Window maker Atrium Cos. is consolidating operations amid a slowdown in sales caused by the weak housing market.
That’s not unusual.
But what is: The Dallas-based company is closing a Phoenix-area plant and bringing more work to its Anaheim factory.
Atrium expects to add 30 workers to the 100 already working at its 100,000-square-foot plant by September.
“We feel the California market is strong long term,” said Peter Venerdi Jr., president of Atrium’s Western region. “This is where we want to grow.”
About 185 workers at its Tolleson plant outside Phoenix are being laid off as the company moves its vinyl and aluminum window manufacturing to Orange County.
With aluminum prices up 20% in the past year, business at Atrium’s Tolleson plant making aluminum windows was tough, according to Venerdi.
At the same time, the higher aluminum prices helped boost sales of vinyl windows, which primarily are made in Anaheim, he said.
Atrium does about $800 million in annual sales and is one of the largest window makers in North America.
For more on this story, see the May 5 edition of the Business Journal.
