Industry News

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March 9, 2010
- Pella Corp. Agrees to Perform Environmental Investigation, Clean-Up of Manufacturing Facility
- Industry Reacts to Homestar Program
- Minnesota Senate Bill Could Amend State’s Law Relating to Window Fall Prevention Devices
- Efficient Implementation of Energy-Saving Regulations
- Washington State Clears Up Window Deals
- Prineville Plant May Fill in for Quake-Hit Chile Facility
- Window Delays Push Back Courthouse Remodel by Six Weeks
- A Sense of Agreement
- SAGE to Build $110 Million Manufacturing Facility in Minnesota
- Windows Siding Roofing Experts Recognized for Commitment to Being Green and Named the Triangle’s Exclusive Restorations Window Retailer
- Park Avenue® Windows Sponsoring Energy-Efficient Windows Sweepstakes in 2010
- Masco Home Services Launches New Home Performance Program for Existing Homes: WellHome
- Thinking about Green
- Fact, Not Fad: Marketing Proves “Green” Sells

March 2, 2010
- Vinyl Institute Asks Industry to Join in Opposing USGBC Credit
- Door and Window Companies Receive Energy Star® Awards
- Crystal Window & Door to Participate in R-5 Program
- Stock to Buy Arkansas Supplier
- Sierra Pacific Plans to Reopen Small-Log Mill
- Quanex Announces Financial Results; Focuses on New Growth Program
- Builders FirstSource Reports $6.2 Million Profit in Fourth Quarter
- New Home Sales Decline In January
- HIG Sees Window of Opportunity in Synseal Deal
- NFRC Names New Employees and Announces Promotions
- Mellor, Former CEO of Builder Materials Holding, Joins Stock’s Board
- An End to Greenwash? Interview with Marcello Manca Of Underwriters Laboratories, “UL Environment”
- Will Lead Weigh Down a Window Industry Recovery?

February 23, 2010
- Binswanger Tech Becomes National Hero; Saves Six  from Burning Building in Austin, Texas
- Scott Thomsen to Lead Guardian’s North American Flat Glass Operations
- Recent Housing Numbers Shows Some Positive Signs
- Uniboard Opens MDF Facility in North Carolina
- Door and Window Companies Honored with Humanitarian Awards
- Senator Cantwell Tours JELD-WEN, Discusses Efforts to Get Lending Capital Flowing for Job Creation
- Roto Group Gains Market Share in 2009
- Gorell Windows and Doors Approved for Use in Pennsylvania Weatherization Program
- Simonton Windows Partners with H&R Block to Offer Tax Preparation Incentives to Homeowners
- Graves Lumber Selling More Than Just Lumber
- Millvale Company is Restoring Windows at Sacred Heart Church
- VEKA Announces New President
- Foreclosures and the Outlook for the First Half of 2010
- Astronauts Open Space Station Observation Deck

February 16, 2010
- Industry Plans to Attend Fenestration Day
- US LBM Holdings LLC Agrees to Acquire Edward Hines Lumber Co. and Subsidiaries
- Smith Phillips Building Recognized as 2010 Dealer of the Year by Southern Building Material Association
- PGT Reports 2009 Fourth Quarter Results
- Stiles to Represent Makor and Venjakob
- PBS Series Hometime® Comes to Hurd
- Todd Whitworth, Window World CEO, dies Friday
- NLBMDA Opposes Merkley Amendment in Health Care Bill
- Aluminum Extruders Council Has Important Meeting Planned for March
- IWF Seeks Entries for Challengers Award
- New Lead Paint Regulations—Keep Spreading the Word
- Space Station Gets Room, Huge Window to See Earth
- Total Glass Gets Green Edge With ‘Ambassador’ Status
- Guest Commentary: Stossel’s investigation is Full of Holes

February 9, 2010
- Companies Educate their Dealers Regarding Lead Paint Regulations
- Generational Expert to Speak at Fenestration Day: Will Offer Proven Methods of How to Communicate Effectively with All Generations
- CMI Purchases Assets of Illinois Flush Door Company
- FeneTech to Open European Operation
- Stock Lumber Auction Brings $700,000 Price
- 84 Lumber’s 2009 Sales Plunge
- ProBuild Opening New Location in Sacramento
- Unlocked Gate Tips Police to Burglary At Local Lumberyard
- Window World Sponsors John Andretti and Boris Said at Daytona 500
- Alan Levin Appears on Bloomberg TV
- Melting Vinyl Siding Tied to Energy-Efficient Windows
- Crystal Windows Executive Named to NWDA Board of Directors
- The Green Police: What Will They Be Looking For?

