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GANA GlassFab Successfully Educates
The recent GANA Glass Fabrication & Glazing
Educational Conference in Las Vegas featured the
first inclusion of contract glazing education
for project managers and estimators, and the
resulting synergy created a successful event for
the Association. Attendees met at the Monte
Carlo, which re-opened only three weeks after a
fire on the building's upper facade caused
limited exterior damage.
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Thank you to
Vitro America, sponsor of GlassFab!
GANA Video
Podcasting Draws Over 30,000 Views
The Glass Association of North America (GANA)
announced that its new Video Podcasting website
drew over 30,000 views with its coverage of
various industry events such as the Kitchen/Bath
Industry Show and Conference (K/BIS) in Chicago,
GANA's Glass Fabrication & Glazing Educational
Conference in Las Vegas, as well as interviews
with various industry leaders. GANA has posted
twelve podcasts to the website to date, with
more expected from the upcoming AIA Annual Expo
in Boston.
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The Point of Frustration: NFRC Update
In preparing for the National Fenestration
Rating Council (NFRC) 2008 spring meeting,
Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA)
Executive Director Margaret Webb and Glass
Association of North America (GANA) Technical
Director Greg Carney decided not to respond to
the latest round of ballots related to the NFRC
Component Modeling Approach (CMA) program
targeted for commercial construction.
Frustration had set in over the fact that
industry voices are not being heard and
consensus development is not being exercised.
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GANA's Sowell Visits Guardian, Viracon Plants
by
Urmilla Sowell, GANA Assistant Technical
Director
Within the past few months, I have had the
pleasure of visiting two of Glass Association of
North America’s (GANA) member facilities. First
was Guardian’s float glass plant in Corsicana,
Texas and the other was Viracon’s newest glass
fabrication plant located in St. George, Utah.
For years, I’ve seen glass in its final role –
either in a window or door system, curtain wall
or store front. I’ve tested glass to withstand
the international standards and building codes
including hurricane impact standards and many
times only after breaking glass and after the
testing was completed had I ever gotten the
chance to see the inner makings of an insulating
glass unit or laminated lite.
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"Whither Recession?"
by
Jeff
Thredgold, CSP, President, Thredgold Economic
Associates
Perhaps a month ago, forecasting economists were
largely split as to whether the U.S. was in, or
would soon enter, a recession. The collective
view clearly moved into the recession camp on
April 4 with a reported decline of 80,000 jobs
in March, combined with an additional 67,000
jobs lost over the two prior months......we are
now back to square one.
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Reprinted with
permission from the "Tea Leaf" by Jeff Thredgold.
Copyright, 2008, Thredgold Economic Associates,
LLC. To subscribe to Jeff's free weekly email
update, visit
www.thredgold.com.
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May - Thinking About Getting Hurt Anytime
Soon?
The fact is most people do not think about
getting hurt until after the fact. In reality,
we face small non-injury accidents on a daily
basis. If a person, or company, has enough of
these non-injury accidents, sooner or later
these small incidences will turn into a
disabling type injury which is accompanied by
pain and suffering. Not to mention, the
potential loss of income during the time off as
the state statue only allows a person to receive
2/3 of their pay. There are some waiting periods
involved as well.
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Geoff Weinstock Named Schilling Sales Manager
GALION, Ohio – Geoff Weinstock has joined
Schilling Graphics as Sales Manager responsible
for sales and marketing screens and other
services to the architectural, automotive,
container and other industries and development
of new markets. Weinstock left the Ferro
Corporation on March 31 after serving with the
firm’s Glass Systems business for 27 years in a
variety of positions. His recent position with
the firm was Global Business Manager of Flat
Glass and North America Business Manager for
Glass Systems container products including all
inorganic glass enamels and the SpecTruLite® all
organic, heavy-metal-free line of inks and
coatings.
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Zeledyne Purchases ACH
ALLEN PARK, Mich. – Zeledyne announced the
purchase of Ford Motor Company Automotive
Components Holdings (ACH) glass business and its
plants in Nashville, Tenn., and Tulsa, Okla.,
its subsidiary Vidriocar in Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico. Also included are the leases for a
warehouse in Lebanon, Tenn., and engineering
offices in Allen Park, Mich.
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AAMA Offers Electronic Version of Fenestration
Standard
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - The second edition of AAMA/WDMA/CSA
101/I.S.2/A440, NAFS -- North American
Fenestration Standard/Specification for
windows, doors, and skylights is now available
for electronic download from the American
Architectural Manufacturers Association (AAMA).
According to Ken Brenden, AAMA technical
standards manager, this standard/specification
supersedes the previous edition, published in
2005 under the title AAMA/WDMA/CSA
101/I.S.2/A440-05 Standard/Specification for
windows, doors, and unit skylights and is
expected to be referenced in the 2009 versions
of the ICC Building Codes.
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Date Announced for Spring 2008 Window & Door
Industry Update
Jordan, Knauff & Company, an investment bank in
Chicago, Illinois, has announced that it will
hold its Spring 2008 Window & Door Industry
Update webinar on Thursday May 15, 2008, at 2 pm
Eastern / 1 pm Central. This interactive online
presentation will last roughly one hour,
followed by a brief period for questions from
attendees. Presenter Michael Collins will cover
a variety of topics relevant to window and door
industry executives and entrepreneurs.
Collins recently spoke at the IGMA Winter
Conference in Sanibel Island, Florida.
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PGC International Announces Annual Symposium
(TOPEKA) - The Protective Glazing Council (PGC)
International today announced their 2008 Annual
Symposium, which will take place November
11-13th at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in
Arlington, Virginia. Titled “Protective Glazing
in a Green World: Sustainability and
Protection,” the Symposium features a variety of
presentations and speakers who address the
convergence of protective glazing technologies
with the ongoing “green” movement of
environmentally friendly buildings.
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