2/28/2011
Replacement Window and Door Manufacturer, Soft-Lite, Installs New State-Of-The-Art Laminator Line
Soft-Lite meets growing market demand for interior woodgrain finishes and exterior colored windows with second laminator line installation.
1/27/2011
Replacement Windows & Doors Manufacturer, Soft-Lite Adds GuildQuality Customer Satisfaction Surveying To Support Its Dealer Network
Soft-Lite has added GuildQuality Customer Satisfaction Surveying to support its dealer network. This unique surveying service clearly identifies customer attitudes and feelings in real time to help improve service and drive sales for its dealers.
9/13/2010
Soft-Lite Contracts SEO Firm Pilot Fish
Soft-Lite L.L.C., a manufacturer of premium replacement windows and doors, announced its selection of Pilot Fish SEO to elevate their website to the highest level of performance.
8/30/2010
Soft-Lite Signs On improveit! 360 Total Business Management System To Support Dealer Network
Soft-Lite L.L.C. announced its selection of improveit! 360, a total business management system, that will help its dealers generate, track and close more leads while reducing operating costs and increasing profits. Soft-Lite is the first company of its kind to offer improveit! 360 to its entire dealer base.
6/15/2010
Soft-Lite Is Named a Top 100 Manufacturer of 2009
Soft-Lite, L.L.C. (Soft-Lite), a U.S. manufacturer of premium replacement windows and doors, has been named one of North America’s Top 100 Manufacturers of 2009 by Window and Door magazine. This annual award recognizes North America’s 100 largest manufacturers of residential windows, doors, and/or skylights, based on sales volume.
6/1/2010
Soft-Lite Among First Manufacturers Accepted Into Department of Energy’s R-5 High Performance Windows Volume Purchase Program
(Streetsboro, Ohio, June 1, 2010) Soft-Lite, L.L.C. (“Soft-Lite”), a U.S. manufacturer of premium replacement windows and doors, was recently accepted by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) as one of the first participants in its new R-5 High Performance Windows Volume Purchase Program. The new DOE Program will host a government website where homeowners can find out how to save money by making volume purchases of new, high-performance, energy-efficient windows. The website will include a link to Soft-Lite’s web site. Homeowners can use the link to get more information about saving energy and money using Soft-Lite’s R-5-rated window offerings, and request an installation quote from a Soft-Lite dealer.
4/22/2010
ALL Soft-Lite Dealers and Distributors MUST Be Certified in U.S. EPA’s Mandatory Lead Based Paint Renovation, Repair, and Painting Program Effective April 22, 2010
Beginning April 22, 2010, Federal law mandates certification in lead paint safety for all contractors working in structures built pre-1978. THIS INCLUDES WINDOW REPLACEMENT INSTALLATION! PURPOSE OF CERTIFICATION: Certification is to educate contractors how to follow specific work practices under the EPA’s Renovate Right Program to prevent lead contamination in homes built before 1978. This certification is required for projects that disturb six feet or more of interior painted surfaces and/or twenty feet or more of exterior painted surfaces. Projects such as window replacement in homes built pre-1978 fall under the EPA’s rule for requiring certification. Window replacement may disturb lead based paint and create lead dust that is harmful and potentially FATAL. By following the EPA’s methods when dealing with possible exposure to lead paint, certified contractors are not only protecting the customer and their employees, but their business as a whole...
4/14/2010
Market Trends Fuel Demand For Colored Vinyl Windows Soft-Lite Has Geared Up To Meet Demand
(Streetsboro, Ohio, April 14, 2010) Soft-Lite, L.L.C. (“Soft-Lite”) has seen a significant increase in the demand for colored window exteriors in the past five years. Due to this trend Soft-Lite has installed three new paint booths to expand production capability of its SureCoat™ exterior colored windows. “Whether it has been to add a distinctive look or to maximize home value, homeowner demand for colored window exteriors has been expanding rapidly and shows no indication of slowing down,” said Kevin Koznick, the Soft-Lite Regional Sales Rep for the upper Midwest states...
