A year or two ago, buying doors and windows was all about availability. Due to insane levels of marketplace demand coupled with supply chain issues, lead times were stretched out to six to 12 months. Selling fenestration products was all about availability. If your lead time was faster, you could easily prevail over your competition […]

Ply Gem Building Products and its West Virginia manufacturing facilities have received the West Virginia Governor’s Award for Excellence in Industrial Energy Efficiency. The award honors  production facilities across all industries that are eco-friendly, provide safe work environments and produce energy-efficient products. Ply Gem’s West Virginia manufacturing facilities are the production site for Simonton Windows […]

Ply Gem will sponsor the fifth annual HGTV Smart Home and HGTV Smart Home Giveaway, featuring its Simonton Windows & Doors brand. The luxury home located in Scottsdale, Ariz.,will spotlight Simonton’s windows products from both its Daylight Max and Madeira product lines. “We are proud to have our windows included in the HGTV Smart Home […]

It’s been another busy year in the door and window industry, with lawsuits, plant takeovers and hilarious celebrity encounters generating headlines. With that in mind, here are the stories that saw the most web traffic on DWM in 2016. 1. Simonton Hit With Class-Action Lawsuit A story from late October focused on a class-action lawsuit […]

Simonton Windows is facing a class-action lawsuit from a group of homeowners who say the company distributed substandard windows. The suit was filed on October 17, 2016 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota against Simonton Building Products LLC, formerly known as Simonton Building Products Inc., and other related companies. It alleges […]

Simonton Windows & Doors, in partnership with the Emmy-winning home-improvement series This Old House, recently completed a patio makeover for an Indianapolis homeowner who won the Party on the Patio contest. The homeowner, Courtney Jennings, received a $10,000 patio makeover and a new Simonton Inovo patio door. The contest asked participants to submit a photo […]

The Simonton Windows Reflections 5500 collection is a highly customizable replacement window line. It allows customers to select from operating styles; exterior, interior and hardware color; and glass and grid options, Reflections windows come with these great benefits: Classic beveled frame design; Energy performance with standard Low-E glass and argon gas; Advanced locking system secures the […]

Ply Gem Holdings’ acquisition of Simonton Windows last fall helped boost sales by 35 percent in the fourth quarter of 2014, but costs associated with the deal were a drag on the company’s earnings. The Cary, N.C.-based manufacturer of doors, windows and siding reported a fourth-quarter loss of $12.5 million, or 18 cents per share. […]

Starting this week, homeowners who want  new vinyl windows are eligible for Simonton Windows’ first-ever manufacturer’s rebate promotion, which is worth up to $200. Here’s how to do it: Visit www.simonton.com/rebates/PresDay. Enter your ZIP code and click submit. A new page appears listing local contractors for your area. Check at least one (though you can select more […]

For a second consecutive year, Window World has ranked highest in overall customer satisfaction with patio doors and windows, according to the J.D. Power 2014 Windows and Patio Doors Satisfaction StudySM released today. Now in its eighth year, the study measures satisfaction among customers who purchased windows or patio doors based on performance in five […]