PGT Innovations (PGTI) recently announced the first hire from its Pathway to PGTI program. The company says it welcomed Andrew Clark, a Venice High School alumnus, into its four-year apprenticeship program in the Tool and Die department at the company’s Venice facility. Clark is the first person to be hired directly from the program, which […]

PGT Innovations (PGTI) announced last week that it received the Workforce Development and Innovation Award. The award, from The Greater Sarasota Chamber of Commerce, was presented during this year’s 33rd annual Frank G. Berlin Sr. Small Business Awards ceremony. This marks the second time PGTI received the accolade, including in 2020. The event honored 27 […]

PGT Innovations recently hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Coopey World, its on-site training center for new hires and local students. The Venice-based company named the center after the late George Coopey, a longtime leader and team member who started the organization’s first hands-on training program back in the 1990s. “We named Coopey World after George […]