Magid has been named a 2022 Chicagoland Top Workplace by Energage on behalf of the Chicago Tribune. The award measures 15 culture drivers that are critical to the success of any organization, including alignment, execution and connection, among others. Of the nearly 100,000 licensed businesses in Chicago, only 194 Chicago companies made the list this […]

The Asunción Valdivia Heat Illness and Fatality Prevention Act is working its way through the legislative process. Introduced by Rep. Judy Chu of California in late March 2021, the bill requires the U.S. Department of Labor to instate an enforceable federal safety standard with respect to exposure to excessive heat. “Excessive heat,” according to the […]

As the world enters another year of a COVID pandemic reality, partly due to the contagious Omicron variant, the fenestration and glazing industries continue to work towards creating a safer workplace—with immune health and physical well-being in mind. Window and door companies selling to consumers, including Energy Shield Window and Door based in Phoenix, continue to […]

Personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential in many workplace environments. But what body parts are you not covering—that you should—when preparing to handle glass? “We use PPE for every single employee who handles glass,” says Nathaniel Winkelmann, a certified safety professional and corporate safety director for Hartung Glass in Tukwila, Wash. According to data Winkelmann […]

Magid has been awarded with the Chicago Tribune’s Top Workplaces 2021 and the Family Business Magazine’s CEOs to Watch 2021. The Chicago Tribune Top Workplaces award is based entirely on employee feedback gathered anonymously by a third-party survey administered by Energage LLC, according to a press release. The survey uses 15 measures of company culture […]

GlassBuild America ended yesterday in Atlanta, and while overall the show traffic was down compared to years past, what didn’t slow was the quality of attendees. “We opened the doors [on the first day] and had 20-30 people in our booth, and it was non-stop traffic,” said Jennifer Walrich, product manager at Magid. “People are noticing […]