Aluplast, a family-owned company with headquarters in Germany, has acquired Chelsea Building Products. Chelsea is now a member of the aluplast group, which holds a portfolio of global holdings and is an industry-leading brand in Europe. Chelsea Building Products will continue to operate independently, maintaining its current identity in Oakmont, Pa., as well as in […]

Chelsea Building Products Inc. has acquired the assets of the Everlast Polymeric Cladding System, including the brand and full distribution rights, from American Builders and Contractors Supply Co., Inc. (ABC Supply). Chelsea Building Products will be the sole manufacturer/marketer of the Everlast Polymeric Cladding products. The Everlast Polymeric Cladding products have been manufactured, under a supply […]

Chelsea Building Products recently received a dividend recapitalization from its owner, Graham Partners, a private-investment firm headquartered in Newtown Square, Pa. Chelsea, which designs and manufactures vinyl door and window systems and other building products, has experienced strong performance “driven by new product introductions, significant cost savings and strategic customer acquisitions,” according to a press release […]

The 13th GlassBuild show kicked off on Wednesday at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta with hundreds of exhibitors and attendees flooding the show floor for a look at the latest in door and window products. Quanex’s large booth showcased several of the company’s newest products, including a full line of sealants, including the Q-Glaze […]

William Ray “Billy” Raggio, the longtime plant manager at the WeatherBarr window fabricating facility in Fort Smith, Ark., who died on April 30, is being remembered by those in the industry as a friend and a self-made man. “The sales, technical service and other staff members at Chelsea Building Products lost a friend,” said Karen […]

Chelsea Building Products is adding to its employee repertoire. The company announced the addition of Mark Lipsius as business development manager of specialty products. He will focus on expanding Chelsea’s customer base in that sector. A graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor of arts degree in sociology, Lipsius has worked in the […]

Chelsea Building Products Inc., has hired Janet Moreland as customer service/product manager. As part of Chelsea’s sales and marketing department, Moreland will work with logistics, manufacturing, sales and product design to improve customer service. She will also be involved in developing a product-management function at Chelsea. According to a company statement, Moreland has more than […]

Chelsea Building Products again opened the Edge Award contest to their customers for 2014 as a way they recognize their customers’ innovation and creativity in the door and window industry. The award acknowledges projects in three categories: replacement application, new construction application and multi-family/light commercial application. ThermoLite was chosen as the winner in the replacement […]

“People are buying again. That’s why we brought the equipment,” says Sarah Colberg with Witte. That’s music to the industry’s ears as it reflects that the residential market has truly rebounded. All throughout GlassBuild America, which ended yesterday in Las Vegas, the mood was positive. On the first day of the show, Diane Huybers, Windowmaker […]

Chelsea Building Products Inc. made two new hires last week. Tyler Skiba will join the company as the new process engineer. As part of Chelsea’s tooling department, Skiba will focus on the continued improvement of Chelsea’s PVC and composite PVC flow processing. Of Skiba’s hiring, Byron Vrabel, senior tooling manager says, “Tyler will be an […]