R/W Specialties Acquires America Building Products
Denver, CO—R/W Specialties a portfolio company of Strength Capital Partners, purchased the assets of America Building Products and merged operations with it. Founded in 1965 and headed by CEO Rob McCrae, R/W Specialties is a wholesale distributor of specialty building products to customers in the Mountain West. Headquartered in Denver, CO, it has operations in […]
Marvin Windows Expands; Names Christine Marvin CMO
Warroad, MN—Window and door firm Marvin expanded its Fargo, ND operations and named Christine Marvin Chief Marketing and Experience Officer (CMO), a newly created position. With more than 7,000 employees across 16 cities in North America, Marvin says it will expand operations in Fargo with the addition of two new facilities: a 127,000-sq.-ft. manufacturing site […]
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, […]
Andersen Windows Promotes Chris Galvin to New Post: President, COO
Andersen Corporation promoted Chris Galvin to the role of president and chief operating officer, effective January 1, 2022. A 19-year veteran of Andersen windows and doors, Galvin becomes the company’s eleventh president in its 118-year history. But his new position includes the COO role, which is new. Galvin’s background is mostly financial—he has been a […]
New Masonite Doors Aim to Delay Active Shooters
Tampa, FL—Door manufacturer Masonite International (NYSE: DOOR) unveiled the Defendr™ Door System, designed to impede attacks inside schools and provide time for security personnel to respond. “We believe it is important to create solutions that are intended to help provide students, educators, healthcare workers and other employees with safe spaces to learn and work,” says […]
Jeld-Wen Windows Raises Prices, Lowers Earnings Outlook
Charlotte, NC—Jeld-Wen Holding, Inc. (NYSE:JELD) cut its revenue forecast as labor and supply chain constraints, and continued COVID-19 lockdowns took a toll. The window and door maker also named Colleen Penhall VP Communications. “Demand remains strong in all of our end markets,” says CEO Gary Michel, pointing to year-over-year growth in orders, backlogs in its […]
Specialty Building Products Acquires Reeb Millwork
Duluth, GA—Specialty Building Products, LLC, a distributor of specialty building products, signed a definitive agreement to acquire Reeb Millwork Corporation, a Bethlehem, PA fabricator and supplier of fiberglass, metal, and wood interior and exterior doors from companies such as ThermaTru and Simpson. Closing of the purchase is expected by the end of October 2021. As […]
Boise Cascade Launches Website for Growing Millwork Business
Sugar Land, TX—Boise Cascade launched a website for its millwork and doors business, which will see a new 160,000-sq-ft. door shop come online this quarter in Sugar Land, TX near Houston. The dedicated website showcases exterior and interior doors, finish options, door hardware, and other complementary products. Boise Cascadeis both a wholesale distributor of building […]
Lexington Promotes Three at Window-Door Component Sites
Minneapolis, MN—Lexington Manufacturing, a large-scale producer of components for major brands in window and doors, named three new managers—left to right: Steve Bloch, Jake Bickell, and Jim Bouma—at its operations in Brainerd and Coon Rapids, MN. Lexington is a full-service window, door and structural millwork component parts supplier, providing a wide variety of machining and […]
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 […]