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Republic Windows comes back as worker-owned venture


May 7, 2013 3:35 pm ET

CHICAGO — Some of the workers who occupied Republic Windows & Doors Inc. on Goose Island five years ago have bought the business and this week are starting operations, union organizers said today.

Injection molder Kaso Plastics expands into window and door parts


March 13, 2013 4:46 pm ET

VANCOUVER, WASH. -- Custom injection molder Kaso Plastics Inc. has expanded into vinyl window and sliding glass door parts by acquiring a business from VPL Enterprises Ltd. for undisclosed terms.

Rodon joins Window & Door Manufacturers Association


February 7, 2013 11:07 am ET

WASHINGTON -- Hatfield, Pa.-based injection molder Rodon Group LLC has joined the Window & Door Manufacturers Association.

UK industry reports progress on PVC window recycling


February 5, 2013 12:18 pm ET

LONDON -- More than 1 million post-consumer PVC window frames are being recycled in the United Kingdom every year through Recovinyl, the PVC industry's recycling scheme.

Window profile pultruder restarts in Manitoba


January 24, 2013 2:28 pm ET

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA -- A revived fiberglass pultrusion business destroyed by fire a year ago is ramping up production in Winnipeg.

Amusing blog post: 'Nigeria … Not Exactly Paradise'


January 23, 2013 3:02 pm ET

I enjoy opportunities to keep things light in the blog, and here's a great one. Ross Kehl, who has a blog on WindowFilmMag.com, wrote a very interesting post earlier this month about a trip he made to Nigeria as part of a contract to put 168,000 square feet of security film of a "major government oil regulation headquarters."

ProVia adds door and window distribution center


January 21, 2013 2:01 pm ET

SUGARCREEK, OHIO -- ProVia has opened a 54,000 square foot door and window distribution center located at its corporate headquarters in Sugarcreek.

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