific, says Tracy Broadwater, corporate communications manager of Eastman. “By leveraging infrastructure in the region, Eastman expects to have a compound annual growth [...]

The recent approval of the Southern Pine Inspection Bureau’s (SPIB) new design values for visually graded Southern Pine lumber by the American Lumber Standard Committee (ALSC) Board of Review has generated more questions among producers and customer groups, according to a recent announcement.
The Southern Forest Products Association (SFPA) facilitated a task group of industry leaders [...]

Demand for wood-plastic composite and plastic lumber in the United States is projected to advance more than 13 percent per year to $5.4 billion in 2015, creating a market for 2.6 billion pounds of plastic, according to Wood-Plastic Composite & Plastic Lumber, a new study from The Freedonia Group, Inc., a Cleveland-based industry market research [...]

In his State of the Union address, President Obama laid out a Blueprint for an America Built to Last, calling for action to help responsible borrowers and support a housing market recovery. Yesterday he followed up that speech with some additional details, and the door and window industry weighed in on the plan.
The blueprint offers [...]

When I talked with Joseph Pigliacampo, president of Joseph Machine Co., in depth at an industry event last year, his enthusiasm for “zero scrap” was contagious. I told him I would definitely set a time to learn more, and that time came this past Tuesday when I traveled to the company’s plant in Dillsburg, Pa.
I [...]