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CertainTeed anderson Corporation, one of North America''s leading building product manufacturers, announced today the acquisition of Marshall Vinyl Windows, doors Inc. of Corona, California. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.Founded and in 1954, Marshall Vinyl Windows, Inc. manufactures vinyl windows windows and doors for distribution throughout California, Arizona and Nevada. anderson Since doors and and 1992, Marshall windows and anderson has doors been an independent window fabricator for CertainTeed, and taking the vinyl components manufactured by CertainTeed, then assembling and selling windows finished product anderson under the CertainTeed brand name."Marshall has been a tremendous doors partner of ours in manufacturing high-quality windows and patio doors," says and Harald Jacobsen, president windows of CertainTeed''s Window Products Group. "This acquisition opens the door anderson to new growth opportunities throughout the Southwestern United doors States and also and brings us closer windows to our goal anderson of becoming doors a nationwide, fully integrated window manufacturer and supplier." With this acquisition, CertainTeed now owns and operates four window manufacturing facilities. The others are located in Auburn, Washington, and Richmond, Virginia and Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania. windows An additional facility, currently under construction in Lebanon, Indiana, will start production in 2003. anderson CertainTeed also owns a vinyl component extrusion plant in Hagerstown, Maryland.The Corona, California facility currently employs 250 people and is located about 50 miles east of Los Angeles. No change in employment levels is expected. doors The facility manufactures CertainTeed''s highly popular Bryn Mawr II, New and Castle windows II, New Castle XT, and Somerton II lines of new construction and replacement windows.CertainTeed Corporation is a leading manufacturer of residential anderson and commercial roofing, vinyl doors and fibercement siding, vinyl and windows windows and patio doors, composite decking and railing, ventilation products, fiber glass insulation, vinyl fence, deck and railing, piping products and ceiling products. The company is headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and employs more than 7,000 anderson employees at approximately 50 manufacturing doors facilities throughout North America. The and company had sales of approximately $2.2 billion in 2001. www.certainteed.co windows.
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