Client news: Tubelite expands production capabilities and capacity at Michigan manufacturing facilities

“As part of our strategic plan for continuous improvement and growth, this investment increases our capacity and capabilities, while maintaining the dependable, high-quality of our products and of our customer service levels.”

Client news: Kolbe’s impact resistant K-Force windows and doors provide coastal communities with safety, strength and beauty

Kolbe offers impact certified casement, awning, double hung, transom, segment head and half-circle top windows, plus outswing entrance doors and lift and slide doors.

Client news: More than 20,000 Kolbe products are ENERGY STAR qualified in both the U.S. and Canada

A sampling of the more than 20,000 Kolbe products that meet or exceed ENERGY STAR(R) criteria for both the U.S. and Canada will be exhibited at the 2012 International Builders Show (IBS) in booth W3729.

Association News: Vote online by Feb. 10 for your favorite Videotect entry

Online voting is open February 1–10. All visitors to architecturemn.com can view the entries and vote for their favorite. The top vote-getters will be screened and voted on again at the Walker Art Center on March 1, with the winner taking home the $2,000 Viewers’ Choice Award.

Client news: Kolbe maximizes views with oversized openings

Custom products from Kolbe’s Ultra Series will debut at IBS:
* a 90-degree wall unit for corner views,
* a 7-foot-tall awning window finished in black,
* a four-panel-wide Folding Window System to complement the Folding Door System, and
* a 10-foot-high door with a palm tree design.

Association news: AAMA announces 2012 schedule of events; Residential Green Certification nears completion at Annual Conference

* February 26-29, 75th Annual Conference at the Naples Grande Hotel (Waldorf Astoria) in Naples, Fla.
* April 10-11, Western Region Spring Meeting at the Embassy Suites Portland Airport Hotel in Portland, Ore.
* May 8-10, Southeast Region Spring Meeting at the Marriott Austin South in Austin, Texas
* June 10-13, AAMA National Summer Conference at the Marriott Oak Brook Hills located in Oak Brook, Ill.
* October 14-17, AAMA National Fall Conference at the Hyatt Regency Tamaya located in Santa Ana Pueblo (Albuquerque), N.M.

Client news: Kolbe displays customization, personalization, innovation

Attendees at the International Builders’ Show (IBS) in Orlando, Feb. 8-11, 2012, will be treated to an array of custom capabilities on display at Kolbe’s booth W3729.

Client news: Appleton Coated offers proof to Feel Good about choosing Utopia coated papers

Demonstrating its commitment to environmentally responsible practices, Appleton Coated presents its own Corporate Sustainability Report (CSR) online for review.

Client news: New DoD campus designed to meet BRAC and LEED criteria, features Wausau blast hazard mitigating systems

Keeping with LEED Gold criteria, the high-performance building is targeted to consume 30% less energy than a comparable, traditionally-constructed office building.

Client news: Print Utopia revs up paper choices for challenging times with U1X:Green from Appleton Coated

U1x:Green was the first coated paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council™, contains a minimum of 20% post-consumer fiber and is manufactured with Green Power, electricity provided from renewable energy sources.