“Given expected growth in world industrial demand over the next several years, particularly China, building materials prices will tend to rise faster than general inflation,” predicts Bernard Markstein, a senior economist with the National Association of Home Builders. He made those comments in an article in Nation's Building News looking at recent price hikes in lumber, ...
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President Obama released information yesterday about his widely-anticipated "Homestar" program, giving the window and door industry what could be another significant shot in the arm for sales products delivering energy efficient upgrades.While all the details will come out in the next week or so with the official Senate bill, and further permutations are likely as legislation then makes ...
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Seaway Manufacturing, an Erie, Pa., based window manufacturer, reports it offered the EPA lead paint training classes to 36 installers from its dealer network in January, with 24 currently signed up for a February session. Other manufacturers, no doubt, have offered similar training programs. Many window and door dealers have pursued the soon-to-be-required training through other ...
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I'm a mom, so there are moments that pop up from time to time, from which I have no choice but to accept that I'm getting older. One such case in point this past weekend: After watching the first few days of the Vancouver Olympics, my 6-year-old daughter was wandering around the house singing, "We Are The World."She raised an eyebrow and told me I was "kind of old" when I ...
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Filing away materials I collected last month at the International Builders' Show, I came across a press release about a survey of 55+ home buyers, conducted by the National Association of Home Builders and Metropolitan Life. What caught my eye in the survey was the fact that among 36 features these consumers were asked to rate as "important" in their puchase decision for a new ...
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Given the not-so-great Great Recession, we're used to looking at and crunching a lot of numbers. We watch housing data and consumer confidence indexes. We keep a close eye on our bottom line and keep our fingers crossed for the top line.And lately we see some glimmers of hope. Not big rays at this point, but small glimmers peeking through. While some companies are, I'm sure, still locked-down in ...
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Las Vegas—The International Builders’ Show, which concluded here last week, set the stage for a better year in 2010. As noted last week, a more upbeat mood prevailed as the event opened, with window and door industry exhibitors expressing more optimism for the year ahead, particularly on the remodeling and replacement side of the business.David Crowe, chief economist for the National ...
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Along with the many products on display last week in Las Vegas, I couldn't help but notice the number of signs in various displays exhorting attendees to "Follow us on Twitter." One manufacturer noted to me they were celebrating their first anniversary of "tweets." There was no shortage of Facebook mentions too. It's clear social media is being used by more ...
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Companies P-S Products are presented by exhibitor, alphabetically. Follow the following links to see information from other companies.Companies A-FCompanies G-KCompanies L-O Companies T-ZPellaPella Corp. highlighted at IBS the fact that it has earned Forest Stewardship Council chain-of-custody certification from Scientific Certification Systems, which ...
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Companies L-O Products are presented by exhibitor, alphabetically. Follow the following links to see information from other companies.Companies A-FCompanies G-KCompanies P-S Companies T-Z MarvinThe Ultimate Lift and Slide, available in pocket and stacked configurations, is available with up to eight panels in bi-parting configurations or four panels when operation is ...
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