With the first fiscal quarter of 2023 in the books, financial reports are trickling in from door and window manufacturers, including Jeld-Wen and Masonite. Jeld-Wen CEO William Christensen reports “solid first quarter results” for the company, while Masonite reports results that were “ahead of expectations” despite a year-over-year decline from Q1 2022. For the first […]

ODL Inc. issued a product recall last week for one of the company’s door glass products designed for impact resistance and hurricane protection. Issued in connection with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, the recall pertains to “Severe Weather” door glass inserts manufactured between the dates of May 1, 2022, and December 6, 2022. Products […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced the winners of the 2022 Energy Star Awards. Andersen Corp. and SoftLite both came away with Partner of the Year Sustained Excellence awards, while Jeld-Wen received an excellence award for its marketing efforts. A joint news release from the EPA and DOE […]

Four publicly traded door and window companies released financial results last week, showing mostly solid fourth-quarter and year-end results. Despite a housing market that slumped throughout 2022, net sales were up for Masonite and PGT Innovations in the fourth quarter. Meanwhile, reports from Fortune Brands Innovations (including Therma-Tru, Larson and Master Lock) weren’t as strong, […]

A former Jeld-Wen employee is suing the company in Alabama District Court for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The company is accused of failing to pay the plaintiff at one and a half times their regular salary rate for overtime work and failing to maintain accurate records and documentation. According to […]

Jeld-Wen filed a motion for summary judgment last week, seeking to defer liability for injuries sustained by a transport driver while unloading doors and windows manufactured by the company and loaded by its employees. After a U.S. district judge in Oregon determined in December 2020 that the plaintiff, Gary Groeneweg, had a case against the […]

A federal judge in Delaware ruled that law firm Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP, along with firms Levi & Korsinsky LLP and Robbins LLP, are entitled to a portion of the settlement fund with respect to allegations of insider trading and anti-trust violations by Jeld-Wen upper management. In February 2021, plaintiff Jason Aldridge, derivatively […]

Attorneys for defendant Jeld-Wen d/b/a MMI Door last week removed a case from an Ohio court of common pleas in Hamilton County to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. In an amended complaint, plaintiff Richard Harris alleges racial discrimination against MMI Door, with the latter’s attorneys arguing that the development […]

Wind speeds near 150 mph were recorded when the eye of Hurricane Ian made landfall in Florida on Wednesday, Sept. 28. Ian is forecast to move into the central part of the state and beyond late Thursday, Sept. 29, and door and window operations are doing what they can to prepare for and weather the […]

Many companies, including JELD-WEN with its Women’s Network, are taking note of the opportunities available by increasing the number of women in the workforce. Faced with labor shortages, it’s no secret that the industry is looking to bolster its workforce by tapping into a previously untapped employee market. The National Association of Home Builders kicked […]