View the February Newscast

Feb 13th, 2012| By| Category:Featured Content, The Studio

DWM‘s final video from IBS 2012 offers exhibitor feedback on the event, and we also talk to dealers and distributors to find out what they were searching for in terms of product options.

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IBS Exhibitors Show off Windows and Doors and Various Components

Feb 10th, 2012| By| Category:Featured Content, The Studio

The International Builders’ Show continues in Orlando and today we spoke to Marvin and Jeld-Wen regarding their latest offerings and profiled some more components that go into the window systems.

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IBS Kicks off with Glass, Doors and More

Feb 9th, 2012| By| Category:Featured Content, The Studio

The International Builders’ Show opened yesterday and DWM magazine interviewed companies regarding glass, decorative glass, door options and more. Find out what these companies are showing and what new products are on the market if you can’t make it to Orlando.

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IBS Starts Tomorrow: Whether You Are Going or Staying Home Find Out What’s on Display

Feb 7th, 2012| By| Category:Featured Content

The International Builders’ Show starts tomorrow in Orlando, Fla., and runs through Saturday. As has been the case in recent years, some big name window makers have opted to sit it out, but others have marked their spots and will be at the show with their latest introductions. Be sure to look to DWM’s e-newsletter [...]



Industry Remembers Dariush Arasteh

Feb 6th, 2012| By| Category:Featured Content

Dariush Arasteh, staff scientist, at the University of California’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) in Berkeley, Calif., passed away peacefully on February 3 after a long battle with cancer. Arasteh was known in the door and window industry for his technical and innovative solutions.
“Dariush was not only one of the pillars of our R&D team, [...]



Will Obama Plan Usher in a Housing Recovery?

Feb 2nd, 2012| By| Category:Featured Content

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 [...]



DWM Magazine Announces Educational Sessions for Fenestration Day™

Jan 27th, 2012| By| Category:Event News, Featured Content

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 Windows Named to 2012 SmartCEO Future 50 List

Jan 24th, 2012| By| Category:Featured Content

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 [...]



What Makes Western Window a “Manufacturing Marvel”?

Jan 20th, 2012| By| Category:Featured Content

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 [...]



American Dream is Alive and Well; NAHB Wants Politicians to Keep it that Way

Jan 13th, 2012| By| Category:Featured Content

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 [...]