February 2022

Features

Great Expectations

Improving business and market conditions combined with healthy backlogs and a hopeful end to the pandemic, give this year’s Top 50 Contract Glaziers reasons to be optimistic about the year ahead.

High Five

In our exclusive interview, Vitro leadership reflects on the past five years since its acquisition of PPG’s glass business.

Back in Business

Last year, the annual Contract Glazier Outlook Index was at its lowest mark since its inception six years ago. At the start of 2022, the index is at its highest.

Rising Timber

While still emerging, the use of timber curtainwall is growing in
popularity. Experts weigh in on what’s driving the demand.

Cryptocurrency, or “crypto,” is climbing its way into the current day; what seems futuristic is becoming conventional. The world of Bitcoin, Ethereum and Dogecoin is facilitated and expanded by society’s contactless trends. What does it mean for your glass and glazing business?