Garage door industry magazine for garage door dealers, garage door manufacturers, garage door distributors, garage door installers, loading docks, garage door operators and openers, gates, and tools for the door industry.
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IndustryNews IDA/CSDDA Regional Conference More than 60 door dealers, manufacturers' representatives, and installing technicians turned out for the IDA/CSDDA Regional Conference March 8th-9th in Pewaukee, WI. The conference kicked off on Friday with 23 manufacturers exhibiting their products, OSHA manlift certifcations for technicians, and technician certifcation testing by the IDEA. In all, 16 technicians received manlift certifcations and two technicians completed IDEA testing. The general membership meeting was held Friday evening where two new directors were elected. They were Jon Stewart of Midwest Garage Door of Pawnee, IL, and Bill Fisher of the The Door Doctor of Bloomington, IL. Association offcers also gave reports on the progress of the association. Following the general membership meeting, a hospitality hour was hosted by the association and a reverse raffe was held with prizes and a $900 cash grand prize which was split by Jerry Herbst of Cedarburg Overhead Door, Donald Teifke of Joe Wilde Co., and Larry Peterson of Domino Engineering. Saturday morning, two dealer seminars were held and the new board of directors elected a new board of directors for the 2013 year. Elected were President Randy Schmitt of All-Purpose Door of St. Louis; Vice-President Joe Lindmark of Hartland Overhead Door of Hartland, WI; Treasurer Ted Billman of Building Products of Naperville, IL; Secretary Larry Peterson of Domino Engineering of Taylorville, IL. The Central States Door Dealer Association is made up of four chapters which are based in Southeast Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, Central Illinois, and the St. Louis area. Regular meetings are held at each of the locations. For more information and chapter meetings for the CSDDA, visit its website www. csdda.com, its Facebook page, or contact them at admin@csdda.com. Magazine Names Overhead Door "Brand Leader" Overhead Door Corporation has been named the number one garage door brand for a second year in a row by Builder Magazine's 2013 Builder Brand Use Study. Since 2008, the company has been recognized each year as a top brand in the garage door industry in at least one category. A survey of the nation's largest homebuilders, the 2013 Builder Brand Use study asked participants to rank garage doors by familiarity, use in the past two years, most used and quality. Overhead Door took the top spot in all four categories. Builder Magazine has conducted the Brand Use Study every year in its current format since 1995. The study measures 83 different product categories ranging from appliances to windows. The results of the 2013 Brand Use Study were announced in Builder Magazine's April Buyers Guide issue, the largest and oldest reference guide in the country. The publication is distributed to more than 10,800 builders across the nation. V o l u m e 4 6 i s s u e 3 2 0 1 3 97