Latest Articles in Commercial Glass

  • Top Glass Fabricators: The lay of the land
    Downloadable maps show locations and product offerings
    January 25, 2012
    Maps showing fabricator locations, organized by product offering: tempered, laminated, insulating and decorative glass

  • Your profits: Smart estimating
    December 5, 2011
    Estimating errors can be very costly to companies; miscalculations often lead to change orders and cut into profit margins. Some do's and don'ts to consider.

  • Glass Processing Automation Day program
    April 21, 2011
    Horst Mertes, director of global sales, FeneTech Inc., Cleveland, and Craig Morris, director of engineering, FeneTech, will present at Glass Processing Automation Day, June 28-29, at Hyatt Hotel, Cleveland. They will speak on the FeneVision ERP software.Scott Knisely, president, Bystronic Glass Inc., Aurora, Colo., will present on Bystronic's advanced glass cutting technology and...

  • Vitro awaits bankruptcy ruling, seeks buyer for U.S. operations if forced into Chapter 11
    April 4, 2011
    The fate of Vitro SAB’s U.S. operations is now in the hands of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Russell Nelms of Fort Worth, Texas. On April 1, the judge delayed ruling on whether the Mexican glass maker’s U.S. subsidiaries would be placed in Chapter 11, postponing his decision for an undetermined period of time, according to an April 4 Bloomberg Businessweek report.The company will seek a buyer for its U.S...

  • Top 50 Glaziers
    Decreased backlogs, increased competition mark a tough year for U.S. glazing companies
    June 7, 2010
    The economic recession hit U.S contract glaziers hard in 2009, according to respondents to Glass Magazine’s annual Top 50 Glaziers survey.

  • Down but not out
    Despite challenging industry conditions, the Top 50 Glaziers completed a variety of impressive projects in 2009, many of them re-inventing themselves along the way.
    June 4, 2010
    Despite challenging industry conditions, the Top 50 Glaziers completed a variety of impressive projects in 2009, many of them re-inventing themselves along the way.

  • G3: Industry insiders talk glass
    What strategies have you implemented at your company to remain profitable in today’s market?
    April 7, 2010
    CommercialTommy Huskey, CEO, Gardner Glass Products, North Wilkesboro, N.C.The economy has not been our best friend for the past 18 months to two years. It has been very rough on the construction industry, which makes up the majority of our sales. However, in a way, I’m sort of happy to report that we battened down the hatches in advance of the recession hitting. Our industry — the...

  • Staying strong in a weak market
    Industry execs share strategies
    March 31, 2010
    For the staff at Flat Glass Distributors, the bottom fell out in September 2008.In January 2009, “We got aggressive,” says David Cates, vice president of sales and marketing for the Jacksonville, Fla., fabricator. “Our first step was to figure out how to turn the company into a sales company. And we did it. We hired another sales person when other companies were laying people...

  • Profit strategies
    Diversification, marketing, personnel key to moving beyond recession to recovery
    October 29, 2009
    To maintain profitability and attract new customers, glass companies are diversifying, be it in the form of products, services or new markets.

  • Buying when the market is down
    Q&A with Gary Jones, Manko Window Systems
    October 26, 2009
    Exhibitors on the floor at GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo expressed optimism and touted new products and services in Atlanta, Sept. 30-Oct. 2. And the attendees, while fewer in number than last year, were buyers and decision makers checking out the new offerings. During the show, I sat down with one such buyer, Gary Jones, president, Manko Window Systems, Manhattan, Kan....
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  • **The silent players

    The majority of the information included in the Top 50 comes directly from contract glazing firms; this year, 43 of the Top 50 confirmed their 2009 and 2010 sales figures. However, some companies request that we not include them or refuse to provide any information. We understand the sensitivity of releasing sales figures; however, we do not omit any firms simply because they ask. In cases where a company declines to participate, we use independent sources Dun & Bradstreet and Hoovers, prior-year submissions, and estimations from industry members to determine their ranking. Companies marked with ** are those that declined to provide information for the Top 50 Glaziers survey, but that Glass Magazine editors believe should be included. Their estimated rank is based on the independent sources described above.