Increasing Supply Chain Costs Drive Price Increases for Industry Suppliers

A number of glass industry companies and suppliers have recently announced price increases on various products. These increases, which are resulting from escalating costs seen throughout the supply chain, are impacting a wide range of companies, including glazing contractors and glass fabricators, among others. Yesterday, Owatonna, Minn.-based Viracon notified customers of a price increase on quote requests received on or after May 12, 2021. A letter from Garret Henson, vice president of sales and marketing, points [more]

C. Craig Washing, a resident of Montgomery, Ala., and an accomplished figure in the glass industry, passed away on April 27, 2021, at 81. He is survived by his wife, Marti Washing. Washing was born on July 18, 1939, and graduated from Ohio State University in 1962 with a bachelor's degree in management and as a member of Phi Delta Theta. His career in the glass industry began as a sales trainee in the Chicago office of [more]

AGNORA Celebrates 10th Anniversary

On May 6, 2011, Richard and Laura Wilson decided to tear down a wall in the building of the company they just started in Collingwood, Ontario. "We tore down the block wall and put up glass between the front office and the plant so that there was no division," says AGNORA president Richard Wilson, reflecting back on the company’s start ten years ago this week. "Everyone could see right into the plant; it's floor-to-ceiling, wall-to-wall glass [more]

Glass Construction Spending Declines Again

The value of nonresidential glass and glazing activity was down to finish the first quarter of 2021, according to Key Media & Research, a leading information provider to the glass industry and parent company of USGNN.com. Architectural glass-related nonresidential construction fell 7% in March compared to a year ago, on a seasonally adjusted annualized basis. KMR’s glass and glazing activity figures are adapted and modified from the U.S. Census Bureau’s monthly construction spending report, with proprietary weighting [more]

DOE Reviews ASHRAE 90.1 to Evaluate Energy Performance

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released its Preliminary Energy Savings Analysis of ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2019, and is currently accepting written comments from interested parties on any subject within the scope of the analysis. According to the Energy Conservation and Production Act, as amended (ECPA), the DOE is required to review consensus-based building energy conservation standards, such as ASHRAE 90.1. Specifically, the ECPA provides that whenever the ANSI/ASHRAE/IESNA Standard 90.1-1989, or any successor to [more]

YKK AP Celebrates 30 Years and Opens a New Office in Atlanta

Celebrations seem a little more exciting this year than in the past. So many businesses have suffered the realities of country-wide lockdowns and curfews that when milestones come around, it’s hard not to feel an extra tinge of joy. YKK AP is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year and has decided to commemorate each year of its story. “We have been going back to our history, and we're highlighting with our employees and our customers different milestones [more]

Health and Safety Experts Discuss Workplace Initiatives with OSHA and Ironworkers

Despite having navigated life in the time of a pandemic for a year, there is still uncharted territory in everyone's day-to-day life. Schools worldwide are dealing with the effects and possibilities of students returning to campus or continuing with hybrid learning. Social outings and livelihoods have taken a hit, as have businesses and employee/employer relations. Officials from the Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust (IMPACT) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) held a collaborative [more]