Recent News

February 2, 2012
- Solutia Acquisition Will Increase Growth Rate for Eastman in Asia Pacific
- Madico Aquires Select Enpro Distribution Assets
- Utah Legislature Move to Allow Darker Car Windows Dies
- State Announces Clean Tennessee Energy Grant Program And Energy Efficiency Projects
- Window Tint: Slashing Business Costs While Going Green
- Citations for Loud Mufflers, Illegal Tinting are Issued
- Today’s Blog: Change, Meet My Friend Denial

January 19, 2012
- 3M Takes Better Buildings Challenge In-House
- Tint World to Open New Location in Charlotte
- Hightstown High School Grad Loses Battle With Cancer, Friends Continue Fundraising Efforts
- Window Tinting Prices: Three Things That Make a Difference
- IWFA Promotes Window Film as Solution for Glare
- LEBANON- Police Confiscate 929 Unlicensed Motorcycles

January 5, 2012
- Performance Films Distributing Moves Forward with Distributorship Agreement
- V-Kool Planning New Solutions Next Year
- Genealogical Society Promotes Awareness of African American Culture
- Key Communications Events Manager Receives Award for Outstanding Performance
- Noticing Window Film on Your Honeymoon
- Bayonne Cops Pull Over Man with Tinted Windows, Also Discover Suspended License and $50 Bill
- Today’s Blog: Why I Hate Resolutions

December 15, 2011
- FILM’d Reviews the Events of 2011
- Holiday Deals Popular Among Window Film Shops
- Madico Opens Northeast Service Center
- NTSB Calls for Nationwide Ban on Driver Cell Phone Use of All Sorts
- Tinted Windscreens and a One-Stop Career Centre Are on the Agenda for MPs Today
- Researchers Develop SolarWindow With Faster, Rapid Scale-Up Process for Applying Solution-Based Coatings
- Thornton Named Business Director for 3M’s Energy Conservation Division

December 1, 2011
- Commonwealth Laminating and Coating to Expand Facility in Martinsville
- Dates Announced for International Window Film Conference and Tint-Off™ 2012; Scheduled for September 20-22 in Louisville, Ky.
- Solutia’s EnerLogic Film Awarded as Innovative
- IWFA Warns Consumers about Effects of Winter Sun
- Adding Shades or Film Can Improve Inefficient Windows
- Driver Fined for Tinted Windows
- Today’s Blog: Bad Reputation

November 17, 2011
- Wrapping Up the SEMA Show with FILM’d
- FILM’d Goes Off the Record: 2011 Edition
- FILM’d: The Tint-Off Challenge
- Auto Wraps Can Save Struggling Phoenix Companies
- Brent Tatum: Life Under Wraps
- November/December Digital Edition of Window Film Magazine Now Available
- TODAY’S BLOG: Using Your Business Facebook Page to Build Connections by Patric Fransko
- Bird Deaths on Campus Prompt Window-Design Project, Art Exhibit
- Keep Out Cold This Winter
- HPD Monitoring Window Tint
- Cops Say They Discovered Huge ID Theft Operation
- Officials: Police Use ‘Best System Available’ to Measure Window Tint

November 3, 2011
- FILM’d Discovers Status of Industry and New Products at SEMA Show
- SEMA Show 2011 Kicks Off in Las Vegas
- View Window Film Magazine’s SEMA Show Slideshow
- NIST Researcher Shares Results of Test on Properties of Polymer
- Solutia Extends Distributorship Agreement Through 2015
- Window Film Editor Katie Hodge Weds
- Energy Tip #3: Plastic Window Film
- Window Tint Violations Becoming More Prevalent on Base
- Viva La Film

October 20, 2011
- Industry Responds to Solutia’s Acquisition of Southwall Technologies
- Window Film Industry to Make Appearances in Maryland and Las Vegas
- Energy Entrepreneurs Flock to Renewables Bonanza
- IRS Eases Up on Worker Misclassifications
- Window Tinting Tickets Biased?
- Businessman: Town’s Window Tint Meters Are Inaccurate
- 5 Ways to Lower Your Heating Bills This Winter

October 6, 2011
- Industry Reacts to Finalized Sale of Solar Gard
- Energy-Efficiency Remains a Major Focus at Greenbuild
- Glass TEXpo™ Returns to San Antonio in April 2012
- Tint World® Licenses Three New Franchise Locations
- 3M Film Turns Windows Into Transparent Solar Panels
- DigiGlass Names EURO Windowfilm AB Official Reseller in Sweden
- DuPont and Bürkle Claim Glass/Glass Thin-Film Solar Module Productivity Breakthrough
- Shelby County Considers Vehicle Tint Ordinance
- Agency on Lookout for Tinted Windows at Jakarta Terminals
- Drivers with Tinted Windows Win Some and Lose Some
- TODAY’S BLOG: What I Know for Sure by Katie Hodge

