Window, Door Manufacturers Open Up in U.S.

Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--As new home sales and commercial building projects increase, the U.S. window and door industry is expanding. Product innovation is a big priority, as demand increases for custom designs. Manufacturers are offering new solutions and increasing capacity through modernized plants. Industrial Info is tracking $35 million in U.S. window and door projects.

According to the American Architectural Manufacturers Association, there are two kinds of design trends in the window and door industry. First is connectivity from the interior to the exterior living space for homeowners, showing the home to be more versatile and letting in more natural light. Second is an increased demand for contemporary architecture in preferred big glass and door sizes and shapes in homes and commercial buildings, which is expected to grow 8% in 2017. First-time home buyers, millennials and baby boomers are investing more on home and commercial renovation projects.

In Nebraska, Gerkin Window and Doors' (South Sioux City, Nebraska) $5 million metal door and windows manufacturing plant expansion in South Sioux City comprises a 73,000-square-foot building addition at the existing 170,000-square-foot facility and adding horizontal computer numerical control (CNC) machining equipment and a hydraulic frame press. Construction is expected to begin this summer and be completed in early spring 2018.

NewSouth Window Solutions' (Tampa, Florida) $17 million window and door manufacturing plant project in Tampa, Florida, includes construction of a 234,500-square-foot facility. Construction began this spring, and completion is set for early 2018.

Huttig Building Products Incorporated's (Saco, Maine) $5 million metal door and sash manufacturing plant expansion in Saco, Maine, includes a 40,000-square-foot building addition at an existing 91,400-square-foot facility. Construction is expected to begin this summer and is planned to be completed at the end of 2017.

Thermu-Tru Corporation's (Maumee, Ohio) $8 million residential door molding manufacturing plant equipment addition in Butler, Indiana, entails adding three door assembly lines, a conveyor coating line and sheet-molding compound press, three sheet-molding compounding presses and a CNC operation for machining lock and door openings. Construction is expected to begin in early 2018 and is planned for completion that summer.

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