DWM Industry News

May 15, 2008
- WDMA Technical Conference Continues to Tackle S141 Issue
- WDMA Briefs Members on New Industry Technology
- ProVia Door Expands into Florida Market
- Luxury Windows Closes China Manufacturing Plant
- Housing Slump Leads to Layoffs
- Storms Damage Simonton Windows Plant in Oklahoma
- Masonite Announces First-Quarter Sales of $464.4 Million
- Green Home Building Market is Expected to Double by 2012

May 12, 2008
- GlassFab Offers Lessons in IG
- Agony for a Company, and for a Company Man
- Ply Gem, Moving to Cary, Renegotiating Loan to Avoid Default
- Peter Kohler Plant to Re-Open (scroll down)
- Crystal Window & Door Systems Goes 'Green'
- Page Plant Rises Again
- Jeld-Wen Employee Passes Away
- Window Technique Involves Air, Not Gas
- Presentation on BIM World at IGMA Summer Meeting
- Jordan, Knauff & Co. to Hold Spring 2008 Industry Update on May 15
- Atrium Launches Free ''Training Tuesdays'' Webinars for Remodelers

May 8, 2008
- EPA to Review Petition about Formaldehyde in Composite Wood Products
- Florida Legislature Passes Building Code Standards Bill
- April DWM is Now Available Digitally
- Remodeling Activity Remains Steady in the First Quarter
- Grand Designs for Accoya Wood
- Days Before Second Birthday, Girl Dies in Antioch Drowning Accident

May 5, 2008
- DOE Reschedules Stakeholder Meeting for Early August
- PGT Announces Amendment of Credit Facility
- Scholarship Fund Marks Milestone
- Region Boosted By Exports, Farm Incomes, Biofuels
- Business Briefcase (scroll down)
- Win an Entryway Makeover in Fourth Annual Therma-Tru 'Ugliest Door in America' Contest

May 1, 2008
- Jordan, Knauff & Co. to Hold Spring 2008 Industry Update on May 15
- NAHB Asks Congress to Extend Tax Incentives for Energy-Efficient Homes
- Builders Creativity Rises as Housing Market Slumps
- UNITED KINGDOM — JELD-WEN Embarks on Wood Pellet Partnership
- Guardian Industries to Build Second Float Glass Plant in Brazil
- Shwinco to Utilize Solutia’s KeepSafe® Maximum Laminated Glass
- Minor Improvements Can Spur Home Sale

April 24, 2008
- Quanex Spin-Off and Merger Complete
- Loans Give 84 Lumber Breathing Room
- Mayor Says Market Can Absorb Loewen Layoffs
- FMA Educates Code Officials and Discusses Southeast Business at Recent Meeting
- Masonite Intl's Ratings Placed on Negative Watch on Likely Covenant Breach
- Bosco Inducted into NAHB Society of Honored Associates
- International PVC Conference Features Three from Rohm and Haas

April 21, 2008
- Atrium Announces Consolidation of Arizona and California Facilities
- AAMA Updates Document Addressing the Acoustical Rating of Doors, Windows and Glazed Wall Sections
- Loewen Windows Lays Off 100
- eCycle Electronics Saturday
- Contractors See an Upturn in Work for 2008
- Consider Your Workplace Principles on Earth Day

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