Therma-Tru’s Classic-Craft line of energy-efficient entryways has been named a Consumers Digest Best Buy in the fiberglass entry doors category, and the company’s Fiber-Classic product line has been named a Best Buy midrange selection in the same category. Consumers Digest last reviewed fiberglass entry doors in 2011. This marks the second time all five collections of Therma-Tru Classic-Craft fiberglass […]

Fortune Brands Home & Security Inc. has completed the sale of Simonton Windows to Ply Gem Holdings Inc. The Simonton business was sold for approximately $130 million, or roughly 10 times 2014 earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. The Simonton sale is expected to reduce Fortune Brands’ second half 2014 earnings per share from […]

In my annual tradition, here is my best of the International Builders’ Show which I attended last week in Las Vegas. The event drew more than 75,000 attendees and the mood was nothing but positive. Best way to encourage innovation: Ply Gem invited companies to its booth to introduce new technologies in front of a […]

Nineteen executives of the nation’s door, window and skylight companies have sent a joint letter to Congress urging a robust extension of the residential energy efficient (25C) tax credit that expired at the end of 2011. According to an announcement from the Window and Door Manufacturers Association (WDMA), the executives are urging lawmakers to extend […]