// ON THE RECORD
Allsco Windows & Doors
Atlantic Canada manufacturer and wholesale distributor of PVC, hybrid (aluminum-PVC) and wood windows; steel and fiberglass entrance doors; PVC patio doors; and vinyl siding/cladding products, sold through a dealer network rather than direct-to-homeowner installation.
📍 Moncton, New Brunswick, CanadaEst. 1976✓ 100% first-party verified
// CLIPS FROM Allsco Windows & Doors
“Frames have went from three and a quarter inch to four and a half inches”
“Newfoundland's a very tough market to go in, it's either you're going in all in”
“It's not just I want windows and I'll take a low glazing package”
“The door is the most important purchase for fenestration products to a customer's house”
“I am a Star Trek fan, I am like Captain Kirk, I do not like no-win scenarios”
“There's that energy grant from the federal government”
“Those products are also years in advance”
“All the competitors all know each other, we all know ourselves by name”
// LESSONS FROM Allsco Windows & Doors
Working nearly every position before managing operations buys credibility and faster problem-solving — you've been in your staff's shoes.
A manufacturer without install crews can turn local contractors into channel partners by handing them leads and takeoffs.
Renovation demand in remote markets is driven by asset age and shipping windows, not green mandates — plan around the three boats a year.
Stay ahead of code and Energy Star changes through your manufacturer association's annual meetings, where regulators preview what's coming.
Internet-armed customers now out-research suppliers — treat informed buyers as a sales asset, because they're willing to spend.
Spec glazing by elevation — solar-blocking south, passive north — and couple the window package with HVAC sizing, because it changes the heat pump you buy.
// ON THE RECORD WITH
Alweather Windows & Doors
Works with
Sister brand/group; All Weather runs HRM retail (Burnside) and installs ALLSCO doors; sister companies in Alberta and Winnipeg hold the Nunavut contract ALLSCO manufactures for.
Kohltech Windows & Entrance Systems
Competes with
Named alongside Atlantic, Global and Extreme as main regional competitors (1300-1304); cordial — they lend each other product (4030).
Atlantic Windows
Competes with
Named main competitor (1302).
Global Windows
Competes with
Named competitor (1302); Andre previously worked at a Global window plant (191).
Extreme Windows & Doors
Competes with
Named competitor (1302).
Fenestration Canada
Member of
Manufacturer association; annual meetings preview Energy Star, code and product direction (897-925).
Roto Frank AG
Supplies
European-style window hardware (1316-1318).
Cardinal Glass Industries
Supplies
Glazing supplier (1318-1321).
Nunavut government housing renovation tender
Supplies
120-140 windows per phase, four shipments over 18 months, shipped direct by sea container via sister-company contract (425-506).
National Building Code / NAFS
Regulated by
NAFS door testing since 2015; performance grades by location; next code cycle 2025 (1963-1972, 3606-3697).
IWK Foundation
Works with
Donation to the IWK from every window sold, started 2022 (3774-3807).
// KEY PEOPLE
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// NOTABLE
Allsco was founded as a family business in 1976 by Don Lahanky, starting from a small building at 194 Barker St. in Moncton, New Brunswick.
SOURCE ▸The company manufactures Energy Star qualified windows and doors and markets them as reducing home energy costs by roughly 7 to 12 percent.
SOURCE ▸On March 25, 2010, ATIS Group acquired Allsco Building Products Ltd. of Moncton, NB; at the time Allsco had roughly $25 million in sales and about 150 employees, and was described as the Atlantic Canada cornerstone of ATIS Group's national network.
SOURCE ▸On May 31, 2021, the Glass 8 Group acquired Allsco Windows & Doors (along with Alweather Windows & Doors) out of the post-CCAA breakup of ATIS Group; the Allsco/Alweather acquisition added about 175 employees to the group.
SOURCE ▸On February 10, 2023, the operating entity 12986647 Canada Ltd. (O/A Allsco Windows & Doors) was among nine Accurate Group / Polar Holding applicants that commenced court-supervised CCAA restructuring proceedings in the Manitoba Court of King's Bench; the CCAA proceedings were terminated and the monitor discharged by court order on July 18, 2024.
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