The Loewens have returned to the helm of their iconic window business.
18 YOUR GUIDE TO WIN-DOOR
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Burning questions
by Patrick Flannery
Should PVC be designated a combustible material?
Awindow and door fabricator commented to me recently that he sometimes runs into an objection from architects regarding the combustibility of his PVC window profiles. They say they cannot use vinyl on commercial projects because the building code requires “self-extinguishing” materials, and PVC is considered combustible. This is partly, but not entirely, true. And I’m not sure it should be true at all.
The National Building Code of Canada calls for buildings over three stories or with very large interior areas to use non-combustible materials in their construction. However, there is a specific exemption for window sashes and frames (Section 3.1.5.4 (5)) allowing so-called combustible sashes to be used even in a noncombustible building, provided the windows are sufficiently separated by non-combustible wall materials. So unless the building design calls for large, contiguous windows on the upper stories, it may be possible to use PVC profiles under the present codes.
But a more interesting question might be whether PVC should be considered a combustible material at all. Certainly it is according to the present definition, which calls any material combustible according to its performance under the CAN/ULC-S135 testing protocol. S135 measures the amount of heat given off by a material at high temperatures, and also the amount of smoke it produces. According to Stanis Yu of Underwriters Laboratories of Canada, PVC would always fail this test. But is this standard the right one?
Way back in 1985, Jim Mehaffey, then a researcher with the National Research Council, wrote an article called “Combustibility of Building Materials.” In it, he explained that the
need for non-combustible construction was driven by the need to keep fire from spreading quickly. It does not matter so much whether a material will ignite, he said, but whether it will continue to burn after ignition. I don’t pretend to be an expert on the S135 test, but I’m not sure how an instantaneous measure of how much heat a substance is releasing adds up to an evaluation of whether it is burning or not. It seems to me a substance would have to continue to give off a certain level of heat over time before it would pose a danger of spreading fire.
Add to that the results of a study by M.M. Hirschier posted on pvc.org showing that PVC plastic requires twice the oxygen concentration of normal air in order to keep burning after ignition. So, at regular oxygen concentrations (like those present around your average building fire) PVC will not continue to burn unless a flame is continuously applied to it. Sounds pretty self-extinguishing to me. Maybe it is time to re-evaluate whether PVC window profiles do qualify as a combustible material in a way that actually poses an increased fire hazard.
But enough of the high-forehead stuff. I want to direct your attention to our masthead on the left side of the table of contents, and to a very important new line that appears there: Endorsed by Fenestration Canada. Fenestration Review is honoured to have received this important recognition from Canada’s window and door association, and we are looking forward to working closely with all the good folks there to promote and improve this industry. Thank you to Fenestration Canada and thanks to you, our readers, for your enthusiastic reaction to this magazine.
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RIVARD NAMED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Robert Rivard was named the full-time executive director of Fenestration Canada. This marks the first time Fenestration Canada has had its own executive director. Rivard is a fluently bilingual professional with 20-plus years’ experience managing national trade associations and more than seven years’ project management experience with the sector council program. He comes to the association with demonstrated ability to lead and manage organizations through appropriate governance models and operational policies. Rivard is also an astute financial manager overseeing budgets and deployment of funds with fiscal discipline. He was most recently involved as the manager of association services on a part-time basis under the previous management firm. Having him focus his entire attention to the requirements in administrative issues, marketing of the association, membership promotion and retention services, government relations and the Win-Door trade show on a full-time basis will be of tremendous benefit to members who will now have a “go-to” person for all of their needs, Fenestration Canada said.
B.C. STUDENT WINS AAMA SCHOLARSHIP
The American Architectural Manufacturers Association announced its scholarship winners during the 2013 AAMA Summer Conference, held June 9 to12, in Rosemont, Ill. Dominic Nickel of Abbotsford, B.C., was one of the winners.
“AAMA is pleased to acknowledge the outstanding students who have dedicated themselves to academic and extracurricular endeavors in order to pursue a career in architecture, engineering and related fields,” said Rich Walker, AAMA’s president and CEO. “By supporting these students on their journey to further develop their knowledge and passion, we are hopeful they will make valuable contributions in the building products industry upon completing their education.”
The AAMA Scholarship is a one-time award of $2,000. All children of employees of AAMA member companies are eligible to obtain this financial aid for higher education in pursuit of a degree in an engineering or technical field relating to the building products industry. Applicants are judged on grade point average, college entrance exam scores and a 500-word essay. Eligible candidates must be high school seniors or college students who are children of employees of AAMA member companies in good standing.
“Each year, AAMA awards a minimum of three scholarships. This year, seven scholarships were awarded due to the generous contributions of AAMA members,” says Janice Yglesias, AAMA’s association services director.
The Canadian AAMA Scholarship Award recipient is Dominic Nickel, a soon-to-be freshman at University of the Fraser Valley, where he will be studying engineering mathematics. Nickel graduated from D.W. Poppy Secondary School in June with a 4.0 GPA, where he was a member of the volleyball team and was on the honour roll for four years. Nickel’s interest in the building industry started at the age of 13, when he began working a part-time job installing windows and doors. His father, Georg Nickel, is an employee of Innotech Windows + Doors Inc. in Abbotsford.
Quanex Building Products and Graham Architectural Products have been AAMA Scholarship Partners since the program’s inception in 2003 with Milgard Manufacturing joining the Partner Program in 2008. In 2013, Simonton Windows and Architectural Testing joined as Partners.
RICHELIEU BUYS HI-TECH
Richelieu Hardware has announced that it has acquired the net assets of Hi-Tech Glazing Supplies. This Vancouver-based distributor of door and window hardware serving the B.C. market realizes sales of approximately $5 million per year. The acquisition will enable Richelieu to enlarge its offer with products that feature in its short- and long-term strategy, in addition to reinforcing its position in a specialized client base. Richelieu is a leading North American distributor, importer and manufacturer of specialty hardware and complementary products. Its products are targeted to an extensive customer base of kitchen and bathroom cabinet, furniture, and window and door manufacturers plus the residential and commercial woodworking industry, as well as a large customer base of hardware retailers, including renovation superstores. Richelieu offers customers a broad mix of high-end products sourced from manufacturers around the world. Its product selection consists of 100,000 different items targeted to a base of some 70,000 customers who are served by 62 centres in North America – 35 distribution centres in Canada, 25 in the United States and two manufacturing plants in Canada, specifically Cedan Industries which specializes in the manufacture of a wide variety of veneer sheets and edgebanding products and Menuiserie des Pins which manufactures components for the window and door industry and a broad selection of decorative mouldings.
