ʻO ka makasina Window & Door makahiki makahiki 100 Mea Hana

ʻO ka papa inoa ʻo Window & Door magazine makahiki Top 100 Manufacturers ka 100 mau mea hana nui loa o ʻAmelika ʻĀkau o nā puka makani noho, nā puka, nā kukui a me nā huahana pili e ka nui o nā kūʻai. Hele pololei mai ka nui o ka ʻike mai nā hui a hōʻoia ʻia e kā mākou hui noiʻi. Ke noiʻi a hōʻoia nei kā mākou hui i ka ʻike e pili ana i nā hui ʻaʻole i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka loiloi, i hōʻike ʻia e kahi asterisk ma hope o ko lākou mau inoa. Hōʻoia hou ka papa inoa o kēia makahiki i nā mea a mākou i ʻike ai no nā makahiki: He olakino ka ʻoihana a hoʻomau ka ulu. •
Hema: Ua ʻike anei kāu hui i ka ulu nui a hiki ke ana i nā makahiki 5 i hala?* ʻAkau: Pehea ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana o kāu huina kūʻai ma 2018 me kāu huina kūʻai ma 2017?*
* Nānā: ʻAʻole hōʻike nā ʻikepili i nā hui āpau ma ka papa inoa o nā mea hana nui 100, akā ʻo ka poʻe wale nō i makemake e hāʻawi i ka ʻike, ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o ʻehā hapalima o ka papa inoa.
I kēia makahiki, ua nīnau ka noiʻi i nā hui inā ua hoʻokō lākou i ka ulu ʻana i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala. ʻEhiku mau hui i ʻōlelo ʻaʻole, a ʻōlelo ʻo 10 ʻaʻole maopopo lākou. ʻEhiku mau hui i hōʻike i ka loaʻa kālā i hoʻonui iā lākou i ka pae ma mua o nā makahiki i hala.
Hoʻokahi wale nō hui ma ka papa inoa o kēia makahiki i hōʻike i ka nui o nā kūʻai aku ma 2018 ma mua o 2017, i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka manawa like i ka makahiki i hala. Kokoke o na hui 'ē aʻe i hōʻike i ka piʻi ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā. Maikaʻi ka ulu ʻana o ke kūʻai ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka home hoʻokahi ʻohana i 2.8% ma 2018, e like me kahi noiʻi a ka US Department of Housing, Urban Development and Commerce.
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana i ka hale no nā mea hana huahana: Ua ulu ka mākeke hoʻoponopono home ma mua o 50% mai ka hopena o ka Great Recession, e like me ka Joint Center for Housing Studies ma Harvard University (jchs.harvard.edu).
Akā ʻo ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana e lawe mai i kāna mau pilikia ponoʻī. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā ʻoihana ma ka papa inoa o kēia makahiki i ʻōlelo ʻia "e noho i mua a mālama i ka ulu ʻana" ʻo ia kā lākou paʻakikī kiʻekiʻe. Pono ka ulu ʻana i nā talena hou aʻe, e pili ana me Windows & Doors' Industry Pulse survey ma mua o kēia makahiki, kahi i ʻike ai he 71% o nā mea pane e hoʻolālā e hoʻolimalima i 2019. ʻO ka hoʻolimalima ʻana a me ka mālama ʻana i nā limahana akamai ʻo ia kekahi o nā paʻakikī nui loa o ka ʻoihana, kahi mea e hoʻomau nei ʻo Windows & Doors e hōʻike i kāna moʻo hana hoʻomohala hana.
Ke piʻi mau nei nā kumukūʻai. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā hui 100 kiʻekiʻe i hoʻopiʻi i ka uku a me ka piʻi ʻana o nā kumukūʻai moku. (No ka ʻike hou aku e pili ana i nā pilikia o ka ʻoihana kaʻa kaʻa, e ʻike iā "In the Trenches.")
I ka makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻāpana kālā nui loa o Harvey Building Products mai $100 miliona a i $200 miliona a i $300 miliona a i kēia manawa i $500 miliona. Akā ua paʻakikī ka ʻoihana e hoʻokō i ka ulu hoʻomau no nā makahiki. Mai ka makahiki 2016, ua loaʻa i ka hui ʻo Soft-Lite, Northeast Building Products a me Thermo-Tech, nā mea a pau a Harvey i hōʻaiʻē i nā mea hoʻokele o kona ulu.
Ua ulu ka kūʻai ʻana o Starline Windows mai $300 miliona a i $500 miliona, a hiki i ke kiʻekiʻe o $500 miliona a i $1 biliona. Hāʻawi ka hui i kēia i ka wehe ʻana o kahi mea kanu hou ma 2016, i ʻae ai iā Starline e lawe i nā papahana hou aʻe.
I kēia manawa, hōʻike ʻo Earthwise Group ua piʻi aʻe nā kūʻai aku ma mua o 75 pakeneka i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala aku nei a ua hoʻolimalima ka hui ma mua o 1,000 mau limahana hou. Ua hoʻokuʻu aku ka hui i ʻelua mau hale hana hou a loaʻa hou i ʻekolu.
ʻO YKK AP, kekahi o nā hui nui loa ma kā mākou papa inoa me ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana ma luna o $ 1 biliona, ua hoʻonui i kāna mau hale hana a neʻe aku i kahi hale hana hou me ka ʻoi aku o 500,000 square feet o kahi ākea.
ʻO ka nui o nā hui ʻē aʻe ma ka papa inoa o kēia makahiki i hōʻike pū i ke ʻano o ka loaʻa ʻana a me ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka hiki ke kōkua iā lākou e ulu i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala.
Hana ʻo Marvin i kahi ākea ākea o ka puka makani a me nā huahana puka, me ka aluminika, ka lāʻau a me ka fiberglass, a hoʻohana ʻoi aku ma mua o 5,600 poʻe ma waena o kāna mau keʻena.
LEFT: MI Windows a me nā Puka, nona ka huahana nui he vinyl windows, manaʻo ʻia ka huina kūʻai o $ 300 miliona a i $ 500 miliona ma 2018, i ʻōlelo ʻia e ka hui mai ka makahiki i hala. ʻĀKAU: Hana ʻo Steves & Sons i kāna mau huahana, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mau puka o loko a me waho i hana ʻia me ka lāʻau, ke kila a me ka fiberglass, ma kāna mea kanu ʻo San Antonio.
I ka makahiki i hala iho nei, ua hoʻonui ʻo Boral i kāna poʻe hana ma ka 18% a ua hoʻonui i kona kapuaʻi ʻāina ma mua o kāna mākeke Texas kūloko i ka hema o ʻAmelika.
Hema: Ua hoʻokomo ʻo Vytex i kahi papahana a hoʻokomo i kāna ʻōlelo ʻana ua ʻike i ka ulu nui ʻana, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mākeke limahana akamai i ka papahana i nā hoa kūʻai. ʻĀkau: ʻO ka laina huahana koʻikoʻi o Lux Windows a me Glass Ltd. ʻo nā puka makani hybrid, akā hāʻawi pū ka hui i kahi ākea o nā huahana i ka alumini-metala, PVC-U a me nā mākeke puka.
Hoʻohana ʻo Solar Innovations i kahi pā kula hale ʻekolu i ʻoi aku ma mua o 400,000 kapuaʻi square, kahi e hana ai i nā hale hana a me nā keʻena no nā limahana 170.