August 25, 2011
- Florida Kids Attend “Film School”
- Solar Gard Donates Items for Silent Auction
- Five Reasons Why Accreditation Matters
- IWFA Announces Release of Dealer Survey
- Tinting Can Keep Your Car Cooler in Florida’s Summer Sun
- Inexpensive Window Film Has Many Benefits, From Cutting Energy Bills to Preventing Break-Ins
- David Beckham Caught for Illegal All-Black Tints on Car Window
- Alleged Tinting Violations Lead to Felony Charges

August 11, 2011
- Bekaert Specialty Films Sold to Saint-Gobain
- What Happens in California, Never Stays in California
- Contest Winner Competing in Tint-Off
- Want More Out of Your Online Marketing? Cody Flanagan Has Answers
- Johnson Window Films Gives Away Trip to the International Window Film Tint-Off and Conference
- New Energy Generates Electricity on Flexible Plastic Using Novel See-Through SolarWindow Coatings
- PHILLIPINES—Elevating Auto Tinting to an Art Form
- AUSTRALIA—Starleaton Opens International ‘Wrap Artist’ Contest to Australia and New Zealand
- Q&A: Window Film Helps to Keep the Summer Heat Outside
- Lamar County Buildings to Receive Facelift

July 21, 2011
- A New Law in Florida Has Window Film Companies Up in Arms
- International Window Film Conference Seminars Focus on the Customer
- Play by the Rules: Rules and Regulations and Score Sheet Now Online
- Become IWFA-Accredited During the Conference
- 3M Introduces Exterior Window Film Prestige Series
- Consider Window Film First
- SAGE’s Dr. Helen Sanders Tells Congress Green Building Loans Drive Job Creation
- Homeless Center Gets Energy Boost
- Vehicle Window Tinting Company Opens in Ferndale
- No Developments on ‘Tinted Car Windows Proposal’

July 7, 2011
- How $2.86 an Hour Made Tinter Michael Phifer Rich
- IWFA Launches New Branding Campaign
- Who is Behind the Big Event?
- U.S. Film Crew Takes Common Courtesy Approach to Competition
- Drivers Opt for Window Tinting to Avoid Rays
- Angie’s Advice: Try Window Film to Make Room Temp Just Right
- How Do You Use Daylighting While Reducing Excess Heat from Windows?
- Try Film on Windows, Doors to Stop Bird

May 26, 2011
- It’s All Natural
- International Window Film Tint-Off and Conference™ Information Update
- Advent of V-KOOL® Heralds a New Era of Change in the Window Film Industry in South Korea
- Solar Gard Photovoltaics Delivers New Benchmark for Backsheet Cost and Performance
- Lilly Planning to Add Life-Science Artwork to its Campus

May 12, 2011
- PGC International Legislative Retreat Wraps Up in Washington, D.C.
- Tint-Off First Prize Increased to $10,000
- 3M to Build Solar Materials Plant in Hefei, China
- Chemistry Energizes China
- Pioneering Efficiency Advocate Blair Hamilton Dies
- Unapproved Hurricane Protection Draws Warning in Florida
- The Pros and Cons of Window Films

April 28, 2011
- Chairman Discusses New Members Action Committee of the IWFA
- Hanita Coatings Acquires Film Pacific Australia
- Obama Signs 1099 Repeal Into Law
- New Tool Helps Police Crack Down on Tinted Windows
- Footballer Josh Walker Stopped for Having ‘Too Dark’ Car Windows

March 10, 2011
- FILM’d Presents the State of the Industry
- Advanced Window Solutions Named National Dealer of the Year by Solutia
- Mizrachi Brothers Open Three New TintWorld Centers
- 3M Introduces New Translucent Polyester Window Films
- IWFA Announces Creation of Members Action Committee
- Heavily Tinted Car Window Leads to Arrest of Maryland Probationer in Brookside

February 24, 2011
- Steve Phillips: “I’m Here to Stay”
- Solutia Expands Llumar Decorative Window Film Program
- Digital Light Sensor Chip Draws 0.65µA
- Do It Yourself: Some CFL Options For Covered Fixtures
- PRO/CON: Is Crackdown on Minor Traffic Violations Fair?
- Window Smashed While Pupils Work

January 27, 2011
- Window Film Proves Itself as Powerful Marketing Tool
- Solar Gard® Window Film Calls for Increased Transparency as it Publishes Largest Environmental Product Declaration
- National Window Films Celebrating 20 Years Of Excellence
- Licenses Granted to U.S. Companies Run the Gamut
- Nano Ceramic Technology Wins 2010 Car & Driver Award
- CHINA – Solar Gard Plans to Build New Specialty Film Production Plant in China
- Operation vs Tinted-Windows to Start Today: LTFRB Official
- Easy Eco Ways to Credit Crunch Proof Your Home and Save Over £500 Per Year
- Drug/DUI Arrests Appealed; Drivers Say Window-tinting Wasn’t Cause to be Stopped

January 13, 2011
- International Window Film Tint-Off and Conference™ Makes Plans
- Directed Electronics Enters Film Industry
- 2010 Top Products
- Hodge Promoted to Editor of Window Film Magazine
- Retailers’ Green Efforts Focused on Energy Management
- Tottenham star faces speeding sentence after being clocked at 105mph