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IN OTHER FENESTRATION CANADA NEWS
The Annual General Meeting meeting was held May 29 through June 1 in St. John’s, N.L. Fenestration Canada president, Yvan Houle reported to members that the membership fee restructuring was complete and that the association lost few members as a result. Past president, Kevin Pelley, announced the nominees for executive positions: Skip Maclean of TruTech Doors (president), Al Dueck of Duxton Windows and Doors (vice-president), Allan Doyle of Global Windows and Doors (second vice-president), Yvan Houle of Portes et Fenetres (past president) , and Kevin Pelley of Kohltech (treasurer).
Mike Bruno of Everlast and Mike Straub were nominated to board positions. Pelley noted that the association now had a waiting list for directorships and board positions, in contrast to periods in the past where these position were hard to fill. The board voted to formally change the name of the association to Fenestration Canada from
RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PERMITS SLIDE OVER THE SUMMER
Canadian Window and Door Manufacturers Association (CWDMA).Pelley and association treasurer, Eva Ryterband, reported that association revenues were up from the year before due to strong Win-Door receipts and increased membership fees. Expenses were also up due to fees incurred to the Canadian Standards Association for development of the Fenestration Installation Technician certification program. Morgan Hanam stepped down as co-chair of the Government Relations Committee and Kevin Pelley will take his spot. Pelley leaves the chair of the Membership and Marketing Committee in favour of Laura Weil of Euro Vinyl. Matt Kottke of Truth Hardware announced that Win-Door will take place Nov. 12 - 14 at its usual venue in the Metro Toronto Convention Centre South Building. The 2012 show was the strongest in “at least five years,” he said, and booth sales were ahead of last year’s pace.
According to Statistics Canada, building permits for multi-family dwellings decreased 8.3 per cent to $1.7 billion in August, the third monthly decline this year. Declines were reported in half of the provinces, led by Ontario and followed by Quebec. British Columbia registered the largest increase, with Saskatchewan a distant second. Construction intentions for singlefamily dwellings fell three per cent to $2.2 billion in August. The decline in August failed to offset the increase in July. This was the second decrease in three months, bringing the year-to-date value down 7.5 per cent. Lower construction intentions were posted in six provinces, with Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba accounting for most of the decline at the national level. Nationally, municipalities approved the construction of 17,471 new dwellings in August, down 0.7 per cent from July. The decline was attributable to lower construction intentions for single-family dwellings (down 3.4 per cent to 6,087 dwellings), which offset an increase in multifamily dwellings (up 0.8 per cent to 11,384 units).
PORCELLI JOINS EVERLAST
The Bruno family which operates Everlast Aluminum, Alumitex Windows and Doors, Air-Tite Insulating Glass and Napa Valley Doors by Everlast, has welcomed Vince Porcelli as vice-president of sales. Porcelli brings several years of experience in the industry as a supplier to fabricators, previously working for Accord Plastics and RPM Rollforming. Porcelli is part of the marketing and membership committee of Fenestration Canada. “Vince is very passionate about the window and door industry,” Everlast president, Mike Bruno, said. “He will be integral to the growth of our company and our industry. Welcome aboard, Vince!”
ALLISON BECK PASSES
Allison Beck, administrator for the Insulating Glass Manufacturer’s Alliance, passed away April 23 at the age of 48. The IGMA released the following statement:
“It is with great sadness that the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance (IGMA) today announced the passing of Allison Beck, IGMA’s administrator, after a brave battle with cancer. Allison passed away at the Ottawa General Hospital surrounded by her family and lots of love. Allison has worked for the industry since joining the IGMAC team in 1995 and was part of the transformation team after the merger with SIGMA in October 2000. Allison organized all the great meeting events and in the past few years had managed the IGMAC Certification Program in addition to planning all IGMA’s events. She will be greatly missed. Our thoughts and prayers go to Allison’s family, especially her husband, Matt and daughter, Caitlyn.”
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HANAM RETIRES
Morgan Hanam, head of Enermodal Engineering’s window division, retired at the end of July. He left the Kitchener, Ont.,-based consulting firm after a 35-year career in the fenestration industry. Hanam is 60. His career in the window industry started at Golden Windows in 1977, moving to Enermodal in 1999. He has been continuously active in industry associations, including a term as president of the Canadian Window and Door Association in 1997 and 1998. Hanam has participated on technical committees for the Canadian Standards Association, the Canadian General Standards Board, the Insulating Glass Manufacturers Association of Canada, and the National Fenestration Rating Council. He was inducted as a Fenestration Canada Pioneer last year, and won the C.P. Loewen award for lifetime achievement in 2000. Hanam was also honoured by the CSA for 25 years of service in 2010. Hanam says he has welcomed the opportunity to improve products in the industry and thus contribute to the overall improvement of society. He is proud of the level of service to clients he has been able to give throughout his career. He says he worked make Fenestration Canada a more open association and less of an old boys’ club. Hanam says he will continue to work a bit, but take longer winter breaks with his wife, Gail. Michael Barclay will take over his responsibilities at Enermodal.
BOONE TO PROMOTE RESIDENTIAL GLASS FOR PPG
PPG Industries named Bradley P. Boone market manager of its residential segment for PPG flat glass. A 33-year PPG veteran, Boone brings long experience in the production of glass and in the technical support and marketing of glass products. For the past 12 years, he has been a senior account manager serving residential, architectural and solar glass customers in the northeastern U.S. During his career, Boone has provided technical and customer support for well-known PPG brands such as Solarban and Sungate low-emissivity (low-e) glasses and Intercept insulating spacers. Patrick J. Kenny, PPG director of marketing for flat glass, said, “New building codes and consumer concerns are increasing the demand for more energy-efficient homes, and in turn driving innovation in the residential window and door market. Brad has the experience and technical knowledge to help window and door makers meet the performance and costmanagement challenges they face. His background also will enable him to help PPG more effectively translate the needs of consumers and window makers into customer-driven solutions.”
