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February 12, 2013Tubelite Inc. officials announced the company will expand its operational footprint during the second quarter of this year with the establishment of a new regional facility in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The site selection is in process and will be greater than 25,000 square feet.“We are extremely proud and excited to be expanding upon our already established presence within the Texas...
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February 12, 2013Viracon, Inc. announced today that it will temporarily close its St. George, Utah, facility, for approximately two years beginning in mid-April 2013. The plant closing will impact 222 employees. The temporary closure will better align overall capacity with the demand expected over the next two years, which can be served from Viracon’s two other U.S. locations, officials said in a...
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February 12, 2013About 100 glass industry representatives gathered in New Orleans last week for the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance Annual Conference, where life cycle assessment and IG certification inspired much discussion.The meeting kicked off with the organization's Emerging Technologies and Innovation Committee, covering topics from gas permeability to vacuum insulating glazing to life cycle...
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February 11, 2013Sound Glass, Lakewood, Wash., will celebrate its 30th year in business at an upcoming city council meeting, according to a release. Since opening its doors in 1983, the company has grown to include two additional locations in Tacoma and Bremerton, Wash., employing a total of more than 60 employees across its three facilities.Looking ahead to 2013, Warren Willoughby, president, anticipates...
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February 7, 2013The Dodge Momentum Index rose 2.7 percent in January, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies. The Momentum Index is a monthly measure of the first report for nonresidential building projects in planning, which have been shown to lead construction spending for nonresidential buildings by a full year.The January increase for the Momentum Index marked its...
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February 7, 2013Architectural Glass and Aluminum, a western U.S. curtain-wall manufacturer/installer, has tripled the size of its Northern California operations center with its move to a new facility in Livermore, Calif. The move enables the firm to combine manufacturing and engineering operations with corporate offices in a 175,000-square-foot building on a 10-acre site.“The new Livermore location will...
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February 7, 2013Pleotint, LLC, has announced a distribution agreement with Prelco, Inc. that will enable the fabricator to incorporate Pleotint’s Suntuitive interlayer technology into its proprietary Prel-Shade thermochromic window offering. The agreement grants Prelco exclusive rights to market Prel-Shade windows with Suntuitive interlayer technology in eastern Canada, including Quebec, Ontario and the...
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February 6, 2013Walker Glass announced that Brian Wiles has joined the sales and architectural promotion team for Walker Textures acid-etched glass and mirror products. His territory consists of the greater Toronto area.Wiles has more than two decades of experience in the glass industry, having worked for several glass fabricators in southern Ontario, most recently at ProTemp.“We are very excited to have...
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February 6, 2013DelaneyVaughanThermal Windows Inc. has appointed Sean Delaney of Delaney Architectural, LLC as its manufacturer's representative for the state of Michigan. Delaney has more than 30 years' experience in the window and door industry, having started his independent rep organization, Delaney Architectural, LLC, in 2009.The company also announced that is has named Terry Vaughan of Vaughan...
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February 6, 2013FeneTech, Inc., creator of FeneVision ERP software, recently relocated to a new 16,000-square-foot greenfield facility. “While the launching of our Luxembourg office in 2010 demonstrates our long-term commitment to doing business around the globe, the new office at 260 Campus Drive in Aurora, Ohio, demonstrates our commitment to keeping all of the development activities here locally,” said...
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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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