Jeld-Wen Details Plans to Sell Door Plant by Year End
Charlotte, NC—In its annual report filed with the SEC last month, window and door giant Jeld-Wen Holding revealed details about the court-ordered sale of its Towanda, PA door skin plant. Separately, Jeld-Wen says William (Bill) Christensen, currently CEO of Rehau, will join the firm as president of Jeld-Wen Europe on April 1. In the SEC […]
Steves & Sons to Hire 200 at New Door Plant in Utah
Brigham City, UT—Steves & Sons, Inc. will expand its door manufacturing operations with a new 160,000-sq.-ft. Brigham City, UT location, and will hire more than 200 over the next five years. Steves & Sons, based in San Antonio, TX, operates interior and exterior door plants in San Antonio, and interior door plant locations in Lebanon, […]
Steves & Sons Doors Gets $40M from Jeld-Wen In Antitrust Win
San Antonio, TX—Steves & Sons Doors says its win over Jeld-Wen Windows and Doors (NYSE-JELD) following five years of litigation will restore fair and open competition in the door manufacturing industry. Steves & Sons won at every critical juncture in the case to force the divestiture of Jeld-Wen Holdings’ Towanda, PA doorskin manufacturing plant. The […]
Earnings Up, Jeld-Wen Agrees to Divest Towanda
Charlotte, NC—Jeld-Wen Windows and Doors will drop further appeals of a 2019 court order to sell its Towanda, PA moulding and door skin manufacturing operation, acquired 12 years ago from CraftMaster Manufacturing, Inc. The formal announcement was included in an upbeat second quarter earnings report, which saw a 25 percent gain in net revenue to […]
Forced to Sell Door Skin Plant, Jeld-Wen Asks Production Details be Sealed
Towanda, PA — The long-running antitrust case between Steves & Sons Doors and Jeld-Wen appears near an end, with Jeld-Wen agreeing to Steves & Sons demands that it sell its door skin plant in Towanda, PA, the former Craftmaster Inc. operation it acquired more than 12 years ago. In a 2019 settlement of the case, […]
Steves & Sons Door Plant Expansion Includes Massive Mereen-Johnson Sizer
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio-based Steves & Sons, Inc., broke ground on a 100,000 square-foot addition to its door manufacturing facility in San Antonio. It is expected to add approximately 70 new jobs and expanded door capacity upon completion in early 2021. “This expansion is a vote of confidence on our part as residential construction […]