POIRIER FAMILY ACCEPTS C.P. LOEWEN AWARD
Fenestration Canada honoured the late Richard Poirier with its C.P. Loewen award for lifetime achievement at its President’s Dinner, part of its Annual General Meeting held June 1 in St. John’s, N.L. The award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated outstanding dedication, commitment and accomplishment in the Canadian window and door industry. Dan Darcy, a longtime colleague of Poirier’s, presented the award. Poirier’s wife, Georgia, and son, Patrick, were on hand to accept. Poirier was Canadian sales manager for Anderson Windows and Doors between 2000 and 2010. Prior to that he was sales and marketing manager for BayForm from 1990 to 2000. He also worked for Daymond Vinyl Siding and Alumi News magazine. Poirier was a graduate of the Academie de Caen in Normandy, France, with a Baccalaureat in philosophy and literature. He obtained an Honours Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Montreal in 1974. In 1979, he obtained an MBA in marketing from Concordia University. Poirier was always active in the Canadian Window and Door Association and rose to president in 2002. Darcy described him as man with a keen intellect and a great storyteller with a love for fast cars, the Beatles, skiing, travel and political debate. Poirier passed away in 2011 at the age of 61.
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KNOLMAYER TO DEVELOP HARDWARE FOR BOHLE
Bohle America has announced the addition of Keith M. Knolmayer to the Bohle America management team, fulfilling the role of hardware development director. Knolmayer has been an active member of the Glass Association of North America, residing on several committees, as well as chairperson offering extensive glazing market research for the North American market. Knolmayer was previously with Häfele America for 17 years before joining Bohle America. He has developed extensive product knowledge for sliding door applications and ANSI grade builder’s hardware while pursuing his Architectural Hardware Consultant certification. His understanding of all glazing products will allow Bohle to expand its technical expertise to all customers. “Employing Keith brings us wealth of industry knowledge from the North American glazing market requirements,” says Gareth Francey, COO and cvice-president of sales of Bohle America. “Bohle on a worldwide scale has always had a strong footprint in interior glass door and hardware market and now with Keith on board, we can become more efficient in our local U.S. products and services. Keith will be responsible for all areas surrounding the glass hardware segment of our product offering aiding our sales force to service our customers with a broader product range and technical expertise.”
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Local seminars draw crowds.
AThis was just one of three sessions held across Ontario in September. The sold-out room was brought up to date on the new rules coming into effect Jan. 1 by Fenestration Canada technical consultant, Jeff Baker, J.F. Kogovsek of Maxam Marketing and a panel consisting of Haya Soghrati of Can-Best, Claudio Sacilotto of Intertek and Jennifer Wren-McDonald of Exova.
Fenestration Canada executive director, Robert Rivard, and president, Skip Maclean, opened the proceedings by commenting on the good turnout and emphasizing the importance of association membership in these times of changing government regulation. Baker led off with a thorough overview of the NAFS air/ water ingress requirements for swinging doors, which all products installed in Ontario will be required to meet in the new year. He emphasized some of the points in the Canadian supplement to the NAFS standard, including a provision that allows manufacturers to provide doors with a higher standard of resistance to water ingress than air. Of special interest was the NAFS requirement for all wood in doors to be treated with a preservative–several pre-hangers
bout 50 door pre-hangers and suppliers took in Fenestration Canada’s seminar on NAFS-08 compliance in the Ontario Building Code at the Hilton in London, Ont., Sept. 12.
in the room commented that this is not how their suppliers deliver products presently. Baker discussed the various terrain types and climate areas within Ontario that affect the performance grade doors must meet. He also warned that pre-hangers should not rely on the lax enforcement standards of the past, as some lawsuits in Ontario have focused inspectors’ minds on the issue and insurance companies have been lobbying for tighter enforcement of the rules.
The test lab panel assured attendees that many products sold in Ontario presently will pass the new standard.
They offered some tips on how to keep your testing costs down, mostly by being prepared, having a plan and testing the largest size of product possible. There was some discussion of the ultimate futility of making tight door systems when no standard exists to rate the quality of the installation. Bob Hamilton of Hamilton Windows offered the insight that these changes are all due to the airtight nature of modern building construction. Water comes into modern houses, he said, because “you can’t suck water through a six-inch pipe, but you can suck it through a straw.” Kogovsek then gave attendees some advice on how to manage their testing without breaking the bank. He showed some statistics for performance requirements that would meet code in most areas of the province, and advised pre-hangers to choose inventory that covers the fat part of the market and leave higher performing products to specialist suppliers. He showed how testing requirements can proliferate quickly with different designs and advised pre-hangers to choose which designs to test with an eye to costs.
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THERE AND BACK AGAIN
Clyde and Charles Loewen prove you can go home again.
The popular wisdom is that you can never go home again. But this may not be always entirely accurate. In 2010, Manitoba-based Loewen Windows went through arguably the biggest change in its history when the Loewen family sold it to the Danish company VKR Holdings.
The 108-year-old Loewen business had been family-owned, and its headquarters remained in Steinbach, originally a Mennonite settlement, but now a city of 13,000 – and one of the fastest growing cities in Canada – about a 40-minute drive southeast of Winnipeg. Aside from its Mennonite heritage and former “dry town” status, Steinbach was known largely to Winnipeggers by the old jingle “it’s worth the trip to Steinbach,” which featured in ads for the Steinbach auto dealers. Loewen was another well-known local part of Steinbach.
But over the years things had changed at the company, as they sometimes can over the course of, at that point, 108 years of family ownership.
“Well, we were a group of siblings, two of whom were involved in the business and two who were not,” said Loewen Windows’ Charles Loewen. The brothers — older brother Paul, Charles, Clyde, as well as the younger Stewart and John — had been involved in varying levels of the company in the past. Charles and Clyde were more recently the two brothers who were most involved with the company.
“The two who were not, you know, were getting into their 40s and 50s and typical of family businesses – the way I like to put it – is kind of interests started to diverge.”
At one point before the great recession of 2008, Loewen was estimated to have had 1,500 people on its payroll. That changed after the recession. The Winnipeg Free Press estimates that the company has half the payroll it had at its peak.
