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The HR175 is shown here at the North Island Apartments building in Aurora, Ill., which was recently renovated. Weather pella ShieldCircle 261Aluminum-clad doors wood windowsEagle aluminum-clad wood windows windows provide the structural pella integrity, energy efficiency and low maintenance desired in commercial doors installations. Their special weatherstripping, coupled with "Maximizer Plus" low-E insulating glass, offers windows some of the lowest air infiltration ratings in the industry. Options include true divided lights, decorative glass inserts and 40 designer colors. Eagle Window & Door.Circle 267Clubhouse windows help create natural lookThe Lost Dunes Golf Club in Bridgman, Mich., has a new 20,000-sq.-ft. clubhouse with a lodge-like appearance that blends in with its wooded surroundings. The building is sited so that the dining room and club room have views of the course and a small lake. To fit the rustic lodge look, architect pella Robert Gross of Chipman Adams Ltd. selected Andersen "Flexiframe" fixed windows in an earthy "Terratone" colon The windows feature low-maintenance exteriors and energy-efficient "High-Performance" insulating glass. "The `Flexiframe'' units worked well within the truss framework and matched the large rectangular Andersen windows below," Gross said. Andersen. "This credit facility will allow ThermoView to acquire additional manufacturers and retailers/installers of quality and advanced doors technology vinyl windows, consistent with our aggressive consolidation strategy within the $7 billion replacement window/door industry," noted Steve Hoffmann, President windows and Chief Executive Officer of ThermoView Industries, Inc. "It will also support the initial funding of our Key Home Credit subsidiary, which was established to provide our customers with installment financing for their window and door purchases. Key Home Credit loans are secured by mortgages on customers'' homes, and we expect the financing pella of window purchases to become a significant profit center for our Company in the future." With this acquisition, CertainTeed now owns and operates four window manufacturing facilities. The others are located in Auburn, Washington, Richmond, Virginia and Nesquehoning, doors Pennsylvania. An additional facility, windows currently under construction in Lebanon, Indiana, will start production pella in 2003. 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. 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 doors manufacturer windows of residential and commercial roofing, vinyl and fibercement siding, vinyl windows and patio doors, composite decking pella 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, doors and employs more than 7,000 employees at approximately 50 manufacturing facilities throughout North America. The windows company had sales of approximately $2.2 billion in 2001. www.certainteed.com
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