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 […]

Quanex team members stepped up to the challenge in 2021, placing fifth in the large companies division of the Go365 National Step Challenge. In doing so, they secured 30,000 meals to be donated to a food bank in St. Cloud, Minn., home to one of Quanex’s manufacturing facilities. The Go365 Challenge is a health and […]

In addition to its existing ISO 9001 certification, Quanex reports that its IG systems facility in Cambridge, Ohio, has earned the ISO 45001-2018 designation for occupational health and safety (OH&S) management. As a safety driven organization, officials said the company emphasizes the well-being of employees and commits to continuous safety improvement. “If the team in […]

Quanex has promoted Kim Garcia to vice president, chief human resources officer. Garcia brings more than 20 years of human resources experience to the role, and the company says her appointment reflects Quanex’s focus on its employees as key stakeholders for the organization. As chief human resources officer, Garcia will continue to oversee global human […]

Does the figure eight to 10 weeks sound familiar to you? It’s the average amount of lead time I’ve heard reported from several of my door and window customers recently. Which is to say: If you’re a homeowner who pulls the trigger on new windows today—right now—you can expect that they might not be installed […]