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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, currently under construction in Lebanon, Indiana, will start production in 2003. CertainTeed sears 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, sears New Castle XT, and Somerton II lines of new construction and replacement windows.CertainTeed Corporation is a leading manufacturer of residential and sears commercial roofing, vinyl and fibercement siding, vinyl windows and patio sears doors, composite decking and railing, ventilation products, fiber glass insulation, sears vinyl fence, deck and railing, piping products and sears ceiling products. The company is headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and employs more than 7,000 employees at approximately 50 manufacturing facilities throughout North America. The company had sales of approximately $2.2 billion in 2001. www.certainteed.com Circle 264Insulating units for prime windows"Therm-O-Lite" insulating windows units are installed on the inside of a facility''s existing windows, creating an air space that provides insulation from both heat and cold as well as cuts noise by more than 50 percent. The units are available with blinds inserted in the air space between the original window and the Therm-O-Lite unit. Because the windows do not alter exterior appearance, sears they are often used in historic buildings. They are available in fixed and operable models. Therm-O-Lite/Maine Glass.LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- ThermoView Industries, Inc. ("the Company") (OTC Bulletin Board: TVII), which designs, manufactures, markets and installs custom vinyl new and replacement windows and other home improvement products, today announced that PNC Bank will provide the Company with a $15 million committed line of credit facility. The two-year line of credit will be available for acquisitions, working capital and/or the initial funding of Key Home Credit, Inc., a wholly-owned ThermoView subsidiary which provides financing for customer purchases of vinyl windows.
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