Treating every job as the most important job of your career will get you noticed. Just ask Agustin De Sousa. De Sousa’s shop, Master Window Tinting in Doral, Fla., is known for its professional work and attention to detail. Other local businesses have taken notice. Richard Estrada of High Tech Electronics in nearby Hialeah, Fla., [...]
St. Louis-based Solutia Inc. officials say that sales could triple due to increased demand for energy conservation and electronics materials, according to reports from Bloomberg. According to the report, chief executive officer Jeffry Quinn says he expects revenue in the performance-films unit to double or triple over the next three to five years. Read more [...]
Erickson International, Las Vegas based manufacturer of American Standard Window Film (ASWF), has hired Beth Martin as a new sales representative in Florida. Martin, who completed a variety of executive development courses at Cornell University, has experience preparing and planning high impact displays and booth presentations for national trade shows. Chris Welker, national sales manager [...]
The Illinois Senate recently approved an amendment to the Illinois Vehicle Code by the Senate Committee. The amendment deletes a provision about side window tinting on multipurpose passenger vehicles. It also adds a provision stating that on vehicles where nonflective, smoked or tinted glass was originally installed by the manufacturer on the windows to the [...]
Paul Panarisi, marketing manager for Madico based in Woburn, Mass., passed away Tuesday, July 7, in Boynton Beach, Fla., at 46 years old. Panarisi spent 18 years in the window film business with Madico. He joined the company in 1992 in the warehouse at Madico Southeast, moved to California in sales and branch management, returned [...]
Solutia recently received grant money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE is investing more than $76 million dollars in companies that are working to make U.S. buildings and homes more energy-efficient (CLICK HERE to read more). Solutia received $356,000 of this for its Performance [...]
One of the largest glass containment projects was completed recently in Qatar. Building Defence Systems WLL in conjunction with Pentagon Protection PLC used 1800 square meters of FT800 blast mitigation film for glazing to protect the exterior glazing at an oil and gas facility. The film was used to protect the facility and the people [...]
U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced awards totaling more than $76 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support advanced energy-efficient building technology projects and the development of training programs for commercial building equipment technicians, building operators, and energy auditors. Four companies in the window film industry are included among those [...]
Energy Products Distribution (EPD), a 3M distributor located in Baltimore, recently held two workshops for its automotive and commercial dealers. The company’s second annual automotive workshop was held May 10-11 for existing and prospective customers. EPD held a brief awards ceremony to recognize its largest paint protection film (PPF) and automotive window film customers, which [...]
While many companies continue to work toward keeping their doors open, some companies are opening new doors. Geoshield opened a new location in Dammam, Saudi Arabia on June 15. The 300 square-meter shop employs five tinters and will be managed by Maher Albader. The new location will be installing film on automobiles and flat glass, [...]