“We were starting to see that the bloom was
coming off the housing boom and it looked like we were going to have some difficult markets ahead of us,” said Charles. So we explored a number of options and came up with what we thought was a very good situation with VKR. We thought, well, they’re Danish and a much larger company, we liked their focus on quality upward end, on integrity and ethics and so on and thought that they would be a good steward for the business, as indeed I think they were for the three years they owned it and so we came to an agreement with them and the family sort of exited at that point.”
Not that it was an easy thing for the family to do. Charles, for one, had worked at Loewen since he was an eight-year-old looking for something to do on the weekends. He became more involved as he got older and eventually assumed a larger role when his father, the famous C.P. Loewen, died when Charles was in his 30s.
So the purchase went down in 2010, three years went by and things changed for VKR. They started to make noise about divesting.
“I will say as a purchaser of the business, and having been involved on the board, VKR was a very good steward,” said Charles. “They had to change strategy which is why they decided to sell not only Loewen, but almost all of their operating entities they divested of over the last two, two and a half years.”
Says current CEO Al Babiuk of VKR, “The decision to get out of the different businesses was very much in concert with diversifying their investment portfolio entirely out of building products with the dollars that they generated. So they’re looking at, you know, becoming
a – what they called a financial investor and holding the skylight business as sort of their operating business but very much diversifying out of an entire building products concentration, which is what the portfolio had become.”
This past summer, Loewen went through arguably the second-biggest change in the company’s history when some of the Loewen family and a group of investors bought back Loewen Windows from streamlining VKR. The divestment was not a statement about the value of Loewen Windows, it was merely the result of a company readjusting itself. Also divested at the same time
was another VKR past purchase, Gienow of Calgary, Alta., which the Danes had originally acquired in 2009.
In retrospect, it may have not been much of a surprise that this happened, that the company was sold shortly after it was purchased and that the Loewens were in a position to reacquire the firm. Charles Loewen was still on the board of the VKR-owned company, and with an ear to the ground knew what was going on.
“I was aware back, well, I guess, two years ago, when their basic corporate strategy was changed because I was on the board at the time. I was, as a board
member, informed of the strategy (to look to sell Loewen Windows),” said Charles. “Probably a year and a half into the sale process, I was in contact with VKR and their representatives to explore – and they asked whether I might explore the possibility of putting a bid together. So that was about, I guess, November of 2012, at which point I left the board because of an obvious conflict of interest. And then started – I had to find sort of a core investment group and doing some analysis and then conversations and negotiations with VKR.”
But, despite the obvious connection between the Loewens and the company,
the buy-back was not a fait accompli.
“It was not an instant yes,” said Charles. “I was, I guess, excited in the neutral sense of that word.”
“The industry still in very early stages of a slow recovery and we believed and continue to believe that there’s not going to be a quick snap back, that the old days, if you will, that is, you know, of two million housing starts a year in the US and boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. Those days aren’t coming back in our lifetime. And so our view of it as a risk was different. When you have money and you’re putting it into something, you’re wise to do a very harsh, cold-eyed assessment, which is what we tried to do.
“People might be surprised how little heritage and legacy factored into our decision and I suppose they might even be pleased to hear that our decision was based primarily on what we felt was our best assessment of the risks going forward and the challenges and hard work ahead.”
With this 3.0 version of Loewen Windows, Charles Loewen is back as chairman of the board, brother Clyde is part of the executive management group (focusing on product development), and Al Babiuk is president and CEO, as he was through the VKR years.
So, what’s the next step for a reacquired company in post-recession North America? Is everything back to the way it was, or is there a different plan moving forward? According to Al Babiuk, the company may be looking a little more eastwards these days, for one.
“(The west) still continues to be our largest market area but we were underpenetrated on the east coast for several reasons,” said Babiuk. “One was the range of impact product and hurricane product. The other one was really the double hung design that we had on our previous product offering for double hung. It wasn’t really meeting the traditional architectural styles needs of the east coast. So we addressed both those from 2008 through 2011 and that
allowed us to really focus on developing the east coast dealer network – both the northeast as well as the southeast and so we’ve done that over the past several years and continued to add dealers in those regions which has allowed us, you know, good opportunities to expand where we had been weak prior to the downturn… but really centred around not having had the double hung product or the range of hurricane product that we needed to capitalize on that.”
But the company’s efforts don’t just have to do with only expanding their territory.
“We’ve spent the last couple of months refining our plans for the back half of the year now that we have, what I’ll call control over prioritizing,” said Babiuk. “So that the areas of focus are certainly on product development. You know, we’re doing work on our systems to better support the customers as well as the manufacturing process and that’s been ongoing through the VKR period as well. It’s more behind the scenes for
efficiency and costs and quality control. And, you know, we had really made a deep investment in lean process redesign on the manufacturing floor and we’ve been aligning our work plan to continue to focus on that.”
But at the same time, the company is aware of what it is and how people view their products.
“We’re definitely committed to the premium end of the market,” said Charles Loewen. “That’s where our brand stands. That’s where our product is recognized and, you know, we target our design and the manufacturing of the product to really meet the quality expectations of that segment. In terms of strategy going forward, we’re going to continue to focus on there. We will, you know, certainly not leave our home base and go from manufacturing wood, you know, wood, traditional wood or wood clad product to a pure vinyl product. That would be a shift that would not make sense brand-wise or competency-wise.”
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A TRUSTED LABEL
NFRC ratings can help you comply with energy laws.
As provinces update their building energy codes or adopt other energy-saving legislation, it is becoming more important than ever for manufacturers to demonstrate the energy performance ratings of their windows, doors, skylights, and other fenestration products.
Even though energy codes for fenestration vary by province, manufacturers can use the National Fenestration Rating Council’s independent energy performance ratings to show that their products perform as advertised.
In January 2014, the Ontario Green Energy Act’s energy performance certification requirements for residential windows will go into effect. While some exemptions to the requirement exist (see the Green Energy Act for details), manufacturers who sell windows in the province will need to rate and label most residential windows using NFRC 100/200 or CSA A440.2. Ontario already requires Supplementary Standard SB-12: Energy Efficiency For Housing. In SB-12, NFRC ratings are required to satisfy the prescriptive requirements of this energy code.
