Geoshield announced at the company’s dealer forum that it has renewed its five-year distribution agreement with Gulf Coast countries. The company is expanding into 24 new stores that will be open by the end of 2012 and a new line of films is expected to be released in this area sometime in November. Geoshield will [...]

Solutia released financial reports for the first quarter of 2012 and the news for film is good. The net sales for the first quarter is $85 million which is an increase of $9 million from the first quarter in 2011. The company attributes the increase to the Southwall acquisition and strong sales in Asia and [...]

Yannick Larose, president of X-Vitres Teintees, a Quebec window film company, has pled guilty to being the mastermind behind two counts of assault and two counts of aggravated assault. The events took place between 2003 and 2007. Larose also pled guilty to one count of intimidation against two employees of Tech-Hue between 2006 and 2007. [...]

3M dealers were presented with awards at the company’s Window Film Dealer Conference which took place in San Diego, Calif., this month. More than 200 dealers attended and joined the company in recognizing 3M’s top dealers. Columbia Filters, Inc, of Rutherford, N.J., was recognized as the National Dealer of the Year. Sun Control of Minnesota, [...]

Madico Inc. announced the acquisition of select assets from Courage Distributing LLC, based in Cleveland, Ohio. Included in those assets were distribution rights for Sun-Gard branded window film in five Midwest states including Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio and Michigan. The latest acquisition comes just weeks after an announcement from Madico that the company was acquiring [...]

Online registration for the International Window Film Conference and Tint-Off™ (IWFC) 2012 is now open online at the official event website, www.windowfilmmag.com/iwfc. The IWFC is set to be held September 20-22, 2012 at the Kentucky International Convention Center and the Hyatt Regency Louisville in Louisville, Ky. The Exhibition/Extravaganza, including the two Tint-Off™ competitions, will be [...]

The sixth annual Panorama Dealer Meeting was held March 7-10 and hosted more than 200 attendees in San Diego. At the event, Solar Gard recognized some of the company’s top dealers with awards. John Henderson of Royal Window Films in Anaheim,Calif., was recognized as Panorama Dealer of the Year. Richard Puthoff of Eclipse Window Tinting [...]

A survey of Window Film magazine readers, along with its sister publications, USGlass, AGRR and Door and Window Manufacturer magazines, shows that 62 percent of industry representatives hope to see the New York Giants win the upcoming Super Bowl this Sunday in Indianapolis. However, the numbers were a little closer when it came to who industry representatives [...]

Madico has taken more of its window film distribution into its own hands. The window film manufacturer has purchased select assets from The Enpro Group, including the distribution rights of Madico products in 16 states. “The Enpro Group has been successfully distributing Madico products for over 30 years and we have truly enjoyed this long-standing [...]

The International Window Film Association (IWFA) is informing customers about some specific benefits of using window film. In a press release, the IWFA explains to consumers that in the winter months the sun’s lower positioning can create more glare problems in buildings. The association goes on to say that using window film can help alleviate glare [...]