Viracon history

By 1971, with five-year average increases in revenues and earnings of 34 percent and 45 percent, respectively, Apogee represented a particularly hot prospect for an initial stock offering.

Furthermore, he went on to win a $750,000 office center contract from Dayton Hudson Corporation in 1973 by offering a full-service bid for not only the glazing, but the curtainwall as well as certain design and engineering aspects.

In 1979, Wausau itself captured special attention by landing its largest contract ever, a window contract for AT&T's world headquarters in New York.

Fueling both divisions&mdashide from the construction boom--was the 1980 acquisition of Interstate Glass of South Bend, Indiana, for $3.6 million.

1984 Expanded 53,000 square feet to house an upgraded horizontal tempering line and warehouse space.

A reorientation towards less volume and higher margins, along with an emphasis on expanded design and engineering services for its clientele, helped Harmon Contract's operating income rebound by 60 percent (on a 19 percent increase in sales) in fiscal 1986.

1992 Expanded the coatings facility to 45,000 square feet to add another coating line.

However, Apogee is perhaps better known for its 20-year-old Commercial Construction Division, which garnered $248 million in 1993 revenues.

1994 Completed construction of another 138,000 square feet for new tempering and insulating lines, expanded the coatings facility and added two security product laminating lines.

1996 Planned expansion of 128,500 square feet to add another automated insulating line, cutting line, Silk-Screening line, and more warehouse space.

1998 Completed construction of new 330,000 square foot full production fabrication facility in Statesboro, Georgia.

2001 Acquired a 157,000 square foot office and warehouse facility in Owatonna, Minnesota.

2004 Added CNC hole-drilling equipment to accommodate the growth in structural wall applications

2005 Added 65,000 square feet to the Statesboro, GA, facility for expanded coating, insulating, and silk-screening capabilities.

2006 Added a tempering line to Statesboro, GA facility and expanded Owatonna, MN facility with insulating and coating capacity.

2008 Added a new tempering line to the St George, UT facility and a new silk-screen line to the Statesboro, GA facility.

2010 Acquired 100 percent of the stock of Glassec Vidros de Seguranca Ltda, the leading architectural glass fabricator in Brazil, now named Glassec Viracon.

2013 Completed 104,000 square foot expansion to Owatonna facility to house new Arctic coater, allowing us to coat glass up to 130" x 236".

2015 Added 70,000 square foot expansion to Owatonna facility to relocate our in-house boxing department.

2017 Completed 18,000 square foot expansion to Owatonna facility to allow for oversized lamination capabilities.

2018 Launched the Viracon Thermal Spacer (VTS™), a proprietary formulation consisting of black thermoplastic with integrated desiccant and primary seal that is chemically bonded directly to the glass and secondary sealant.

Fiscal 2019 revenue reaches a record $1.4 billion

2020 Installed additional insulating glass line to continue to increase capacity to support the rapidly increasing demand for BIG glass and VTS.

2021 Throughout its history, Viracon has developed and introduced industry leading technologies that deliver a diverse range of aesthetic and performance options for building owners and architects as they design their distinctive buildings.