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High Performance Fiberglass Windows & Doors: Technology and Automation

  • Duxton Windows & Doors 45 Higgins Avenue Winnipeg, MB, R3B 0A8 Canada (map)

Join YCLM for a tour of the DUXTON Windows & Doors factory. 

Fiberglass windows represent a growing market in Manitoba, being invented right here in our home city.  Learn more about the material, brand new products, the manufacturing process, and the exciting Joseph Machine!

Highlights include:

o   How it's Made: A step-by-step guide through making windows & doors and how they contribute to the building envelope.

o   Newest Product Advances: The newest products on the market, plus industry developments including higher R-values, more robust assemblies, and expansive walls of glass.

o   The Joseph Machine: An automated fabrication centre, slated to arrive the last week of May.  Glimpse into the industry stepping towards automation and even robotics.

Rae & Jerry's will be catering lunch, included with your ticket purchase.

About the Company:

DUXTON Windows & Doors is a family business founded by Al Dueck in 1999.  After being in the industry for many years, Al chose to focus exclusively on the fiberglass market due to the material's potential.  Today DUXTON has 60 staff and ships product across the prairies, all the way up to the Canadian Far North. DUXTON makes it a priority to be responsive to the market, regularly launching new products each year to suit commercial and high end residential applications.