A TRUSTED SOURCE OF ENERGY RATINGS SINCE 1989
Industry leaders formally discussed the NFRC concept at an ASHRAE meeting in Vancouver in 1989, and soon after, with help from the U.S. Department of Energy, founded NFRC in the United States to serve as a non-profit, third-party organization to rate and label fenestration energy performance. Today, NFRC has an international reach with licensees and participating manufacturers worldwide.
Canadian consumers, architects and builders rely on NFRC ratings to compare product performance, specify products, and demonstrate energy code compliance, while window manufacturers certify products through NFRC so they are eligible for the Energy Star program
for residential windows. Code officials rely on NFRC’s certified ratings to confirm building energy codes for fenestration are met.
NFRC’s residential label and commercial label certificates used in the United States are the same as those in Canada, except that labels/label certificates in Canada use both the English and French languages and the U-factor and Air Leakage ratings are provided in imperial and metric units. Solar Heat Gain Coefficient and Visible Transmittance are dimensionless indices varying from 0 to 1.0. NFRC provides the procedures more than 750 residential manufacturers use to rate and label nearly 8,000 product lines and more than nine million fenestration product options.
In Canada, NFRC labelling and rating involves computer simulations and physical tests. NFRC has rated over 250 commercial projects in the United States and Canada, compiled over 15,000 frame, spacer, and glazing components into its commercial software databases, and licensed 10 accredited laboratories in the United States and Canada who provide these commercial NFRC ratings.
THE CERTIFICATION PROCESS
Residential manufacturers must go through a series of welldefined steps to certify a product. First, a window manufacturer sends product drawings and specifications to an NFRCaccredited simulation laboratory that uses energy simulation software to calculate energy ratings. The manufacturer then selects a product and ships it to an NFRC-accredited testing lab for physical testing. If the ratings from the physical test are within the required tolerance of those from the computer simulation, NFRC considers the ratings valid.
The simulation and testing labs send their results to one of four NFRC-accredited inspection agencies for review. The IA confirms the simulation and physical testing comply with NFRC procedures. The IA inspects each manufacturing facility once a year to make sure the products submitted for testing are the same as those being produced and all NFRC procedures are being followed.
NFRC uses a different process for non-residential or commercial windows, curtainwalls, doors and other fenestration assembled on the project site. NFRC’s Component Modeling Approach uses ratings for pre-approved components (frames, glazing, and spacers) to generate whole-product performance values. CMA’s software tool, known as CMAST, generates ratings, which can be certified for code compliance. Unlike the residential program, where manufacturers attach a temporary NFRC label to a window, the CMA program issues a Label Certificate, a multi-page document listing ratings for all NFRC-certified fenestration to be used in a specific building or project. In addition, commercial manufacturers’ rated components may be used over and over on numerous projects, greatly reducing the testing requirements present in the residential program. CMA ratings are project-based, enabling code officials to review fenestration ratings for an entire project on a single Label Certificate. Label Certificates are posted on NFRC’s public website and may be downloaded at no charge at any time.
NFRC’s commercial and residential programs use the same ISO15099-based procedures to rate and certify the energy performance of fenestration fairly and accurately, which manufacturers have trusted since 1989. To learn more about NFRC, please visit.
WIN-DOOR 2014
DO NOT MISS IT
Critical information and opportunities await.
Win-Door North America plays a very important role in the marketing and development of the residential and commercial fenestration industries in Canada. It has become recognized as the place to be for a true onestop-shopping experience. It provides opportunities for solid leads and face-to-face contact with qualified buyers and providers of fenestration products and services. You will find new product displays and technologies you cannot see anywhere else. Last but not least, WinDoor offers a full array of educational seminars to bring everyone up to date on code changes, compliance requirements and a wealth of other industry-specific business information.
Scheduled for Nov. 12-14 in Toronto, WinDoor will showcase a wide variety of national and international exhibitors displaying products for all aspects of the fenestration industry:
• glass and components for the manufacture of insulating glass units
• all materials for window and door manufacturing including vinyl, wood, aluminum and fibreglass extrusions for frames and sashes, door sills and window cladding
• operating hardware for windows and doors including operators, locks, hinges and rollers
• machinery
• software, product testing and related services
Fenestration Canada, a volunteer association designed to promote, support and educate window and door fabricators and stakeholders, is proud to produce Win-Door as a key element to delivering its mandate and ensuring all aspects of our industry are represented and acknowledged.
Canada’s premier fenestration trade show not only features products and services key to our industry but also provides a forum for timely, impactful discussion regarding regulations, process improvements and economic issues affecting the way we do business today and the decisions we make for tomorrow. WinDoor attracts suppliers, fabricators and service providers from all over the world.
Please plan to join us. Whether it is to see what’s new in products, educate yourself regarding issues impacting our businesses or just to meet up with friends, customers and suppliers, Win-Door is the place to be. If you are serious about your business, you must attend Win-Door 2013.
RIGHT:
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11
2:00 – 5:00 PM
Fenestration Canada executive meeting
6:30 – 10:00 PM
Board dinner (by invitation)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12
8:00 – 9:30 AM
Technical Services Committee 713 A
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Fenestration Canada board meeting 713 A
5:00 – 8:00 PM
Trade show open Hall E
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13
8:30 – 10:30 AM
“Ontario Door Pre-hanger Compliance Update” Education Pavilion
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM Trade show open Hall E
11:00 – 11:45 AM
“Ontario Energy Act Requirements “ with Jeff Baker Education Pavilion
MEETINGS&SEMINARS
12:00 Noon
Jim Parker Booth Award Meeting Centre
3:00 – 4:00 PM
Win-door Show Committee meeting Meeting Room 1
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14
8:30 – 9:30 AM
Fenestration Canada Fall Meeting Education Pavilion
9:45 – 10:45 AM
“The Power Hour Economic Forecast” with Peter Norman Education Pavilion
10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Trade show open Hall E
11:00 AM - Noon
“Updates on Energy Codes and Energy Star” with Jeff Baker, JF Kogovsek & Steve Hopwood (NRCan) Education Pavilion
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Energy Efficiency Fenestration Steering Committee meeting
360 Innovations
ACME Window Hardware / Adfast Corp.
AIR-INS Inc.
AKKIM Yapi Kim. San. ve Tic A.S. / Ameri-Can Machinery
American Renolit
Amesbury /
AquaSurTech OEM /
Aribell Products Ltd. /
Ashland Hardware /
Bostik Canada Ltd.
