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  • 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 ...

  • Chinese flat glass demand to outpace that of the rest of the world
    August 21, 2007
    Driven by a booming construction economy and strong growth in vehicle production, the demand for flat glass in China is expected to surpass demand in all other parts of the world by 2011, according to a forecast released Aug. 7 from the Bharat Book Bureau in Mumbai, India ...

  • Glaziers face dangerous conditions during summer heat wave
    August 14, 2007
    Summer temperatures are going beyond hot to scorching as a heat wave crosses the United States, breaking or tying records in more than 20 cities ...

  • Aluminum Extruders Council investigates unfair trade practices on Chinese imports
    August 14, 2007
    With near-unanimous backing from its membership, the Aluminum Extruders Council of Wauconda, Ill., completed an investigation of Chinese aluminum extrusion imports to identify whether Chinese companies are using unfair trade practices ...

  • Glaziers look to commercial jobs to compensate for falling multifamily construction
    August 7, 2007
    In 2002, office construction starts were falling, and the residential building market led growth in the building market. During the past five years, the situation reversed ...
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