As with many things these days, it’s hard to believe that once upon a time people agreed on things. In 1969, Sen. Gaylord Nelson, a junior senator from Wisconsin who was concerned about the state of the environment in the U.S., saw a massive oil spill in Santa Barbara, Calif. He recruited others to organize […]

Forbes has released its sixth annual World’s Best Employers for 2022 and several glass, glazing and fenestration companies made the list. The winners were chosen based on an independent survey by Statista Inc. Statista polled 150,000 full- and part-time workers across 57 countries about their employment experience, including working conditions, salary, the potential for growth, […]

Pella Corporation topped the list of Iowa companies on Forbes’ America’s Best-in-State Employers list for 2022, joining several other big door and window industry names, including PGT Innovations. Forbes indicates that it partnered with market research company Statista to compile the fourth annual list, which is divided into 51 rankings—one for each of the 50 […]

PGT Innovations reports it was recently named to Forbes’ America’s Best Midsize Employers list. The complete list featured 1,000 organizations, including 500 large employers and 500 midsize employers. PGT Innovations was one of 28 companies in the engineering/manufacturing category, and the company ranked at No. 53 overall on the list of 500 midsize employers. To […]

PGT Innovations was recently named to Forbes’ latest list of Best Small-Cap Companies for the second year in a row. The complete list includes 100 U.S. companies across a number of industry categories. This year, PGT Innovations was ranked number 79, an improvement from last year’s rank of 87. The manufacturer was one of two […]

PGT Innovations, manufacturer of premium windows and doors, announced it was recently added to Forbes‘ latest list of America’s Best Small-Cap Companies. The complete list includes 100 U.S. companies across 20 industry categories. PGT Innovations came in at number 87, and was one of 12 firms in the construction classification. “We are honored and excited […]

Building materials supplier 84 Lumber has been named to Forbes’ list of America’s Best Large Employers of 2019. This is the third time 84 Lumber has received this recognition; the company was listed on Forbes’ Best Midsize Employers list in 2016 and 2017. “We’re honored to once again be recognized by Forbes as a top […]

Forbes recently released its list of America’s largest private companies. The list contains a total of 229, including six door and window related companies. Here’s a closer look at those that made the list: No. 33: Menards According to Forbes, Menards is the third-largest home improvement chain in the country. The Eau Claire, Wis.-based company […]

Five firms with links to the fenestration industry are on the Forbes list of America’s largest private companies, released today. This year, 223 companies made it onto the annual ranking. Combined, these companies have revenues of $1.62 trillion and employ over 4.5 million people, according to Forbes. Here’s a look at the fenestration-related companies on the list: No. […]

It’s a good time to be in residential construction. A recent report by Sageworks, a financial information company, ranks residential building construction as the ninth-fastest-growing industry for small businesses. According to the report, which considers small businesses to be “privately-held companies with annual sales less than $5 million,” the sector had a 12.8 percent year-over-year […]