Latest Articles in Fabrication
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Know when to hold `em; know when to fold `emJuly 22, 2008
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July 22, 2008
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Managing director, Fenzi Group, ItalyDecember 1, 2007Education: 1995, Degree in Economic Sciences, Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi, MilanCareer: early 2007-present, CEO, Fenzi Group, Italy; 1994, started working at FenziPersonal: Born in Milan; age 37; married, three children Diversions: Golf, skiing, skeleton, motorboats Connections: Fenzi S.p.A., Via Trieste 13-15, 20067 Tribiano (Milan) Italy, ale@fenzigroup.com,...
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November 1, 2007I recently gave a presentation to some 140 glazing executives at the GlassBuild America Show [Sept. 10 in Atlanta] on the Component Modeling Program being developed by the National Fenestration Rating Council. It is my hope that this program will assist the commercial fenestration industry in preparing their businesses for a future for which I fear many companies may not be ready....
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Director of technical services & product developmentAugust 1, 2007Education: 1974, bachelor's in civil engineering, University of Pittsburgh; 1978, master's in business, University of PittsburghCareer: 2004-present, director of technical services & product development, PPG Industries, Pittsburgh; 1974-2004, various positions within PPG's Flat Glass Division, including glass manufacturing, glass fabrication, distribution, commercial construction,...
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President, ViraconMay 1, 2007Education: 1967, Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.; 1971, Master of Business Administration, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N.Y.Career: June 2000-present, president, Viracon, Owatonna, Minn.; 1990-2000, group vice president, Intermet Corp., Troy, Mich., and president, Tool Products, Minneapolis; 1988-90, executive vice president,...
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Managing director and executive vice president of sales and marketing, TracoDecember 1, 2006Education: 2001, executive master of business administration, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University, Evanston, Ill.; 1987-91, studied applied history and industrial management at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh. Career: 2004-present, managing director and executive vice president of sales and marketing, Traco, Cranberry Township, Pa.; 2001-04, vice...
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Understanding the basicsApril 1, 2006Maintaining cash flow remains one of the most common challenges glass company managers face. Everyone, from manufacturers to glazing subcontractors, distributors to builders, and retailers to suppliers, is subject to the same type of progress payments that characterize nearly every sector of the construction field. Contractors and subcontractors usually receive payments 30, 60 or 90 days into the...
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Each improvement reduces costs, adds efficiencyJanuary 1, 2006Ordering glass has arguably become one of the most tedious and time-consuming activities for fabricators and their customers. Manually prepared purchase orders, either phoned or faxed to fabricators, have to be separately entered into the fabricators’ order-entry software, an error-prone process that takes considerable time. “Numbers can be transposed and if there’s a mistake,...
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January 1, 2006Glass fabricators respond to a multitude of customer questions every day and their ability to do so readily, easily and accurately comes down to the flexibility in their order entry and production software, contends Dennis Csehi, director of Atwood Mobile Products, Antwerp Operations, in Antwerp, Ohio. “Most companies have canned shop floor software packages that can produce various reports...
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Great Glazing: Custom interior officeThis commercial office space in Tulsa, Okla., features a 42-foot-long, custom, continuous art mural that spans 14 glass panels suspended from the ceiling. Created by Tulsa artist May Yang, the mural is based on local Oklahoma themes, transitioning from rural landscape to the Tulsa skyline. Great Glazing: Joliet Junior College Campus...
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Building on the success of the Top Glass Fabricators rankings introduced last year, Glass Magazine is expanding its coverage to include the Top Metal Companies, featuring the leading manufacturers and fabricators of metal products in the United States and Canada. The Top Metal Companies include those that manufacture, fabricate and sell curtain wall, storefront and entrance, commercial interior...
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In an effort to spotlight the people who make the Glass Magazine Award-winning products and projects possible, this year’s program included people-centric categories, for which the industry submitted their picks for best installer, production supervisor, project manager and sales rep.After narrowing down the nominations to three finalists in each category, the Glass Magazine editors asked the...
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