Industry News

May 6,2008
- International Window Film Expo, Conference and Tint-Off™ a Success
- Solamatrix Acquires FTI Assets
- CPFilms Donates to Local School
- XPEL Reports Jump in Annual Revenues
- Heavy Hurricane Season Predicted for Georgia and North Carolina
- Montalbano Rejoins Davis-Standard

April 3, 2008
- Solar Gard, Madico, SunTek and Solamatrix All Join as Sponsors of the International Window Film Expo, Conference and Tint-Off™
- Film Props Up Losses for Southwall
- Former PGC International Executive Director Retires
- Edmond Police Try Voluntary Checks First
- Shop Owner Says Giving Customers What They Want is Essential
- Government Jobs May Prove Strong in 2008
- IWFA to Host Accredited Classes at the International Window Film Expo and Conference

March 14, 2008 [Special News Supplement]
- International Window Film Expo, Conference and Tint-Off™ Continues to Grow and Welcome New Sponsors

March 3, 2008
- Gathering up the Pieces, Ex-FTI Distributors Move Onward
- Solutia Ready to Exit Bankruptcy - Lynn Haven Police Check for Illegal Tint
- Ridgefield School Board Cuts $200,000, OKs $77 million, Film Also Suggested
- May Trial Set for Men Accused of Torching Their Own Film Business
- International Window Film Expo, Conference and Tint-Off™ Quickly Approaching

February 26, 2008 [Special News Alert]
- Solamatrix to Acquire FTI Assets

February 2008
- FTI’s Closure No Sudden Downfall Wheeler Clears the Air in an Exclusive Interview
- Bekaert’s Fremont to Serve as IWFE Keynote Speaker
- FTI Closing Leaves 109 Jobless
- LLumar® Passes Hurricane and Bomb Blast Tests
- Truck Driver Receives Sentence for Hitting Trooper While Testing Tint
- XPEL Goes to Daytona

January 22, 2008 [Special News Alert]
- FTI Closes Its Doors

January 2008
- CPFilms Going Direct to Dealers for Northeast Distribution
- Man Charged with Robbing Vaughan Tint Shop
- INDIA - Ban On Using Sun Control Films On Vehicle Windscreens
- Southwall Technologies Listed Among “Stocks to Watch”
- XPEL Completes Armourfend Acquisition
- Konarka to enter Window Film Market
- Johnson Window Films Signs on as Ruby Sponsor of International Window Film Tint-Off™

November 2007
- CPFilms® Buys Assets of ATI
- XPEL Completes Paintshield Acquisition
- Searle's World — The Invasion of the Window Scratchers
- Tinting Shop Is a Glaring Success
- South Africa - Crackdown on Window Tint
- Bekaert Appoints Peter Andries Market Manager
- Film Companies Join Clinton Climate Initiative
- NWRA Says ANSI/SAE Z 26.1 Changes Will Impact Window Film

October 2007
- HanitaTek Hires New Field Sales Representative
- Taxing Situation Does in a Film Business
- Solutia is Doing Well after Three Years of Bankruptcy
- XPEL Hires Fitzhenry to Provide Investor Relations Services
- Unitab Backs a Winner with Window Film
- NHRA Founder Wally Parks Passes at Age 94

July 2007
- New York City Councilman Calls for Increased Tint Laws in State
- Legislation News
- Newly Declassified Window Film Keeps Out Hackers, Phone Calls, EMPs
- Pollution Cleanup Costs Cloud 3M Stock Outlook
- New Lincoln Business Offers Tints, Lots of Tricks for Vehicles
- Suntrol and Solar Control Products Merge
- Bekaert Provides Series B Funding for SAGE

June 2007
- XPEL to Acquire Canadian Company
- People on the Move: Southwall Technologies Promotes Capovilla to President and Vargas to Vice President
- Study Shows Skin Cancer Risks Rise with Extended Car-Time
- Tinted Windows Lead to Tickets
- 3M Authorizes Largest Share Repurchase in Company History

April 2007
- Sign Up Now to Attend International Window Film Conference™
- Window Film Eligible for Federal Tax Credits
- Solutia Reaches Settlement in Lawsuit With FMC Corporation
- Reflectiv Films for Glass Make Wonderful Windows of Opportunity

April 2007
- Ralph Nader to Keynote IWFE
- CPFilms Makes Cuts
- North Carolina Looks at Bill Overseeing Window Tinting
- XPEL Offers Recreational Vehicle Paint Protection Products
- Montreal YMCA drops tinted windows after members protest
- Clarifoil’s Biodegradable Window Film Wins U.S. Credentials
- Bankruptcy court says Solutia can continue to develop its own reorganization plan
- Nanotechnology steps into automobile accessories segment

January 2007
- Bekaert Expands into Taiwan
- Pentagon Protection Names Lipscombe VP
- Dealer Uses Window Film for Good Cause
- Deputies Target Illegal Window Tinting Shops
- Solutia Unveils Updated Bankruptcy Plan
- XPEL Technologies Hires New CEO, Plans Private Placement
- Window Film for Rod Laver Arena
- AIMCAL Plans Winter Management Meeting