Posts Tagged ‘ David Barnes ’

GlassBuild Draws the Latest Options for Window Shopping

Nov 2nd, 2023

GlassBuild America is underway in Atlanta this week, where after the deployment of new Energy Star requirements manufacturers continue to promote products and materials to help meet the new criteria. Exhibitors came prepared with “menus” of insulating glass, low-E coatings and new profiles to help last-minute shoppers update their door and window products. In many […]

Viwinco Windows Breaks Ground on Glass Facility

May 28th, 2021

At Viwinco Windows in Morgantown, Pa., the company prides itself in “controlling the source,” and that means processing its own glass, something it has done for years in its plant. But now the company will have a 70,000 square foot glass processing facility. The new building will be located directly across the street from its […]

A Minimum Wage Hike: Good or Bad Idea?

Aug 19th, 2014

In his 2014 State of the Union address, President Obama called for a federal minimum wage hike of $2.85/hour to $10.10. According to whitehouse.gov, raising the minimum wage nationwide “will increase earnings for millions of workers, and boost the bottom lines of businesses across the country.” But not everyone in the door and window industry […]