Industry news

After closing its doors last week, Windowizards Inc., a Pennsylvania window dealer, resumed operations Monday.  A statement from Harvey Goodman posted on the company Web site attributed the problems to lack of product from a supplier, although the supplier was not identified. “As chairman of a family-owned company in operation for more than 50 years, I want [...]

Targeting builders, remodelers, contractors and architects, Pella Corp. is once again hosting a series of half-day trade events around the country designed to to provide updates on new building practices, products and services.  With a theme of “Go for It!,” events will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays at stadium arenas in major markets across the [...]

The year-end deadline for homeowners to qualify for the $1,500 energy efficient product tax credit was expected to keep many window and door companies busy well into the holiday season. Simonton Windows reports production records were broken at its manufacturing facilities as employees worked seven days a week to fulfill the last minute demand. “The [...]

In a move to strengthen its market position for 2011, Therma Tru Corp. is further consolidating the Fypon millwork brand into its business. Those plans include a move of both Therma-Tru and Fypon operations into a new larger warehouse in Howe, Ind. “It’s been about a year since Therma-Tru integrated the Fypon product lines of [...]

Primary Wave Media, a provider of vanity phone number marketing services, has launched a new 877-WINDOWS marketing program said to provide individual companies with exclusive use of the special phone number by territory with custom call routing and call reporting.  The program also incorporates optional media buying opportunities, a www.1877windows.com Web site, and advertising and marketing [...]

Power Home Remodeling Group, formerly known as Power Windows & Siding, has relocated its headquarters to the Wharf at Rivertown in Chester, Pa. The move is expected to usher in hundreds of new, green jobs locally and nationally, company officials note. “We will be relocating to new corporate headquarters more than three times larger than [...]

MarketSharp Software reports that Pella Corp. has renewed membership within the MarketSharp Strategic Alliance Program for a second year. The program provides Pella’s Certified and Select Contractors a number of benefits and opportunities including networking, industry educational events, branded marketing tools and preferred partner discounts on MarketSharp M, the supplier’s Web-based CRM program for remodelers. [...]

Simonton Windows and Therma-Tru Doors will be part of a new company focused on home and security products, as Fortune Brands Inc., plans to separate its three main business units. Its board of directors has voted to maintain Fortune Brands as a publicly-traded distilled spirits company, spinning off its home and security unit as an [...]

After acquiring the assets of Lifetime Doors in October, Masonite International is now planning to close five of its six plants around the country, according to an article in the News-Gazette of Champaign, Ill. Masonite is closing Lifetime’s interior door manufacturing facilities in Watseka, Ill.; Easton, Pa.; Hearne, Texas; Los Banos, Calif., and Sacramento, Calif.  It will [...]