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December 17, 2012Officials from Wausau Window and Wall Systems named Jack Spelman architectural sales representative for eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey and northern Delaware. Drawing from more than 30 years of industry experience, he works closely with the building owners, architects, general contractors and glazing contractors in the region.For the past 18 years, Spelman served as president of JDS...
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November 20, 2012Officials from Thermal Windows Inc. promoted Seth Patterson to commercial sales manager, according to a Nov. 20 company release. For the last seven years, Patterson has been involved in contract sales throughout the United States with Thermal's commercial division, providing assistance to customers and operations personnel in the areas of product specifications, performance and approvals.In his...
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August 28, 2012John P. (Jack) Hilboldt, co-founder of National Glass and Glazing and a nearly 60-year glass industry veteran, has passed away, according to a statement from the family. Hilboldt started as a glazier apprentice in 1947, and went on to run Stanley Hanks Glass Co., which was purchased by Cupples Product and became Gateway Glass. He left in 1982 to start National Glass and Glazing with his sons...
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June 15, 2012Officials from Viracon announced that Kyle Jones and his company, Premier Glass Products, joined the Viracon's external sales team, providing architectural sales and customer relationship management for the state of Texas.Jones started PGP in 2003, after 19 years as the national sales manager for Vistawall. Together with his partner Larry Long, who previously served as president and owner of...
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June 15, 2012The Glass Doctor Leadership Council welcomed five new representatives at its meeting Tuesday. The new representatives were elected from among the more than 180 Glass Doctor independent franchise owners across the United States and Canada, according to a June 15 company release.The Glass Doctor Leadership Council members work with the corporate home office to develop ongoing strategic plans and...
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June 11, 2012BenevengaYuCrystal Window & Door Systems announced the promotion of two of its management staff to key sales positions. Blaise Benevenga, who joined Crystal in 2010 as the lead sales representative for expanding operations in New Jersey, was recently named Regional Sales Manager for New England and New Jersey. Steven Yu, who has led Crystal's Marketing Department for several years, has taken...
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June 11, 2012Thomas D. Young, a lifetime industry representative and longtime employee of Stone & Glazing Consulting passed away May 20, after a battle with cancer. Young joined Stone & Glazing Consulting in 1998, first as office manager for the Houston office, and then as senior consultant. He retired in 2007, but continued to provide consulting services on numerous projects.Young began his career in...
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June 11, 2012Officials from Tubelite Inc. announced the company has hired Fred Haas as a client development manager to provide storefront, curtain wall, entrance and daylighting systems to clients in Maryland, Washington, D.C., Delaware and northern Virginia with.Haas most recently worked for Oldcastle BuildingEnvelope as a sales representative for the same region. His previous employers include Zephyr...
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May 29, 2012Firestone Building Products Co. appointed Jason Flack as the company's new Director of Corporate Accounts, according to a May 24 company release, as published in Inside Indiana. In his new role, he will lead Firestone's efforts to expand national distribution and corporate accounts.Flack joined Firestone in 2010 as the Northeastern Regional Business Manager. He came to Firestone with 13 years of...
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May 16, 2012Officials from Tubelite Inc. hired Steve Mikkelson for the newly created position of quality manager. He works closely with Tubelite's production and executive management teams, according to a May 16 Tubelite release."Tubelite strives to provide the highest level of quality in our storefront, entrance, curtainwall and daylight control systems," says Mikkelson.Most recently, Mikkelson was the...
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Viracon, Inc. officials announced that the glass fabricator will make an investment of more than $30 million at its Owatonna, Minn., facility, to install a new coater. The company decided to install the new coating technology in Minnesota because the Owatonna facility is centrally located and has the most extensive product capabilities and technical talent, according to a release....
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Officials of PPG Industries announced several executive appointments, February 21, that are effective immediately.Michael McGarry, PPG executive vice president, has assumed leadership responsibility for the company’s flat glass businesses. He will also lead PPG's architectural coatings businesses in the Americas and Asia Pacific, as well as the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region....
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As the prognosis for the design and construction industry continues to improve, the Architecture Billings Index is reflecting its strongest growth since November 2007, according to the American Institute of Architects. The January ABI score was 54.2, up sharply from a mark of 51.2 in December.“We have been pointing in this direction for the last several months, but this is the strongest...
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