April Show Time

As we roll into the new month, there are two excellent regional events on the calendar, and I think they are well worth attending. First, in the great state of Texas, the Texas Glass Conference is April 23-24. This is the conference that is held in the years between TEXpo, and it keeps growing and growing. Truly a fabulous event. This year they loaded up on great sessions and speakers, including the awesome Urmilla Sowell on industry codes, Kyle Jones of PGP leading a panel, where he is fantastic, a keynote from Russ Bartlett on leadership and life lessons from the Blue Angels, winning stategies from Scott Kimpland of FMI and the next evolution of estimating with Mark Green of Shape Exchange. Plus, strong networking as always! The TGA and Brian Risinger and company always deliver!

Then, on April 29th, the premier event for the Philly/Jersey area is the Annual Glass Symposium in Atlantic City. I missed it last year and said no way I'd miss it this time. Pat O’Connor and the crew at the Glass & Metal Alliance really work hard on this one. This year's event will feature great networking and unique, strong educational presentations. People who do incredible projects, like my project of the week, will be there. Final touches are being put on it, but I can tell you the speakers are bringing subject matter we haven’t covered much of in the past, and there are 31 and counting vendors on the floor, which is super. 

I’ll be at both and hope to see you there!

Elsewhere…

Last week's pod

ICYMI: last week's shower door-focused pod has been burning up the podcast airwaves. Danny Donahue of FHC was off the charts with so many items, and then Christina Elia (yes, I spelled her name wrong last week, I am mortified there and have apologized to Christina) and Shannon McKinney really delivered, as I’ve gotten so much positive feedback, it really makes me happy. So please take a look or listen!

Watch on Youtube or listen here.

Glass Magazine review

Time for the monthly Glass Magazine review. This edition was epic. Norah Dick set the tone with a tremendous piece on all that glass can do, and it just continued positively from there. The NGA 2025 Annual report was in this issue, and my guy Stanley Yee had an excellent article on recycling. So much in this one to take in, it was also geared towards educating on protective glazing too, which is a pretty major product line these days.

The ad of the month once again was a challenge for me to choose. So many great ones in this issue. But the nod goes to Kuraray for an eye-catching ad on flood-resistance interlayers. Great use of imaging and design, and it was exactly what you want in an ad, some education and a call to action. Nice work by the team there. I assume the talented Ron Hull had to have his fingers on this one!

By the way, the Glass Magazine awards deadline is March 31st, so get those nominations in!

Personnel news

Congrats to Diamon-Fusion International on their latest hire of Jill Read as Director of Marketing and Sales. I have known Jill a long time and have always been a massive fan of her vast skill set. This is a great combo, Adam Zax and company are always on the move, and Jill being a driver, it makes perfect sense. Kudos to all on this one!

March Madness

Last this week… With the college basketball March Madness here, you get a whole new set of commercials. There was one that absolutely stuck out and won the day.  MC Hammer is back in the spotlight with a take-off of “U Can’t Touch This” from 1990 (YIKES) and set on a construction site  It was fantastic. If you haven’t seen it, check it out.