Caldwell Mfg. Co.
CAN-BEST Testing Lab.
CCMSA - Xiesheng Machinery & Orient Mould
Construction News and Report Group
D.S.I.
DAPA Products Inc.
Decoral Systems
Delta Balance Systems
De-Mar Window Hardware /
Door & Window Market Magazine /
Door Com Distribution
Door Components Canada
DraftSeal Div of the DS Group
Eco Box Systems
EDTM Inc.
Elton / Endura Products /
Enermodal Engineering - A Member of MMM Group
Epic Fenestration Products
Erdman Automation Corp.
Everlast Aluminum Ltd. /
Evotech Industrial Coatings
Fenestratio.com
Fenestration Canada /
Fenzi North America /
FiberLink Inc.
Forimpex / / / / /
Full House Company
Fusion Glass Works /
GED Integrated Solutions
Glass Canada Magazine /
GM Wood Products
Graco
Grafco
Groupe Promax /
HB Fuller
Hedson Technologies
IGMA - Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance
Indutec Alchemist / Interlock USA
Intertek
John Evans’ Sons Inc. / JRC Machinery Inc.
JSA Machineries Inc. / /
Kear Fabrication Inc.
Kleiberit Adhesives Canada Inc.
Kolorbond International / Leading Edge Distribution
Lechler Canada /
Les Industrie Pro-Tac
M&T Performance Group / Masonite
Mastergrain
Mennie Canada Ltd.
MIC Wood Products Ltd.
Millcraft Systems Inc.
Momentive
N.A.P. Inc.
Natural Resources Canada Equipment Division
NFRC - National Fenestration Rating Council
Norfield
Novatech Group Inc.
OceanView Patio Doors Ltd.
ODL Canada / /
P.H. Tech
Plastmo Ltd.
Profom Inc.
Prolux Paint
Protomach Inc./GML Machinery / QAI Laboratories
Quanex Building Products
R.W. Coomber Ent. Inc. / /
Radisson Industries /
Rainbow Precision Inc.
Renolit
Richersons /
Rockwell Security Inc.
Rocsolid Door Components Inc.
Roland Boulanger & Cie Ltee.
Roll-A-Way Screen Systems
Roto Fasco Canada Inc. /
Royal Building Products
RPM Rollformed Metal Products /
Schlage
Schlegel Canada Inc. Henniges Automotive
Screenco Manufacturing /
Servitek Fenestration /
Sika Canada Inc.
Skyreach L&S Extrusions Corp.
Societe Laurentide Inc.
Speck Tool Ltd.
Steve Brown Machinery Solutions / Sun-Spot Int. Inc.
Tecniplast
Therma-Tru Doors
Trimlite ULC
Tru Tech Doors
Truform Building Products
Truth Hardware
Ultrafab Inc.
Urban Machinery
Vega Distribution Group
Veka Inc. /
Verick International
Veridis Solutions
Verre Select Inc. /
Vi-Lux Building Products
Vision Hardware Inc.
Walk It Off Spinal Cord Wellness Centre
Weston Wood Solutions Inc. / Window & Door Magazine /
Windowmaker Software Ltd. / Witte North America
Wood Manufacturing Council
Wordlwide Door Components Inc.
WTS Paradigm /
Zobel North America /
WIN-DOORPREVIEW
NEW PATIO DOORS
www.novatechgroup.com
Now completely revamped, the energy-efficient Imagine door is now available to Novatech dealers. It has now a more contemporary look with straight lines, more glass surface and full PVC sashes with a sturdy wood frame. It still has the look and feel of a more modern garden door without the inconvenience of hinges. It still encourages a maximum of sunlight into the house. Three 1 3/4-inch horizontal dividers are integrated in the glass unit in the Imagine, 550 and 370 to add a great look. A new raise/lower blind is available in the low-E glass units on Imagine, 550, 370, Element and 1600 patio doors.
LOCKS, LIFTS AND FOAM
www.amesbury.com
Featured in the Amesbury booth at the Win-Door North America show will be several new products from Amesbury. The new, patented, P3000 multi-point lock system incorporates an American Style look with the thumb-turn oriented above the handle and the deadbolt operation independent of the satellite locking points. Available with several locking options, this system is a premium solution in today’s multi-point locking technology. Also featured will be our Spiral, Lite-Lift and Super Lift line of balances. The 3/8-inch Super Heavy Duty Spiral can achieve weights up to 52 lbs per pair or up to 104 lbs when used in tandem – a powerful Class 4 balance in a small package. The Lite-Lift and Super-Lift Class 5 balances can attain weights up to 130 lbs., while leading the market in overall travel and balance length availability. The Amesbury booth will also feature Foam-Tite CladFT, a newly patented compression sliding seal. CladFT combines the polyethylene liner used for Q-FOAM urethane foam seals with a unique blend of Foam-Tite TPV and Foam-Tite custom design complexities. CladFT was designed
to compress easily, provide a lower operating force, a low coefficient of friction and improved tear and compression set resistance as compared to other weather seals. SSI, an Amesbury company, will be showing its proprietary low-wick foam profiles. This new low-wick foam absorbs up to 85 per cent less water than standard foam seals.
NEXT-GENERATION TILT LATCH
www.truth.com
Building on the popularity of Truth’s award-winning Fusion System, Truth has now embarked on the next generation combination lock and tilt latch system named the Harmony System. This system beautifully integrates the check rail lock and tilt latch together in a manner which creates a new level of installation ease. Manufacturers will appreciate the convenience as installers just snap the tilt latch, screw down the lock it is good to go.
MACHINE AFTER APPLICATION
www.renolit.com
American Renolit, a leading manufacturer of high quality decorative and performance films, offers ExoFol MLA as a leading edge finish for building components. ExoFol MLA is a film that is laminated to wood building products for such interior or exterior applications as door jambs, windows, jamb extensions and more. MLA is available in a number of shades of white, including custom matches. Plus MLA is completely paintable. It can be painted when new or later on. This is a great feature for the homeowner. If they want to change the colour of their door the jamb can easily be painted to match. MLA is available in a full range of thicknesses. The thickness of the product provides excellent durability from processing and transportation to install and then for the homeowner. The heft of MLA also masks joints and other imperfections in the substrates and allows manufacturers to reduce cost by using MDF or finger-jointed products instead of solid wood. The performance and stability of MLA comes from its unique formulation that includes special pigments, UV and heat stabilizers and impact modifiers. This allows MLA to stand up to the elements and maintain its colour. Extensive outdoor and accelerated testing has proven MLA to be a much better solution than primed and painted wood parts, as there is never a need to maintain or repaint it. MLA helps extend substrate life by sealing the product and preventing moisture penetration. The film is available in a variety of embossed surface finishes that add a rich look and provide excellent scratch resistance. After the film is applied, parts can be machined the same as raw wood for hardware or other processing.
