And being good at what it does is why not one of those windows reported any impact failure in the company's 27-year history.
Source: Ocala.com Being ahead of the curve is why Custom Window Systems Inc. of Ocala made its one millionth window last week.
And being good at what it does is why not one of those windows reported any impact failure in the company's 27-year history. Source: DOOR & WINDOW MARKET MAGAZINE Flushing, N.Y.-based Crystal Window and Door Systems announced it has supplied windows for the Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T) 2013 entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The final judging for this year’s Solar Decathlon will be held October 3-13 at Orange County Great Park in Irvine, Calif. The MS&T entry is a finalist and will be exhibiting and competing in California this fall.
Source: SustainableBusiness.com News For the first time, US home builders are joining with non-profits to promote an important change in the building code.
Source: AAMA Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites are comprised of a reinforcing fiber in a polymeric matrix. Most commonly, polyester resin is the matrix and glass fiber is the reinforcement. The glass fiber provides strength and stiffness, and the resin provides shape and protects the fibers.
Fiberglass Takes Larger Slices of a Shrinking Pie While Setting the Stage for Next Growth Phase8/27/2013
Source: AAMA It is no news that the overall market for fenestration products shrank substantially during the Great Recession and its extended aftermath. What is news is that fenestration of a certain material actually bucked the trend and increased in market share virtually throughout the downturn, even when overall sales volume dipped.
Source: USGlass® Magazine Being involved in a family business means you know the sacrifices needed to succeed better than most.
It’s a fact with which Jeff Razwick came to grips a long time ago. He was still a little boy when his father, Jerry, first opened Snoqualmie, Wash.-based Technical Glass Products (TGP) in 1976 and readily did whatever was necessary to get the company off the ground in order to become the successful fabricator of architectural glass and framing systems that it is today. Source: National Association of Realtors Commercial real estate markets are seeing a decline in vacancy rates with modest rent growth, according to the National Association of REALTORS® quarterly commercial real estate forecast.
Source:Woodworking Network In the 2Q/13, the Global Sawlog Price Index (GSPI), which is based on 19 key markets around the world, increased for the fourth consecutive quarter to reach US$86.60/m3. The Index has gone up 5.1 percent year-over-year, reaching its highest level since the 4Q/11.
Global Pulpwood Prices Weaker pulp markets and a strengthening US dollar resulted in lower wood fiber prices in US dollar terms in most of the major markets covered by the WRQ. Over the past two years, hardwood fiber prices have fallen more than softwood fiber prices. Source: The Washington Post The rate at which new homes sold across the country plunged in July, falling 13.4 percent compared with the previous month, the biggest decline in more than three years, according to government data released Friday.
Source: glass news Following the recent successful launch of its TruPlas product range, Edgetech, a Quanex company, has further exciting news as it announces its new partnership with Global Glass, the specialist manufacturing division of Synseal Extrusions. The two leading brands have worked together for a number of years and when the TruPlas rigid spacer bar was launched, Global Glass were among the first to sign up.
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