Window & Door groups to merge
The Northeast Window & Door Association will merge with the Window & Door Manufacturers Association.
The Northeast Window & Door Association will merge with the Window & Door Manufacturers Association.
Under the plan, expected to be finalized in the coming weeks, members of NWDA will become members of the newly formed WDMA-Northeast. Under the new structure, WDMA-Northeast members will continue to receive the same benefits as they did with NWDA, including regular regional meetings, as well as certain services from WDMA, such as legislative, regulatory and code representation, issue briefs and alerts, access to technical experts and participation in WDMA conferences.
Current WDMA members will also have the opportunity to become members of WDMA-Northeast and participate in its activities.
"WDMA is excited that NWDA will be joined with WDMA to better serve window, door and skylight manufacturers and their suppliers," said Al Babiuk, WDMA Chairman and CEO of Loewen Windows, in the press release announcing the deal. "By merging associations we will have a stronger voice to promote, protect and advance the interests of the industry at the national level and in the Northeast."
WDMA’s Steve Chen, NWDA President Steve Chen, the COO of Crystal Window & Door Systems, called the merger “a bold visionary step.”