- February 2, 2010
- Watch the February Newscast
- NWDA Holds Winter Meeting at ATI’s New Facility
- Economist Says Single-Family Residential Will Continue to Recover
- Obama Singles Out Window Company in Presidential Address
- Valuable Industry Research Now Available
- Andersen Corp. Workers Won’t Get Profit-Sharing Checks for First Time Since Great Depression
- Lack of Product Demand Turning Layoffs into Lost Jobs
- BMC Select Leader Sees Advantages in HQ Move to Boise
- Cardinal Solar Technologies Awarded $7.7 Million Tax Credit
- Suits Filed to Block SPI Clear Cutting
- Bill O’Brien Joins ViWinTech as Director of Operations

January 26, 2010
- Builders’ Show: Smaller but Successful
- Atrium Companies File for Voluntary Chapter 11
- Indicator Suggests Remodeling Upturn in 2010
- Latest Housing Reports Show Challenges are Still Ahead
- Atlanta Hardwood Corp. Acquires Craig Lumber Corp.
- US LBM Holdings LLC Acquires Stock Building Supply’s New Jersey Operations
- Parr Lumber Executives Spin off Marketing Firm
- Bradco Supply Opens New Location in Warminster, Pa
- Pella Launches Pro Expo™ Events
- To Turn Around Ailing Businesses, Entrepreneurs Buy Them Back
- Alum Rock Hardware Closing After Five Decades of Hard Work and Service
- Smart Windows: Energy Efficiency with a View
- New Energy Achieves Major ‘Transparency’ Breakthrough in Development of See-Thru Windows Capable of Generating Electricity
- Zimmerman Named President of Gorell Windows & Door
- ASTM Elects Dow Corning Representative to 2010 International Board of Directors
- Bringing Manufacturing Back to the United States
- Trade Show News: IBS and IWF

January 19, 2010
- Watch Video Live from the Builders’ Show
- NLBMDA Releases Policy Outline for 2010
- Explosion Occurs in Silo at CraftMaster
- Green Bay Firm Buys Universal Supply Locations
- Poor Economy Leaves Andersen Windows Owing North Branch Under Special Development Agreement
- Andersen Logistics Laying Off 25
- Arson Ruled in 84 Lumber Blaze
- PGT Names Vice President of Operations
- A Little Company Praised by President Obama
- Innovation, Guts, Better Products, and Transparency
- Picking Winners and Losers
- A Window on the Real Limits of Government
- Fenestration Day Adds Another Session to Seminar Lineup
- Klobuchar to Hold Energy Efficiency, Innovation Summit
- Company Move to Include Cat

January 12, 2010
- Report Forecasts Five Percent Growth in Moulding Market in 2010
- Truseal and Union Come to Agreement
- Building Materials Holding Corp. (BMHC) Emerges from Chapter 11 and Rebrands Itself
- WTS Paradigm Supports Homes for Our Troops
- Two Harbors Building Supplier Latest to Succumb to Bad Economy
- Officials Talking Plans for Lumber Mill Restart
- Burglary and Fire at 84 Lumber
- Report Outlines How Cypress Promotes Green Building
- Obama Awards $2.3 Billion in Clean-Energy Tax Credits
- Insurers ‘Green Up’ Gray Coverage Areas
- Seattle Developer Sells Bankers on ‘Green’ Project
- The Price of Construction Materials is About to Soar
- The Week in Private Equity: What’s Hot, What’s Not Edition
- Seaway Manufacturing Corp. Names New President
- Edgetech I.G. Appoints Bruce Hodges to Quality Engineer
- Ex-Huttig Worker Indicted for Fraud
- Gary Curtis to Fill Public Interest Seat on NFRC Board of Directors

January 5, 2010
- A Look at the New Energy Star® Focus on Energy Efficiency in Glass Manufacturing
- ICC Updates Window Opening Control Devices/Minimum Window Sill Height Code
- Energy Star® Seeks Comments Regarding Program Enhancements
- International Aluminum Corp. Restructures; Says Business Will be Uninterrupted
- National Certified Testing Laboratories Acquires Quality Testing Inc.
- PGT Banking on Changes in Energy Codes
- Changed Lending Practices Kill Takeover of JC TRACO Plant, 200 Jobs
- Bradco Supply Appoints Stoddard CEO
- Fallen Deputy Remembered for Passion, Humor, Drive
- Digging through the Snow
- More “Must Read” 2008 Cases – Part Three
- BHMA Winter Meeting to Examine Code Development in the Building Hardware Industry