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  • Mr. Go-Glass gets award from Delaware Department of Highway Safety

    October 21, 2009
    The Delaware Department of Highway Safety awarded Mr. Go-Glass, Lewes, Del.,  its 2009 Outstanding Outreach Award for its contributions to promoting highway safety awareness. Programs sponsored by Mr. Go-Glass in 2009 included a holiday “Mocktail” event to raise awareness of drinking and driving during the holidays, a “Simulated Impaired Driving Experience” program...

  • Anderson takes first place in Windshield Repair Olympics
    November 6, 2008
    Matt Anderson of Novus Auto Glass in Spokane Valley, Wash., took first place in the Walt Gorman Memorial Windshield Repair Olympics Nov. 6 in Las Vegas. Brian Fenner of Safe Glass Technologies in Easton, Pa., came in second place. John Ciotti of Cindy Rowe Auto Glass, Sunbury, Pa., came in third.

  • USA takes gold in International Master Fitter Competition
    October 25, 2008

    2008 American Master Installer Auto Glass Champion Jeff Olive of Glasspro, Mount Pleasant, S.C., took first place in the 2008 International Master Fitter Competition today, beating out auto glass technicians from Japan, Hungary, Romania, Denmark, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden, 
    Germany and the Netherlands for the title of world's "master fitter."

  • Glass Doctor names 2007 franchisee of the year
    July 16, 2008
    Marv Degerness, owner of the Glass Doctor of Fargo/Moorhead franchise, was honored as the 2007 Glass Doctor Franchisee of the Year during the company’s 2008 annual conference at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas, June 25-28. The Franchisee of the Year Award is presented to the franchisee who has consistently grown his or her business through the Glass Doctor training system and has...

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  • The good, the bad, the suspect
    In April 2011, the U.S. International Trade Commission instituted antidumping and countervailing duties on aluminum extrusion products from China, following a Department of Commerce investigation that determined 29 Chinese companies dumped some $500 million worth of extruded aluminum products into the U.S. market last year. According to the DOC, the Chinese exported their aluminum extrusions to...
  • PV Pioneers
    An increasing number of contract glaziers are getting involved in various aspects of the solar industry, from design and installation of BIPV and rooftop arrays, to product sourcing. "This is the future of where glazing is going," says Brendan Dillon, director of product marketing, Pythagoras Solar. "Solar has been developing over the last several years, and it seems like a very logical extension...
  • Between a rock and a hard place
    Cost increases have dominated the headlines the last several months, with glass and metal suppliers upping prices in response to rising raw material and operating costs. 
    Price hikesIn letters sent to customers this summer, glass and metal suppliers alike pointed to increasing raw material, fuel and operating costs as the reasons behind the price increases that took effect this June. (Visit GlassMagazine.com to see which suppliers raised prices and by how much.) Several industry representatives say prices have been deflated for years, and the increases were...