Quanex has announced the addition of Jacob Jorgenson as its new territory sales manager for the Upper Midwest region, and Cody Ryba as the new territory sales manager for the Mid-Atlantic. The company says that the addition of Jorgenson and Ryba will help to bolster its commitment to customers throughout these key regions, providing an […]

Chief executives for four leading door, window and hardware companies remain optimistic about demand for their companies’ products, despite what some describe as a “weak” housing market and sentiments about a possible economic slowdown. New home starts increased in July after declining in June, despite increases to interest rates that brought mortgage rates near a […]

This is a very alarming statistic that the FBI recently revealed: House burglary has increased over the years and a home burglary occurs once every 26 seconds in the U.S. Every homeowner must stay vigilant and take preventive measures if they want to avoid being part of this statistic and seeing their house burglarized. According […]

Quanex and Advanced Screen Systems Inc. (ASSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Unique Home Designs Inc., announced they have entered into an exclusive manufacturing agreement. Under the new partnership, Quanex will fabricate and distribute ASSI’s proprietary screen systems and develop new applications to capitalize on what company officials say is a growing demand for high-performance […]

Quanex has named Jim Nixon its first vice president of Innovation and New Markets, a role that will see him advance new product and market strategies as well as lead strategy development and more for Quanex Custom Mixing. “We couldn’t be happier to welcome Jim to this senior leadership role as we continue exploring new […]

Quanex has acquired LMI Custom Mixing in a move to expand its polymer solutions expertise and enhance polymer solutions for its existing businesses. Cambridge, Ohio-based LMI is a polymer solutions provider that focuses on advanced methods for mixing rubber compounds for the most demanding applications. Quanex states that LMI was brought on board for its […]

It’s not easy to start a company and even harder to establish one that lasts the tests of time—and economy—so celebrating milestone anniversaries like 50 and 75 years in business is reason to celebrate. A Quanex location and all of Associated Materials are celebrating in 2022. On Oct. 5, Quanex’s Rice Lake Plant celebrated 50 […]

Quanex revealed its 2022 Bill & Iris Griffiths Scholarship and William A. McHattie Scholarship winners. The scholarships are made possible by the Quanex Foundation. The Quanex Foundation’s Scholarship Program provides scholarships to students of Quanex employees. The program supports four-year and two-year college students and vocational or technical school students. Winners were chosen based on […]

Quanex has implemented a customer service team for its Screens Division. Through the reorganization, the company will now have dedicated customer service support to help its customers throughout the United States. Each customer service representative (CSR) will be responsible for the day-to-day management of their unique customers, serving as the first and primary point of […]

As part of an ongoing effort to strengthen and streamline its customer service team, Quanex has made some promotions. Irish Rubright was promoted from customer service manager to inside sales manager. Rubright began her career with Quanex as a customer service representative for the IG Systems division and was later promoted to customer service manager. In […]