January - February 2003

calendar of events

January 13-14, 2003
Northeast Window and Door Association (NWDA) Winter Meeting
Sponsored by the NWDA
Adam’s Mark Hotel at City Line and Monument Ave.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Contact: NWDA at 609/799-4900

January 19-22, 2003
International Builders’ Show
Sponsored by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)
Las Vegas Convention Center
Las Vegas, Nev.
Contact: NAHB at 800/368-5242, ext. 8111

February 2-7, 2003
American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) 66th Annual Fall Meeting
Sponsored by AAMA
Sheraton Maui-Kaanapali Beach Resort
Lahaina, Hawaii
Contact: AAMA at 847/303-5664

February 13-15, 2003
Glass Expo Hawaii™ ’03
Sponsored by DWM/BCM magazine
Outrigger Wailea Resort
Maui, Hawaii
Contact: DWM magazine at 540/720-5584

February 22-26, 2003
WDMA 76th Annual Meeting
Sponsored by the WDMA
Sheraton Bal Harbour 
Beach Resort 
Bal Harbour, Fla.
Contact: WDMA at 800/223-2301

March 18-21, 2003
Midwest Builders’ Show
Sponsored by Home Builders Association of Greater Chicago (HBAGC)
Donald E. Stephens Convention Center 
Rosemont, Ill.
Contact: HBAGC at 630/627-7575

April 3-5, 2003
Top Management Leadership Conference
Sponsored by National Sash and Door Jobbers Association (NSDJA)
Hyatt Grand Champions Resort 
Indian Wells, Calif.
Contact: NSDJA at 727/372-3665

June 22-25, 2003
American Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA) National Summer Meeting
Sponsored by AAMA
Newport Marriott
Newport, R.I.
Contact: AAMA at 847/303-5664

July 14-15, 2003
Northeast Window and Door Association (NWDA) Summer Meeting and Golf Outing
Sponsored by NWDA
Hotel Hershey
Hershey, Pa.
Contact: NWDA at 609/799-4900

July 31-August 3, 2003
AWFS Trade Show
Sponsored by AWFS
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, Calif.
Contact: AWFS at 800/946-AWFS

August 21-23, 2003
Glass Expo Pacific Northwest ’03
Sponsored by DWM magazine, Oregon Glass Association, Washington Glass Association and Glazing Contractors of British Columbia
Vancouver Airport Conference Resort
Vancouver, British Columbia
Contact: DWM magazine at 540/720-5584

To submit dates to the calendar, send an e-mail to scarpenter@glass.com

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AEC Management Conference Gave Global Perspective

The Aluminum Extruders Council (AEC) held its annual management conference in Chicago on September 17-19, 2002. This conference offered more than 200 participants a global perspective on the aluminum industry with education, information and networking events geared toward technical and managerial personnel in the aluminum extrusion industry.
 
The conference general sessions included an industry outlook from Jim Southwood, president of Commodity Metals Management Exchange. In his speech, Southwood reported that the aluminum extrusion market has been hurt worse than other aluminum markets—down 2.7 percent worldwide for 2001. According to Southwood, a 3-percent increase in aluminum consumption is expected for 2002.

Informative focus sessions covered a wide variety of topics presented in four tracks that were directed toward specific subject areas. Participants chose to attend up to three of 12 sessions that included such topics as market development, die design and management, operations and finishing and general management issues.

The AEC will also soon be taking reservations for its Eighth International Annual Extrusion Technology Seminar and Exposition (ET ’04), which will be held May 18-21, 2004, in Orlando, Fla., at the Gaylord Palms Orlando Resort & Convention Center.

Nearly 2,000 aluminum extrusion professionals are expected to attend the premier event that attracts managers, engineers, metallurgists, academics and operation specialists from around the world, said exposition officials.

NFRC Changes Meeting Schedule
The NFRC is going to change the way it meets in 2003, by eliminating one meeting and possibly going international, said the National Fenestration Rating Council in the recent issue of its newsletter. Although the dates and places are not final, NFRC plans to hold two task group meetings, one during the first three months of the year and one during the last three months of the year. Candidates for the early meeting include Chicago and Dallas, according to the association.

The NFRC will not hold two policy meetings in the spring and fall. Instead the organization will hold only one annual meeting in the late spring or early summer. 

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