While the market for new single-family homes remains tepid, that didn’t affect the mood at this year’s International Builders Show (IBS). With steady crowds persisting throughout the event, it was all smiles in the booths of door and window manufacturers. With shoulder-to-shoulder traffic, “We had to walk outside of the booth in order to make […]

Long lines and a packed trade show floor highlighted the second day of WinDoor 2022. The annual event kicked off officially on Tuesday at the Palais des congrès in Montreal. Behind the convention center’s beautiful backpainted glass lites and funky architecture, the exhibitors and attendees networked and mingled in a long-awaited return to normalcy. For […]

Blink by ODL returns to WinDoor with towering aspirations: go big or go home. The company, which provides modern alternatives to traditional blinds, says that it plans to focus on designing larger windows and doors and imbed technology within its products.

The International Builder’s Show opened this morning in Orlando, after reverting to an online event in 2021, due to COVID. Though many door and window companies opted not to exhibit this year, there are plenty in attendance ready to show off their newest innovations. If you’re at the event, stop by the [DWM] booth (S183) […]

One manufacturer says virtual shows impacted more than just product debuts. Adjustments were made company wide.

If you have attended any keynote speaker address in recent years you have probably heard some version of the phrase, “nobody likes change.” Many industries are reluctant to change and I think you could argue that this is particularly true on the distribution side of mouldings and millwork. The sometimes “old-school mentality” is one that’s […]

The International Builders’ Show (IBS) opened Tuesday in Las Vegas and, as is customary, the crowds bustled into the Las Vegas Convention Center (into three mammoth halls), to see all categories of products on display—including doors and windows. Boral Windows showed off its Series 700 vinyl, which can be used in replacement or new construction. […]

Hardware and component manufacturers tout new options that require the same old tools—or, in some cases, no tools at all. Meanwhile, Guardian stops by [DWM]’s booth to unveil new glass options aimed at energy efficiency requirements. Youtube Link

World Millwork Alliances’ Annual Convention and Tradeshow is no International Builders Show. It doesn’t pack numerous exhibit halls the size of football fields. (Getting from one side to the other is more like reaching a first-down marker.) But the show also doesn’t carry the fat of outlying products, consumers and services—all of which can clutter […]

While GlassBuild has drawn the latest machinery and other fenestration-related products to Atlanta this week, where exhibitors hope to catch sales, not everything that finds its way onto the show floor is outfitted with a price tag. Manufacturers also aim to use the event as a testing ground and an incubator for concepts. Testing equipment […]