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CertainTeed Corporation, one of North America''s leading building product manufacturers, pella announced today the acquisition of Marshall Vinyl Windows, Inc. of Corona, California. Terms of the sale were not disclosed.Founded in 1954, Marshall Vinyl Windows, Inc. manufactures windows vinyl windows and doors homepage for distribution throughout California, Arizona and Nevada. Since 1992, pella Marshall has been an independent window fabricator for CertainTeed, taking the vinyl components manufactured by CertainTeed, then assembling and selling finished product under the CertainTeed brand name."Marshall has been a tremendous partner of ours in manufacturing high-quality windows and patio doors," says Harald Jacobsen, president of windows CertainTeed''s Window Products Group. "This acquisition opens the door to new growth opportunities throughout the Southwestern United States and also brings us closer to our goal of becoming a nationwide, fully integrated window manufacturer and supplier." With this acquisition, homepage CertainTeed now owns and operates four window manufacturing facilities. The others are located in Auburn, Washington, Richmond, Virginia and Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania. An additional facility, currently under construction in Lebanon, Indiana, will start production 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 pella 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 commercial roofing, vinyl and fibercement siding, vinyl windows and windows and homepage patio doors, composite decking and railing, ventilation products, fiber pella glass windows insulation, homepage vinyl fence, deck and railing, piping products and pella ceiling products. The company is headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and employs more than 7,000 employees at approximately 50 manufacturing windows facilities throughout North America. The company had sales of approximately $2.2 billion in 2001. www.certainteed.com "This credit facility will homepage allow ThermoView to acquire additional manufacturers and retailers/installers of quality and advanced pella technology windows vinyl windows, consistent with our aggressive consolidation strategy within the $7 billion replacement window/door homepage industry," noted Steve pella Hoffmann, President 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 windows and homepage and door purchases. Key Home Credit loans are secured by mortgages on customers'' homes, and we expect the financing of window purchases to become a significant profit center for our Company in the future."
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