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February 9, 2012The Glass Association of North America announced Feb. 9 that Valerie Block of DuPont Glass Laminating Solutions has been elected chair of the GANA Laminating Division. Block will assume her new role at GANA’s upcoming Annual Conference, Feb. 20-24, in Sarasota, Fla.“I am honored to serve as the GANA Laminating Division Chair,” Block said, in a release. “I look forward to working with current...
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October 25, 2011Officials from Kawneer Company, Inc. announced Oct. 25 that Norris McElroy has been appointed plant manager for the Visalia, Calif., operation. In this position, he will lead manufacturing and customer service personnel as they connect their efforts with the commercial organization to help drive benchmark customer service satisfaction levels for quality, service and communications...
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October 20, 2011James Siderits has joined HAECO, a supplier of automatic glazing, glass setting and handling solutions, to lead sales and marketing for the Famatec ergonomic manipulator product line. Siderits has more than 10 years' experience in the machine tool industry as a manager of marketing communications, emerging business development and project management of strategic business initiatives for global...
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October 17, 2011Lloyd Buckwell has joined DORMA Americas as Area Human Resources Director for the Americas. His duties include employee development and succession planning, employee compensation and benefits programs, union relations management and health, and safety and wellness program development, according to an Oct. 17 company release.Buckwell has held senior human resource positions at Wastequip, a...
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October 10, 2011Officials of United Plate Glass Co., Inc., a fabricator and distributor of flat glass and architectural metal products, announced the appointment of David Tyrrell as Architectural Products Division Manager. The announcement comes as the company looks to expand its efforts in the aluminum systems industry, according to a release. Historically, United Plate Glass has focused on the...
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October 3, 2011Greg Landry has teamed up with Agalite Shower & Bath Enclosures, a division of Hartung Glass Industries, as branch manager for Agalite Anaheim. As branch manager, his focus will be on improving service, lead times and quality, according to a company release.Landry has nearly 18 years of glass industry experience including team safety, total quality management and P&L responsibility. He...
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September 15, 2011The National Glass Association announced Chris Mammen as the association's new chairman of the board. He took the office Sept. 14 at GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo, in Atlanta. President of M3 Glass Technologies, Mammen has served on the board since 2006.New executive officers are Chairman-Elect Bill Evans of Evans Glass Co. and Treasurer Robert Brown of Brown's...
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August 31, 2011Donald Francis McNabb, 80, died Friday, August 26. A member of the National Glass Association board of directors from 1991-1993, McNabb acquired sole ownership of Penn Allen Glass Co. and Berks Lehigh Glass in 1979, serving as president and chairman of the board until his retirement in 1995.Active in the glass industry's professional associations, he served as chairman of the National Glaziers...
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August 30, 2011Saint-Gobain announced the appointment of John Crowe as president and CEO of both Saint-Gobain Corp. and CertainTeed Corp., Saint-Gobain's largest North American subsidiary.Crowe takes on these two roles effective Sept. 1. As president and CEO of Saint-Gobain Corp., he will act as Saint-Gobain's representative in North America, overseeing the company's North American businesses and...
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August 25, 2011Tim Nass has been appointed vice president of national sales for Safti First, responsible for working closely with architects and contract glaziers while overseeing the company's national network of architectural sales representatives."I am thrilled about this opportunity and even more excited that it is happening at Safti First," Nass said, in an Aug. 25 release. "This is a very...
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Update: Following the announcement of its purchase of Binswanger, Grey Mountain Partners announced it had also acquired Custom Components Co., the Tampa, Fla., manufacturer, fabricator and supplier of aluminum, stainless steel and glass architectural engineered products including interior and exterior railing systems, interior aluminum office fronts, and stile and rail doors. Read more......
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Officials from Solutia Inc. signed a definitive agreement to acquire Southwall Technologies for an aggregate equity purchase price of about $113 million, according to an Oct. 7 Solutia release. The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies, and the acquisition will be funded by Solutia from existing cash on hand."This acquisition positions Solutia as the world...
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Officials from Viracon named Kelly S. Schuller as president, according to an Oct. 5 company release. Schuller, who served as Viracon senior vice president, sales and marketing since 2010, reports to Joseph F. Puishys, chief executive officer of Apogee Enterprises, parent company of Viracon."Since joining Viracon last year, Kelly has led development of its strategic plan which focuses on the...
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