Atrium Companies Incorporated Invests $7 Million in North Carolina

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Researched by Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources; Houston, Texas). Atrium Companies Incorporated (Dallas, Texas) is investing $7 million to open a manufacturing plant in Welcome, North Carolina. The company chose Reynolds Architects (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) to perform Architectural & Engineering for a 30,000 square foot building beginning construction February 2003. Landmark Builders (Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is performing construction services. Atrium expects to become operational by Fall 2003.

Atrium Companies Incorporated manufacturers fine doors, windows, French doors, patio doors, and other quality products from aluminum & vinyl materials. Vinyl has become the product of choice in the window industry and represents about 75 % of Atrium sales. The company markets to wholesalers for new construction and remodeling, retail centers, and lumberyards. Atrium operates 12 window and door manufacturing plants in 10 states, 25 distribution centers in the United States and Mexico, and 3 extrusion operations in the US.