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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
// 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.
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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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