BOOTH 1403
BOOTH 1323
BOOTH 1423
BOOTH 1419
DESIGNED FOR LIFE
www.trutechdoors.com
TruTech Doors will exhibit its Belmont Craftsman door with a Berkley decorative glass insert. This fiberglass door features a mahogany grain that is beautifully crafted with premium materials to replicate authentic wood unique to mahogany. The Berkley direct glazed glass adds the finishing touch. Featuring the classic simple design found in turn of the century bungalow homes in America, the Belmont Craftsman door is engineered to last a lifetime. Designed with an energy-saving polyurethane door core and four-inch stiles constructed of laminated strand lumber and enhanced fiberglass panels, the Belmont door provides maximum protection and durability.
TAKES THE WEIGHT
New energy specifications and requirements for increased window performance have necessitated sashes containing triple panes and/or laminated glass. Combined with the trend towards larger windows, the envelope has been pushed on what standard duty concealed casement hinges can handle. Truth Hardware has responded to this issue with its new High Performance Hinge. The new hinge is capable of supporting a 140-lb. sash. This is possible due to the innovative patented shoe design with a built-in roller that reduces friction during operation and provides smoother travel even under maximum load.
WIN-DOORPREVIEW
STABLE COMPOSITE FRAME
www.quanex.com
At Win-Door 2013 Quanex Building Products will be debuting its new MikronWood Thermal Advantage Window System, featuring Quanex’s MikronWood composite frame material for increased thermal performance. The solidcore material is a blend of thermoplastic alloy resins that includes both PVC and acrylicbased polymers. This unique resin combination does not absorb moisture, relieving homeowners from damage caused by rot, mold and insects. MikronWood is a highly stable material that is suitable for cold, high-heat and high-humidity climates, providing significantly improved thermal performance over other frame materials including hollow PVC, aluminum, fiberglass and wood. Manufacturers and installers enjoy MikronWood’s solid construction that saws and mills in a similar fashion to wood with no need for costly diamondtipped blades, pre-drilling, corner keys, caulking and cleanup. It features a 4 1/2-inch frame depth that accommodates up to 1 3/8-inch thick insulating glass: perfect for highly efficient triple-glazed glass units. With an emphasis on visual appeal, thermal performance and low maintenance, this system is tailored to energy efficiency and design-conscious customers. The system is available with Quanex’s standard SuperCap colours in white, almond and adobe finishes. Additionally, the system is available in black, architectural bronze, adobe, hunter green, brick red and gray SuperCoat exterior colors and pine, maple, red oak and cherry real wood veneer interior finishes. TheThermal Advantage system is available in tilt single hung, horizontal slider, picture window, casement and awning styles.
GUARANTEED GLASS FIT
www.millcraft.on.ca
Millcraft Systems is a full-service supplier of geometric shaped vinyl, composite and wood windows and doors. Millcraft has been working with window and door companies in Canada and the U.S. for over 30 years. It is committed to providing fabricators with the service they expect and the quality product that their customers expect. Millcraft’s turnaround time sets it apart from the competition. Its ability to provide customers with curved window and door products in almost any shape and size has made it a leader in the industry. Vinyl window extrusion bending with a guaranteed glass fit for geometric shaped windows allows fabricators to order and process the glass while Millcraft fabricates the shape.
BOOTH 1741
BOOTH 1423
BOOTH 1541
BOOTH 1931
WINDOW AND DOOR
A.W.T WORLD WIDE TRADE INC.
AQUASURTECH OEM
EDTM INC.
ACCURATE DORWIN
ACME WINDOWS
ARCOR WINDOWS & DOORS INC.
ENER-GARD ENERGY PRODUCTS INC.
BENDHEIM
ADCO PRODUCTS INC.
CDS
AIR-INS INC.
CHICAGO WINDOWS AND DOORS
ENERMODAL ENGINEERING EURO VINYL WINDOWS
EVERLAST ALUMINUM LTD
CONSTRUCTION CONCEPTS UNLIMITED
AMESBURY
COURAGE DISTRIBUTING INC.
EVOTECH INDUSTRIAL COATINGS
CUSTOM PULTRUSIONS INC.
FENESTEK SYSTEMS INC.
INDUSTRYSUPPLIERS
GLASS & HARDWARE DEPOT A DIVISION OF WINDOW HARDWARE COMPANY
MARC PREVOST MACHINERY INC.
FENESTRATION CANADA
GLASSCRAFT
FENEWOOD LIMITED
HOME DOOR INC
NORTH AMERICA
HYGRADE COMPONENTS
IMSENT INC.
INTEGRAL WINDOW SYSTEMS
MEH SALES LTD
MODERN STRETCH FORM INC.
P.H. TECH INC.
JET EDGE
FNA EQUIPMENT SERVICES
KLAAS SWAVING LTD.
POLLARD WINDOWS
LOTHAR’S INDUSTRIAL SALES
FRANK LOWE RUBBER & GASKET
FRIEDMAN CORPORATION
M.I.S. AD HESIVE SPE CIALISTS
PVC ARCHITECTURAL INC
FENZI
INDUSTRYSUPPLIERS
QUALITY AUDITING INSTITUTE LTD.
QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS
RW COOMBER INC.
REHAU INDUSTRIES INC.
SCREENS-R-US
SPS GLASS & METALS, DIV. 1628611 ONTARIO LTD.
ROCSOLID DOOR COMPONENTS
SIKA CANADA INC.
STANDARD DOORS INC.
RPM ROLLFORMED METAL PRODUCTS
WINDOWS & DOORS INC.
STRYBUC INDUSTRIES
L&S EXTRUSIONS CORP.
