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Company Timeline

  • Viwinco window in Edgemont PA 1982

    1982 Viwinco is Born!

    In 1982, Jack Barnes and Lou Moretzsohn began manufacturing windows for CertainTeed out of an 8,000 sq. ft. facility in Edgemont,...

    1980s
  • Viwinco and Mike Duncan Sr. 1982

    1982 Michael Duncan is Hired!

    On November 22nd, 1982, Viwinco hired its 1st employee, Michael Duncan, as Plant Manager. Through Mike’s ingenuity & dedication to building...

  • Viwinco Windows in Frazer PA 1985

    1985 Frazer, Pa

    Viwinco quickly outgrew its 8,000 sq. ft. facility in Edgemont, PA, and moved to a 12,500 sq. ft. facility in Frazer,...

  • Viwinco - Morgantown PA 1985

    1988 Morgantown, Pa

    After outgrowing the Frazer location, Viwinco moved to its current location in Morgantown, PA. The initial location was only 33,000 sq....

  • viwincos new president - David Barnes 1990

    1990 New President – David Barnes

    David Barnes took over the family business becoming Viwinco’s 2nd president.

    1990s
  • viwinco morgatown first addition 1992

    1992 First Addition

    To accommodate new machinery, office space, and a larger shipping department, the plant was expanded from 33,000 to 70,000 sq. ft.

  • 1999 Second Addition

    3 more acres were purchased. The additional space was used to create a parking lot.

  • viwinco introduces viwinquote 2000

    2000 Friedman Change – ViwinQuote

    Viwinco transitioned from fax inputted orders to a computer-based quoting/ordering system. In 2000, Viwinco purchased Friedman and ViwinQuote as a software...

    2000s
  • viwinco impact testing

    2006 Testing In-House

    Taking control of certain manufacturing processes allowed us to manufacture and deliver our windows & doors much faster than our competitors....

  • 2007 Glass Shop

    With significant investments into glass shop equipment, we were able to bring tempering and lamination in-house, which allowed us to control...

  • Viwinco builds a research and development building

    2007 Research & Development Building

    To help create products of the future, the R&D building was constructed. Housing state-of-the-art technology, the R&D facility allows us to...

  • Viwinco namebrand windows

    2007-2008 Viwinco Name Brand Windows

    Viwinco introduces most of our current window and patio door offerings: Edgemont, Cambridge, Signature-Series, and OceanView. During this time, Viwinco left...

  • Viwinco Line graph 2002-2009

    2009 Hard Times

    The housing market crashed creating the worst recession since the early 1980s. Many window manufacturers closed their doors, including CertainTeed’s window...

  • viwinco receives Tilt-n-Lock Patent

    2009 Tilt-n-Lock

    Mike Duncan receives a patent for the “Barney Bolt”, the reinforcement technology which houses Viwinco’s signature Tilt-n-Lock hardware. The trademark for...

  • 2010 EDGEMONT PRODUCT LINE EXPANSION

    Edgemont Slider & Picture windows were introduced to Viwinco product offering.

    2010s
  • Viwinco's Solar field

    2011 Solar Field

    Beginning in early 2011, the 7,819 solar panel installation was completed on December 19th, 2011. These solar panels help us reduce...

  • Viwinco's Southern Expansion

    2015 Southern Market Expansion

    To answer a growing demand for impact-resistant products, Viwinco makes the decision to expand into the Florida territory, with the exclusion...

  • 2017 R&D Warehouse Addition

    In 2017, we added 24,000 sq. ft. to our R&D facility. The additional space is being used to house and consolidate...

  • Viwinco Second Generation of Leadership 2019

    2018 2nd Generation of Leadership

    In September 2017, David Barnes introduced his son Skyler Barnes to the family business, where he began as a project manager....

  • Viwinco Outstanding Sales Growth - Deceuninck North America

    2018 Outstanding Sales Growth

    Viwinco reached a new sales milestone by surpassing $50 million in sales, and as a result, were presented Deceunink’s Gold Award...

  • 2018-2019 Training Center

    At the start of the 4th quarter of 2018, we began a big undertaking; to transform available office space in our...

  • 2019 Erdman® Automated Line

    We installed a high-speed, vertical insulated glass line by Erdman® to fabricate our impact-resistant insulated glass units. The Erdman line will...

  • 2019 VQ2

    We launched ViwinQuote 2 (VQ2) at all our distribution sites. VQ2 is our order management system that was developed by our...

  • 2019 650 Door

    The 650 Multitrack Patio Door was launched exclusively to the Southern Market for impact and non-impact applications.

  • 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic

    At the start of 2020, the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) began to spread throughout Pennsylvania. We quickly reacted to the virus and guidelines issued by the CDC and worked to mitigate the spread of the virus at Viwinco. A 2-week closure, updates to our ventilation system, daily testing, a thermal temperature gate, social distancing and mandatory mask wearing were some of the the changes we made. The COVID-19 virus quickly impacted the global supply chain and the way business was conducted worldwide. This exposed vulnerabilities within the supply chain and the acquisition of material from our suppliers became a struggle and quantities varied daily. Simultaneously, product demand skyrocketed due to us performing significantly better than the competition and to a number of economic factors such as: historically low mortgage rates, and families redirecting vacation funds and travel expenses to improving their homes.

  • 2021 Viwinco Glass Facility

    At the start of 2021, Viwinco breaks ground on a new state-of-the-art 70,000 sq ft glass facility in Morgantown, Pennsylvania. The new Viwinco glass facility will house the industry's latest and most innovative glass processing machinery to increase glass capacity and allow for expansion of vinyl production and shipping space in the main manufacturing plant across the street. The building has an estimated completion target set for the end of the first quarter of 2022.

  • Viwinco Rebranding

    2021 Viwinco Rebranding

    Viwinco kicked off a company-wide rebranding initiative by introducing a new modern logo in June 2021. Additional areas impacted by the...

  • 2021 Lean Institute Partnership

    After some small initial successes with the Lean Enterprise Institute, we made the decision to enter a robust co-learning partnership with...

  • 2022 100 million Sales / Florida Market

    We reached a new company milestone of $100 million in gross sales. This was in part due to continued growth in...

  • Viwinco logo with "Happy 40th birthday" beneath it in decorate font.

    2022 40th Year Anniversary

    In 2022 Viwinco celebrated its 40th birthday as a familiy-owned & operated business.

  • 2023 Viwinco Core Tenets

    After emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic, we unveiled the Viwinco Core Tenets to realign the focuses as a company. The Core...