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  • Trends: Open new doors with architectural metals
    Cladding, canopies, column covers, infill panels create new niche
    May 1, 2007
    Architectural metals is a great niche for glaziers to expand business. If you’re called in to create an all-glass storefront entrance, go beyond a basic rail system, door openers and handles. Architectural metals can create additional design elements in custom architectural finishes and textures. Custom canopies and sunshades can be added over an entrance. Or incorporate metal column...

  • Price of health
    Glass companies, employees struggle with painfully high costs
    May 1, 2007
    According to the National Coalition on Health Care in Washington, D.C., premiums for employer-based health insurance increased 7.7 percent in 2006. Premiums for smaller employers saw an average increase of 8.8 percent, and companies with fewer than 24 employees saw increases of an average of 10.5 percent.Glass company executives say their health care costs have ballooned more than 30 percent in...

  • Family businesses get guidance from the outside
    April 24, 2007
    Part three in the e-glass Special series on family businesses. Whether they identify company weaknesses, develop growth strategies or create a succession plan, outside consultants or business coaches provide help to many family businesses in the glass industry...

  • Family businesses balance nepotism and merit
    April 17, 2007
    Part two of three in the e-glass Special series on family businesses. Nepotism defines many family businesses across all industries, and glass is no different. Sons, nieces, grandchildren and spouses often get jobs and promotional opportunities, with or without experience...

  • All in the family
    April 10, 2007
    Family-owned glass companies keep it casual Part one of three in the e-glass family business Special SeriesFrom small companies such as the seven-person Gordon & Sons Glass and Mirrors in Philadelphia, to giants such as the 2,400-person Arch Aluminum & Glass Co. of Tamarac, Fla., family businesses make up a huge portion of the U.S. glass industry...

  • Decorative Glass Jewel Box
    April Glass Magazine
    April 1, 2007
                         Click here for Decorative Glass Slide Show.          Glass jewel box legend 1. Carolina Glass & Mirror, Inc. Cast glass made with a popcorn pattern, formed in a kiln using ceramic fiber molds. 2. Ultraglas. ArchiTexture Custom Deco Dolphin piece was produced in Aqua glass. 3. GlassKote....

  • Companies strive to improve productivity, competitiveness
    NGA survey shows some members yet to adopt a strategy
    April 1, 2007
    The majority of National Glass Association member firms are trying to improve operations, adopting a variety of methodologies and practices that increase productivity and competitiveness. Yet 36 percent of NGA members participating in the 2006 NGA Competitiveness Survey are still doing next to nothing. NGA members are most likely to use employee training programs—35 percent of firms already...

  • From the editor: Going on tour
    Sarasota has Ringling museum, a purple arts center, plenty of impressive glass
    April 1, 2007
    As part of my continuing education in the glass industry, I’ve scheduled visits to National Glass Association members while traveling to shows and conferences.In January, Glass Week took me to Sarasota, Fla., a small city of about 54,000 residents and one of the cultural centers of the state. I stopped in at the showrooms of Faour Glass Technologies, with headquarters in nearby Tampa,...

  • Joy of decorative glass
    Field among the fastest growing in the industry
    April 1, 2007
    It’s easy to see why people are drawn to decorative glass installations. Kiln-cast glass refracts light and reflects color. It changes with ambient light levels, surrounding colors and movement. Installing decorative glass is like putting architectural scale jewels into your projects. This glass is both durable and gorgeous. Long after resin, flooring, wall...

  • Simplifying shower enclosures
    Instructions on designing
    April 1, 2007
    This is the third set of tips from Mr. ShowerDoor Inc., which is headquartered in Norwalk, Conn., and offers shower enclosure products to the U.S. market. Tom Whitaker, president, founded the company in 1981. It has 11 locations across the country.                                        
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