3/25/2010
New Energy Star® Window Standards
In April 2009 the U.S. Department of Energy released the 2010 window criteria for its Energy Star program which was created in 1992 to recognize energy-efficient products. Many consumers prefer to purchase Energy Star qualified products because they recognize the value-added energy efficient quality. In the interest of increasing the energy efficiency of building products, the DOE tightened the requirements for window and door Energy Star qualifications for 2010. In each region, Energy Star’s U-factor requirements were lowered with the intention of increasing insulation value, which will provide year-round benefits for every region of the US. Also adjusted were the SHGC (Solar Heat Gain Coefficient) ratings which are very important in Southern Climates where heat from the sun can cause the air conditioning systems to work harder. Windows with lower SHGC ratings do a better job of inhibiting solar heat from warming up the home...
1/21/2010
Soft-Lite Windows and Doors Qualify for 2009/2010 $1500 Tax Credit
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009/2010 allows consumers to receive up to $1500 in tax credits through 2010 on products that comply with energy efficient qualifications. GOOD NEWS— ALL Soft-Lite windows and doors meet or exceed the energy efficiency standards required to receive the tax credit. Time is running out! If you’re planning to upgrade your windows or entry doors, NOW is the time to do it. Call a Soft-Lite dealer today for a FREE no obligation home evaluation. The attached PDF is an actual excerpt from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
9/22/2009
Soft-Lite has been awarded the 2009 Crystal Achievement Award for Best Product Literature for a Small/Medium Manufacturer by Window & Door Magazine.
The technology involved in building windows and doors today is exceedingly complex. In addition, due to the never-ending amount of information found on the internet, homeowners are educating themselves before they even talk to a sales person. That is why it is of the utmost importance that window dealers have the best possible training and support possible. Soft-Lite Windows meets that need with a support program that is so comprehensive and straightforward it has continued to attract new window installation companies and distributors to Soft-Lite, even more so today as homeowners become more informed.
9/18/2009
Soft-Lite Now Offers Therma-Tru Entry Doors
In 1982, ThermaTru launched a revolutionary invention…the fiberglass door. It looked as beautiful as wood but performed with the durability of steel. With this innovation ThermaTru changed the industry.
9/18/2009
Safe, Sound and Secure
As the economy continues to falter, Americans are becoming increasingly mindful of their spending. This tightening of the pocketbook strings has negatively affected many businesses, and the home improvement industry has not been immune. In these uncertain times, Soft-Lite is proud to continue its 70- year tradition of operating successfully as a safe, sound and secure premier window manufacturer.
6/17/2009
SOFT-LITE ANNOUNCES NEW REGIONAL SALES MANAGER New manager brings 30 years of window and door experience to Soft-Lite’s sales force.
(Streetsboro, Ohio, May 14, 2010) Soft-Lite, L.L.C. (“Soft-Lite”) announces the addition of Mike Schindler, their new Regional Sales Manager covering the territory of Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee. Mike comes to Soft-Lite from the PlyGem Window Group. Mike has 30 years of experience in windows and doors and has worked within the industry at all levels of the business. Mike has held positions in retail, wholesale, and manufacturing, as well as co-owned his own window and door company in Louisville, KY for 4 ½ years. In addition, he has a BS degree in Marketing from Morehead State University in Morehead, KY. Mike’s broad experience and training have given him a unique understanding of all facets of the window and door business. Already, it is apparent that his breadth of knowledge is benefitting both his dealer and distributor customers.
4/9/2009
Soft-Lite Named One of Window and Door Magazine’s Top 100 Manufacturers of 2009
(Streetsboro, Ohio, June 15, 2010) Soft-Lite, L.L.C. (Soft-Lite), a U.S. manufacturer of premium replacement windows and doors, has been named one of North America’s Top 100 Manufacturers of 2009 by Window and Door magazine. This annual award recognizes North America’s 100 largest manufacturers of residential windows, doors, and/or skylights, based on sales volume. To determine which companies receive the award each year, Window and Door magazine contacts individual companies to obtain relevant product and sales information, checks independently-published industry...
"Soft-Lite’s state-of-the-art 200,000 sq. ft.facility is one of only three robotics window manufacturing plants in the world. The other two are in Germany."