Door and Window Market Magazine

1 week ago | dwmmag.com | Drew Vass

News that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program might be on the chopping block sent shockwaves through the agency Tuesday, after a reorganization plan revealed Friday, May 2, showed the program’s parent division removed from an organizational chart, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told [DWM]. The same plan surfaced Monday in a presentation, the source said.

1 week ago | dwmmag.com | Drew Vass

Jeld-Wen Inc. has undergone a string of layoffs in recent months, the latest of which is set to take place in Oregon. The company filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) with the Oregon HECC Office of Workforce Investments on Thursday, May 1, announcing the impending closure of its doors plant in Chiloquin. The closing will displace 128 workers. Production will be moved to other existing facilities, Katie Lykins, Jeld-Wen’s manager of external communications, told [DWM].

3 weeks ago | dwmmag.com | Drew Vass

In March of this year, under the direction of a new presidential administration, the U.S. raised tariffs on aluminum from 10% to 25%, while maintaining a 25% rate on steel—two key materials for doors and windows. Other duties have proven volatile, amid the negotiations of a trade war, but those implemented on aluminum and steel apply universally and remain intact. That leaves what Matthew Price sees as a window of opportunity for an age-old industrial material: hemp.

1 month ago | dwmmag.com | Drew Vass

The Window and Door Manufacturers Association held its Spring Meeting and Legislative Conference last week in Washington, D.C. As the event wrapped up with a networking reception at the Westin Washington, D.C. City Center, just blocks away President Donald Trump stepped into the White House Rose Garden where he announced minimum tariffs of 10% across all countries, starting April 5. Additional “reciprocal” tariffs took effect Wednesday, April 9, targeting specific countries.

1 month ago | dwmmag.com | Drew Vass

A string of layoffs over recent months is set to continue for Jeld-Wen Inc., as the company prepares to release 56 workers from its facility in Dallas County, Texas. The door and window manufacturer filed a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) in March, with layoffs set to occur April 28. [DWM] has since confirmed that Jeld-Wen will end operations at the doors plant in Coppell, Texas, and move production to other existing facilities.