Earlier this morning, employees at the DeWitt, Iowa, float glass facility of Guardian Industries “pulled the ribbon” and resumed production following a small glass leak on Monday, according to a company release.
The furnace leak occurred while Guardian DeWitt employees were completing routine maintenance, forced a temporary halt to glass production.
“Our employees are trained and prepared [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

AGC Glass Company North America has announced its intention to restart the idled G1 float glass line located at its Greenland manufacturing plant in Hawkins County, Tenn., which has been shut down since 2008. At that time, the company stated it intended to restart this line when market conditions were more favorable. According to the [...]

PPG Industries announced it is convening 23 of its color experts, representing six color-oriented businesses across three global regions, to share color trend observations and insights for a variety of markets during its annual weeklong workshop in New York, January 31-February 3.
As part of the meeting, PPG color experts will engage in interactive and dynamic [...]

Brett Boyum has been named the new vice president of marketing for Marvin Windows and Doors. Boyum has been with Marvin for nearly 15 years, most recently as director of marketing for both Marvin and its sister brand, Integrity Windows and Doors. He succeeds Tom Angelis, who is retiring.
“As a key member of our marketing [...]