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 [...]
Fenestration Day, now in its third year, will be held April 12 in San Antonio, and event organizers released the full set of sessions this week which are targeted to door and window dealers and manufacturers. The event is sponsored by DWM magazine and is being held in conjunction with Glass TEXpo™, organized by DWM’s [...]
Thompson Creek Window Company today announced it has received the SmartCEO 2012 Future 50 award. Baltimore SmartCEO profiles the 50 awarded companies, which collectively employ 11,000 people and generate more than $3.6 billion in revenue, in its January 2012 issue.
“We work in an industry that can be profoundly impacted by a struggling economy – and [...]
Western Window Systems in Phoenix was profiled recently on Fox Business Channel as being a “Manufacturing Marvel.” The series consist of two-minute profiles that spotlight American manufacturers, their products, as well as the companies’ processes and customers.
“It’s fun to be at a company where that is the case,” says Scott Gates, marketing director, speaking of [...]
Americans want to own a home. That was the key finding of a survey conducted earlier this month on behalf of the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) by the Republican and Democratic polling firms of Public Opinion Strategies in Alexandria, Va., and Lake Research Partners in Washington, D.C.
And as Jerry Howard, CEO of the [...]
In DWM’s January newscast we counted down our top five stories of the year, according to our web stats on dwmmag.com. From plant closures to lead paint, some of the results may surprise you.
Click here to watch on youtube.
Hurd Windows and Doors, based in Medford, Wis., announced it is partnering with Arizona-based Vista Pointe Architectural Systems, a manufacturer of folding and sliding patio door systems. The partnership will allow Hurd to offer a greater range of patio door products for new home construction and remodeling, according to the company.
Vista Pointe is a provider [...]
B.F. Rich Windows and Doors hosted a plant tour and roundtable discussion with U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) last week. During the tour Senator Carper was introduced to green window manufacturing processes and R-5 window technology. B.F. Rich, a top seller in the Department of Energy’s (DOE) R-5 High Performance Windows Volume Purchase Program, highlighted [...]
Loewen, based in Steinbach, Manitoba, has opened 12 new showrooms across Canada and the United States in 2011. The centers range in size from 1,500 to 5,000 square feet and showcase the company’s wood and metal‐clad doors and windows.
The new showrooms have opened in Belfast, Maine, Boston and Brewster, Mass., Westport, Conn., Westerly, Rhode Island, [...]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has called for the first-ever nationwide ban on the use of all personal electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle.
The safety recommendation specifically calls for the 50 states and the District of Columbia to ban the nonemergency use of portable electronic devices (other than those designed to support driving) [...]
