While most publicly traded door and window companies won’t announce fourth-quarter results until late February, a third-quarter report filed last week by NSG Group (parent company to Pilkington) shows what officials are calling a “remarkable” revenue increase from architectural glass for the period ending March 31, 2023. The news from NSG adds to another third-quarter […]

Masonite International Corp., designer, manufacturer, marketer and distributor of interior and exterior doors, has announced a $4.8M investment in the Circular Innovation Fund L.P. (CIF), a venture capital fund dedicated to advancing the circular economy by investing in growth-stage companies across North America, Europe and Asia. Investors in CIF believe it has the potential to […]

Just when you thought the supply chain nightmare was starting to let up, a war breaks out in Ukraine. With the recent economic sanctions being put into place against Russia, how will this war exacerbate the global supply chain headaches that emerged last year, and is this a temporary crisis or one that will have […]

This year marks 40 years for Canada’s window and door parts manufacturer Novatech Group. Headquartered in Sainte-Julie, Novatech Group has completed a series of strategic acquisitions in recent years that have grown the company beyond Québec. Founder Raymond Ouellette says he set out to provide door manufacturers with stained doorglass on March 16, 1982. He […]

As a company that operates in Ukraine, as well as in Russia and Belarus, REHAU Group has announced that it has “suspended … operations in Russia and Belarus until further notice.” In a company press release issued on Monday, March 7, the company indicated the desire to emphasize the corporate positions that: “We strongly condemn […]

It was a conference with a whole new look and the cause of that new look was also its unwelcome star. The COVID-19 pandemic was a major focus on the first day of the virtual (online) National Glass Association (NGA) Glass Conference, which provided several different perspectives on how the disease has impacted the glass […]

A new study, published by Ceresana, discusses the diversity of development for doors and windows, and potential for recovery, in the European construction market. According to the report, conditions vary throughout Europe and demand has developed weakly since 2008. Residential construction in Spain, Portugal or Greece plummeted sharply, but the situation in Switzerland or Turkey […]