FGIA has been working on a major new member benefit since January of 2024, and we are thrilled to share that our brand-new website is almost ready to launch! The revamped FGIA website is packed with new features that will be of particular interest to members. This upgrade will include improved navigation and streamlined access to member tools right from your personalized dashboard including your council, committee and task group involvement. The new site is designed to help you stay connected and get more done,...

Did you hear the news? The annual FGIA IG Fabricators Workshop, led by industry experts, will take place in a new location (and time of year!) in 2025. This year, this popular event will take place September 16-18 at the Intertek testing facility in Fridley, MN. Registration for this event will open in June, so keep an eye out for future announcements. This training always fills up fast.Since its launch in 2016, the IG Fabricator Workshop has hosted more than 300 practitioners of the IG...

The FGIA summer event has a new format in 2025! As part of FGIA’s objective focused on delivering purposeful and valued events, the Summer Conference will be transitioned into a fully virtual event. However, this new format for the summer event will not simply transfer the in-person conference structure to an online experience. Instead, it will be entirely different and will focus on delivering high-value information through speakers, industry reports and presentations. During this event, participants will hear the latest updates and news from various...

Every spring, FGIA makes sure the industry is talking about an important issue: window safety. You might notice that our monthly newsletter, FGIA e-News, and our three monthly blogs in March all discuss Window Safety Week, recognized the first full week of April each year. That is because FGIA is a dedicated member of the Window Safety Task Force, a group that seeks to heighten awareness of what parents and caregivers should do to help keep their homes and families safer from the risks of...

The Window Safety Task Force was formed in 1997 to provide education to help parents and caregivers prevent window falls. Upon joining the task force (and the fenestration industry) in 2004, I could immediately see the benefit of this important work; however, I didn’t really have any skin in the game. Now, I have 21 years of industry experience under my belt and serve as the co-chair of the WSTF, while also being the mother of two amazing kids and the neighborhood “window safety lady.”As...

It has been a particularly long winter, with snow days approaching the double digits here in the Mid Ohio Valley where I live, but there is light at the end of the tunnel! And, as is the case each spring, with warmer weather comes this reminder to parents: Screens are meant to keep bugs out, not to keep kids in. This is just one of many pieces of advice offered by the Window Safety Task Force. This industry group takes the time each year to...

We are fresh off the heels of one of our most successful events yet: the 2025 FGIA Annual Conference, which was held in Orlando, FL and had a space-centric theme of igniting innovation. This included an exceptional private tour of the Kennedy Space Center, two virtual reality headsets on site for participants to try and a panel of member companies talking about the innovations being made within their organizations. Plus, we offered plenty of content around our strategic objectives – research, industry leadership, advocacy, product...

Consensus-based document development is one of the strengths of FGIA, and as a member, your participation is important. When documents, in the form of ballots or surveys, are sent for review, and hopefully approval, it is important to respond to those ballots, and any ballot-related emails. Not responding can throw up roadblocks in the document development process.Having a say in the development and updating of industry standards and documents may be the largest benefit of membership. Throughout our history of industry leadership, FGIA has become...

Will you be in Orlando for the FGIA Annual Conference? Even if you can’t be on site, FGIA’s social media presence makes it easy to keep up with highlights in real time. The Annual Conference is our biggest event each year, and it’s when we get the chance to recognize our members for their contributions, their tenure with the organization and more. Here are four things to watch for on social media during the event, taking place February 17-20.Tenure Awards: Many FGIA members are celebrating...

Member awards are an important part of every FGIA Annual Conference, and this year will be no exception. The awards ceremony and reception is a time when we can look back on the work of the previous year and recognize the members who went above and beyond to contribute to our success. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the awards nomination and selection process, I wanted to share some information about how FGIA’s winners were selected and why.For each award, nomination surveys are...