Source: Glass Magazine In a November 7 letter to customers, the NSG Group announced Pilkington North America would implement the following price increases, effective with all shipments beginning December 2, 2013:
Source: USGlass® Magazine Flat glass prices climbed .3 percent from August to September, according to the latest Producer Price Index Report issued by the U.S. Labor Department.
Source: Woodworking Network A Chinese floor manufacturer will invest $15 million to open a 40,000 square foot flooring factory in Danville, VA.
Source: Window & Door As manufacturers prepare for Energy Star Version 6 implementation, Quanex Building Products has released an updated version of its Quanex Optimizer that includes new user-friendly search filters for estimating U-factors in more than 625,000 window and door configurations, the supplier reports.
Source: Woodworking Network Chinese hardwood plywood has been given affirmative final determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) in its antidumping duty and countervailing duty investigations.
Source: DOOR & WINDOW MARKET MAGAZINE Nearly three-fourths of construction firms from around the nation report they are having trouble finding qualified craft workers to fill key spots and feel the problem is only going to worsen, according to a recent survey released by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). Window companies wholeheartedly agree this continues to be a serious problem. But it’s not finding applicants that’s the problem.
Source: Woodworking Network Door and moulding manufacturer Masonite says net sales increased $20.3 million or 4.7% to $453.1 million in the second quarter 2013. Most of it was North American sales, which rose 9.4% to $346 million.
Source: Bloomberg By Michelle Jamrisko Orders placed with U.S. factories rose in June, pointing to further stabilization in manufacturing that may help lift second-half growth.
Source: Shanghai Daily EIGHT local tempered glass manufacturers were ordered to suspend production after failing quality tests, the city's quality watchdog said yesterday.
Source: Woodworking Network Lack of a visual glue line is what the furniture industry has wanted to see for years, or in other words what it didn’t want to see. There have been a number of different approaches over the years. The results can be evaluated differently.
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