Latest News in Commercial Glass

  • 'Business as Usual' byword at Efco Corp.
    September 11, 2007
    “Seamless transition” is a term Kathy Harkema, corporate spokesperson for the Pella Corp., uses frequently in talking about Pella’s acquisition of Efco Corp. in Monett ...

  • Nonresidential construction stays strong in July
    September 11, 2007
    Nonresidential construction posted more gains in July, despite the fall of the subprime mortgage market that many economists expected would hurt all segments of the building industry ...

  • GlassBuild America to open with record number of exhibitors
    September 4, 2007

    GlassBuild America: The Glass, Window & Door Expo will set new records when it opens its doors next Monday in Atlanta, organizers report. Running from September 10-12 at the Georgia World Congress Center, the event will feature more than 500 exhibitors for the first time ...

  • Glass Magazine announces Crystal Achievement Award winners
    September 4, 2007

    Glass Magazine announces the winners of its 2007 Crystal Achievement Awards program. The awards recognize significant achievements in architectural glass technology, manufacturing and marketing ...

  • Former Efco CEO responds to buyout
    September 4, 2007

    On Aug. 28, Pella Corp., of Pella, Iowa, purchased Efco Corp. of Monett, Mo., for an undisclosed amount. On that same day, long-time Efco CEO and 33-year company veteran Chris Fuldner retired from the business his father co-founded in 1951 ...

  • Glass companies make the ranks of fastest growing companies
    September 4, 2007
    More than 20 glass industry companies earned places on the Inc. 5,000 list of fastest growing private companies in the United States. The companies number among the 1,076 construction and manufacturing business to make the list, a higher than expected percentage of the list ...

  • More consolidation coming
    August 28, 2007

    Customers respond to rumored Efco-Pella deal
    While representatives from both companies aren’t talking, many industry players are already responding to the much-rumored deal between Efco Corp. of Monett, Mo., and Pella Corp., of Pella, Iowa ...

  • Construction slips 11 percent in July
    August 28, 2007
    Nonresidential segment remains strong
    New construction starts fell 11 percent in July to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $588.1 billion, according to an Aug. 22 release from McGraw Hill Construction of New York. The value of construction from January to July reached $363.2 billion, 13 percent below the same period last year ...

  • AAMA 507 headed back to code council
    August 21, 2007
    The American Architectural Manufacturers Association of Schaumburg, Ill., met the Aug. 20 deadline to bring a revised proposal to allow AAMA 507 as an alternative thermal performance rating back to the International Code Council for consideration at the 2008 code hearings ...

  • NFRC to release bidding tool based on CMA software
    August 21, 2007
    As early as October, the National Fenestration Rating Council of Greenbelt, Md., will release a bidding tool for commercial component manufacturers, similar to the software under development for its nonresidential rating program, the Component Modeling Approach ...
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