Show organizers for GlassCon Global VE – Glass Expo VE announced that Dr. Franz Prettenthaler, M.Litt, the Director of LIFE Institute for Climate, Energy and Society at Joanneum Research, and one of the world’s experts on economic climate impact and risk modeling, will provide the keynote address at the upcoming virtual event. Climatologists continue to […]
Participants can now register for the World Millwork Alliance (WMA)’s 2020 Virtual Millwork Conference, scheduled for October 5-7, 2020. “The WMA Virtual Conference will serve as the industry’s connecting point to foster business relationships and promote millwork innovation and growth during these unprecedented times,” says Rosalie Leone, president of World Millwork Alliance. The WMA Virtual […]
Scheduled for August 25-28 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, organizers of the International Woodworking Fair 2020 have decided to cancel this year’s event. A statement issued today reads, in part, “The conditions and circumstances brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic—including accompanying travel restrictions and federal, state and local governmental regulations—have made it […]
World Millwork Alliance (WMA) recently announced the WMA 2020 annual convention and tradeshow has been postponed until 2021. The location will remain Mobile, Ala., and the WMA website will be updated with the new dates, according to the alliance’s press release. “Following the review of what the association needs to accomplish in order to ensure […]
FeneTech customers in North and South America and Australia wrapped up their portion of the FeneTech Virtual User Conference last week. The conference will continue with two sessions this week and one next week for customers in Europe and Asia. FeneTech shared the latest enhancements and features of its FeneVision ERP software to over 200 […]
While FeneTech’s annual User Conference forwent an in-person gathering amid COVID-19, the event began via a new virtual format today. Users from over 106 different door and window manufacturers and glass fabrication companies from North and South America, Europe, Asia and Australia registered to attend the conference. Matt Batcha, the company’s business development liaison, found […]
The Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA) recently announced it is making its 2020 Technical and Manufacturing Conference virtual due to the ongoing COVID-19 related travel restrictions. WDMA is teaming up with Blue Sky e-LEARN, one of the premier companies in providing virtual online events, to hold the conference on Tuesday, June 9, and Wednesday, June […]
John Hamlin has filed a federal lawsuit in Oklahoma’s Western District against Pella Corp. (Pella). Hamlin is looking to recover alleged damages from defendant (Pella) for the manufacture and sale of Architect Series windows alleged to be defective, which he claims leaked and resulted in premature wood rot and damage to the windows. Hamlin claims […]
The Fenestration and Glazing Industry Alliance (FGIA) will hold its summer conference virtually due to the spread of COVID-19 and requests by government leadership to shelter-in-place. This event, previously intended to be held in Chicago, will be hosted on Zoom. The event dates remain largely unchanged, according to FGIA, with the conference taking place Tuesday, […]
NürnbergMesse has decided, in agreement with the Department of Environment and Health of the City of Nürnberg, not to hold Fensterbau Frontale in conjunction with Holz-Handwerk in 2020. According to the event coordinators, the uncertain situation resulting from COVID-19 is leading to a declining willingness to invest. Limited business activity due to official orders and […]
