Marvin Windows and Doors is featured in an article on MSNBC.com today that discusses the recent uptick in manufacturing in the United States. From the report: Susan Marvin went into 2010 expecting it to be much like 2009: weak and difficult. So when the president of the Minnesota manufacturing company Marvin Windows and Doors started [...]

The Universal Design Living Laboratory, a home designed to demonstrate the power of universal design, is half-way to completion, the organization announced yesterday. The home is the brainchild of Rosemarie Rossetti, whose lower body was paralyzed after an accident. According to the group’s statement: Life in a wheelchair inspired her to build home based on [...]

Susan Marvin, president of Marvin Windows and Doors, recently wrote an editorial that appeared in the Fargo Forum and the Grand Forks Herald on the issue of putting people before profits. That editorial was also published in the Minneapolis Star Tribune this weekend, and readers took notice. Readers’ reactions to the story were overwhelmingly positive: [...]

In an article published in the Grand Forks (N.D.) Herald, Susan Marvin, president of Marvin Windows and Doors makes her case for looking at jobs as more than numbers: “[L]ook behind those numbers, and you’ll find the real lives of workers and communities — and the profound effects of lost jobs.” She explains: Last year, [...]

In an hour-long interview on Twin Cities Public Television, Marilyn Carlson Nelson and Susan Marvin, president of Marvin Windows and Doors, discuss the marriage of life and business. The conversation covers the early days of Marvin Windows and Doors, the challenges the company has faced and met through innovation, the company’s resiliency through tough times, [...]

More than 80 million U.S. residents belong to the Baby Boom generation, born between 1946 and 1964 – and more than 8,000 of them turn 60 every day. This aging demographic has dramatic implications for the homebuilding industry. Consider these findings from a recent study of older Americans (age 55 and up) by the Mature [...]

Check out these facts on U.S. energy use: Heating and cooling account for about half of home energy use, according to the U.S. Department of Energy 40 percent of residential energy use is from homes built before 1970, according to the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies Energy-efficient windows can save up to 25% on [...]

Five generations of the Marvin family have grown up in the beautiful north woods of Minnesota. Their close ties to the land are reflected in Marvin Windows and Doors’ leadership in environmentally responsible business practices. Producing our windows from sustainably grown wood, using recycled metal and glass, even heating our plant with waste wood and [...]

Today is Green Day at IBS. And in just a decade, green building has become a powerful force in the building industry. In 2000, according to the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, green construction starts were valued at approximately $200 million. In 2010, that number is projected to be $60 billion – a 300-fold [...]

In a report from the International Builders Show in Las Vegas, WSJ/MarketWatch reporter Amy Hoak takes a look back at 2009 and looks ahead to 2010, including comments from Marvin Windows and Doors. From the report: Not surprisingly, many expect turnout for this year’s Builders’ show to be weak. “A lot of builders had really [...]