TRUTH HARDWARE
UNICEL ARCHITECTURAL
VERRAGE GLASS & MIRROR INCORPORATED
SIXELA
SKYREACH
VI-LUX BUILDING PRODUCTS
VINYL WINDOW DESIGN LTD
VINYLCRAFT
WESTON WOOD SOLUTIONS, INC. WINDOW CITY
PATIO DOOR SCREENS
DOOR SEALS
PRODUCTCATEGORIES
PATIO DOOR SCREEN
RETRACTABLE SCREENS es
SCREEN COMPONENTS ies
SECONDARY LOCKS es
SIDE LITES y
SILLS, DOOR c.
STILES AND RAILS .
THRESHOLDS
EXIT DEVICES
FOLDING DOOR GASKETS
GLASS PADS
HANDLES KNOBS LATCHES
LEVER SETS
TRANSOMS
LOCKSETS LOUVERS
MORTISE LOCKSETS
MULTIPOINT LOCKS
PIVOTS
PUSH/PULL BARS
ROLLER CHANNELS
ROLLERS SETTING BLOCKS
SLIDING DOORS
STIFFENERS
TAPES, FOAM MOUNTING
TILT/SLIDE MECHANISMS
TRACK COVERS
VENT LOCKS
WEATHERSTRIP, DOORS
FIBERGLASS FIBERGLASS PATIO DOORS
FIRE-RATED DOORS FRENCH DOORS
IMPACT RESISTANT DOORS PVC DOORS
PATIO DOORS
PATIO DOORS, PVC AND COMPOSITE
RESIDENTIAL DOORS
BUMPERS
MUNTIN TAPES
CYLINDRICAL LOCKSETS
DEADBOLTS
DOOR PULLS
PATIO DOOR HANDLES
ALUMINUM CLAD
DIVIDED LITE
SLIDING DOORS (DOORS)
PRODUCTCATEGORIES
STEEL DOORS, CUSTOM
FRENCH, INTERIOR DOORS
CORNER KEYS
STORM DOORS
THERMALLY-BROKEN DOORS
FIBERGLASS, EXTERIOR DOORS
LOUVERED, INTERIOR DOORS
MDF, INTERIOR DOORS
MOULDED, INTERIOR DOORS
VINYL CLAD, INTERIOR DOORS
WOOD, INTERIOR DOORS
DESICCANTS
PVC AND COMPOSITE, EXTERIOR
PATIO, EXTERIOR DOORS
SLIDING GLASS, EXTERIOR DOORS
DECORATIVE GLASS
INSULATING GLASS
LAMINATED GLASS
LOW-EMISSIVITY GLASS
LOW-MAINTENANCE GLASS
TEMPERED GLASS
STEEL, EXTERIOR DOORS
ASSOCIATIONS
STORM, EXTERIOR DOORS
VINYL FRAMED DOORS, EXTERIOR
AIRSPACERS
WOOD, EXTERIOR DOORS
CAPILLARY TUBES
CONNECTORS
GAS FILLED, ARGON
GAS FILLED, KRYPTON
GAS FILLED, OTHER
GLAZING COMPOUNDS
HANDLING EQUIPMENT
SEALANTS SPACERS
SPACERS (INSULATING GLASS MACHIN.)
STAINLESS STRIP
DIMENSI ONAL LUMBER
IG UNITS, DOUBLE
FIBERBOARD
HARDBOARD
IG UNITS, SOLAR FILM
IG UNITS, TRIPLE
LAMINATED VENEER LUMBER
LUMBER, HARDWOOD
IG UNITS, WARM EDGE
LUMBER, SOFTWOOD
MEDIUM-DENSITY FIBERBOARD (MDF)
INSULATING GLASS MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT
LAMINATED, INSULATING
PLASTIC LUMBER
PLYWOOD, HARDWOOD
PLYWOOD, SOFTWOOD
MUNTIN BAR CLIPS
MUNTIN BARS
TREATED LUMBER WATERBOARD
FOLDING INTERIOR DOORS
PRODUCTCATEGORIES
PVC PROFILES
CASING
CUT STOCK
VENEERS
WINDOW AWNINGS
BENDING SERVICE
CONSULTING SERVICES
PLASTIC/POLYMER MOULDINGS
PRIMED MOULDINGS
SOFTWOOD MOULDINGS
VENEER MOULDINGS
VINYL-WRAPPED
WOOD/PLASTIC COMPOSITE PROFILES
ERP SYSTEMS
INSULATING GLASS (SOFTWARE)
INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
OPTIMIZATION PROGRAMS
ORDER ENTRY SYSTEMS
RETRACTABLE SCREENS (WINDOW COMP.)
SCREENS
ENERGY TESTING
MARKET RESEARCH SERVICES
PRODUCT DESIGN AND CONSULTING
STANDARDS TESTING
TRAINING
WEATHER TESTING
DECKING COATINGS AND SEALANTS
FENCING, WOOD
RAILING, WOOD
BALANCES, SASH
BALANCES, WINDOWS
BLINDS, INTERNAL
DECORATIVE LAMINATE FILMS (WINDOW COMP.)
EXTRUSIONS, COMPOSITE
EXTRUSIONS VINYL
SEALANTS AND ADHESIVES
SILLS, ADJUSTABLE
TRIM, WINDOWS, METAL
TRIM, WINDOWS, VINYL
TRIM, WINDOWS, WOOD
WINDOW JAMBS
ACCESS CONTROL (WIND. HARDWARE)
BALANCES
COATING FOR VINYL DOORS AND WINDOWS
GLAZING TAPES
CHECKRAIL LOCKS
WINDOW DESIGN
COATING FOR WOOD WINDOWS
FINGER JOINTERS
FLEXIBLE MOULDINGS
HARDWOOD MOULDINGS
DOORS PAINT AND FINISHES
WINDOWS AND LINEALS
GRILLES, WINDOW
JAMB LINERS
COMBO LOCK/TILT LATCH SYSTEMS HINGES (WIND. HARDWARE)
PAINT AND FINISHES (WINDOW COMP.)
PRODUCTCATEGORIES
HINGES, FOUR-BAR
ACME WINDOWS
ROLLERS (WIND. HARDWARE)
JAMB ADJUSTERS (WIND. HARDWARE)
KEEPERS
VENT LOCKS (WIND. HARDWARE) WEATHERSTRIPPING, WINDOWS
