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With this acquisition, CertainTeed now owns and operates four window manufacturing facilities. The others are located in Auburn, Washington, Richmond, Virginia and Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania. An additional facility, anderson currently under construction in Lebanon, Indiana, will start production in 2003. CertainTeed also owns a vinyl window component extrusion plant in Hagerstown, Maryland.The company Corona, California facility currently employs 250 people and is located about 50 miles east of Los Angeles. No change in employment levels is expected. The facility manufactures CertainTeed''s highly popular Bryn Mawr II, New Castle II, New Castle XT, and Somerton II lines of new construction and replacement windows.CertainTeed Corporation is a leading manufacturer of residential and anderson commercial roofing, vinyl and fibercement siding, vinyl windows and patio doors, composite decking and railing, ventilation products, fiber glass insulation, vinyl fence, deck and window railing, piping products and ceiling products. The company is headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and employs more than 7,000 employees at company approximately 50 manufacturing facilities throughout North America. The company had sales of approximately $2.2 billion in 2001. www.certainteed.com In addition, Superseal has integrated such features as a brick mold exterior, integral J channel, welded frame and sashes, 4 9/16" jamb, standard low-E glass, and much more. All SuperCell 2000 windows come in double hung, picture window and a variety of architectural shapes. To view the SuperCell 2000 window and see more of its standard and optional features, visit www.supercell2000.com.Replacement windows approved for preservation jobsWeather Shield "HR175" replacement windows are fabricated to make it easy for designers to replicate a look that is anderson historically accurate. They are listed in the National Parks Service directory for preservation products, and have consistently been window approved by state and local historic preservation review boards. The single-hung windows feature bottom sashes that tilt in for easy cleaning. They are available in a variety of exterior colors and five interior wood company selections. CertainTeed anderson Corporation, one of North America''s leading building product manufacturers, announced today the acquisition of Marshall Vinyl Windows, Inc. of Corona, California. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.Founded in 1954, Marshall Vinyl window Windows, Inc. manufactures vinyl windows and doors for distribution throughout California, Arizona and Nevada. Since 1992, Marshall has been an independent window fabricator for CertainTeed, taking the vinyl components company manufactured by CertainTeed, anderson then assembling and selling finished product under the CertainTeed brand name."Marshall has been a tremendous partner of ours in manufacturing high-quality windows window and patio doors," says Harald Jacobsen, president of CertainTeed''s Window Products Group. "This acquisition opens the door to new growth opportunities throughout company the Southwestern United States and also brings us closer to our goal of becoming a nationwide, fully integrated window manufacturer and supplier."
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