PPG Industries participated in a U.S. Department of Energy webcast yesterday to help fellow companies in the agency’s Save Energy Now LEADER program implement energy projects after an energy assessment. The presentation was delivered by Jeff Yigdall, PPG director of engineering and international business and chairman of the PPG energy and greenhouse gas team.
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If you’re a door or window manufacturer, you now have one more reason to attend Fenestration Day, sponsored by DWM magazine, on March 16 in Schaumburg, Ill. Given the upcoming regulations regarding lead paint removal, which affects window replacements (CLICK HERE for that story), a session on this topic has been added to the seminar [...]

With already an impressive line up of sessions, DWM magazine, organizer of Fenestration Day, to be held March 16 in Schaumburg, Ill., has added another educational session to its day of presentations aimed at door and window manufacturers.
The session, “Learn How the Lead Paint Regulations Will Affect You and Your Dealers,” is a particularly timely [...]

The Canadian Window and Door Manufacturers Association (CWDMA) honored many of Canada’s leaders in the door and window industry with the “Industry Pioneer” awards held at the Win-door North American Show held in Toronto on November 18. The awards were held in conjunction with the celebration of Win-door North America’s 15th anniversary.
Twenty-two of 42 honorees [...]

Edgetech brought its Edgetech University to Atlanta in September and will feature this educational theme at Win-door in November.

Win-door North America will be held November 17-19 in Toronto and exhibitors have a variety of products to display for attendees.
Edgetech I.G. is bringing its Edgetech University (ETU) booth theme to the show.
Located at booth #1717 in [...]

Organizers for Win-door North America, say they continue to add exhibitors, even though the show is only weeks away.
“We’re encouraged by this late, but ongoing sales activity,” says Win-door show committee chair Matt Kottke of Truth Hardware. “Clearly, companies are beginning to feel more confident about a gradual improvement in the economy and as a [...]

Millwork distributors and manufacturers gathered last week at the Association of Millwork Distributors annual convention in San Antonio Texas. While the economy is still hurting, many distributors and manufacturers took advantage of this time to get together and discuss the opportunities ahead and new product offerings.
Many exhibitors had new products to show and some manufacturers [...]

DWM magazine’s first-ever Fenestration Day, to be held, March 16 in Schaumburg, Ill., during Glass Expo Midwest, continues to gain the support of the industry. This is due in part to the strong line-up of speakers who have signed on.
PPG Industries is sponsoring a session called “DOE to Reveal Latest Updates,” given by Marc LaFrance [...]

The Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) is working to reduce its environmental footprint. During its Summer Technical Meetings, which took place last week at the Hyatt Regency Montreal in Quebec, the event was paperless as all of the meeting information, including agendas, minutes, technical presentations, IGMA policies and working documents for the groups and committees, [...]

Dan Handeen, research fellow at the University of Minnesota, who does work regarding life cycle analysis (LCA), gave two presentations to AAMA members meeting in Minneapolis this week with the goal of educating them regarding LCA. Yesterday, Handeen spoke before members of AAMA’s Life Cycle Assessment Task Group and this morning he presented to the [...]