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M anufacturing From humble beginnings in a garage to one of the largest fenestration manufacturers Crystal Window & Door kicks off 25th Anniversary year celebration
LUSHING, NY — Crystal Window & Door Systems an- nounced the start of its 25th Anniversary celebration year. Launched in May 1990, the vinyl and aluminum window and door manufacturer has grown from very humble be- ginnings in a New York City garage into one of the largest fenestration manufacturers in the nation. The company will recognize and celebrate the 25th Anni- versarymilestone in numerous ways in the coming months, culminating in planned grand F
employee and customer galas in February and May of next year. “Besides customer and employee celebrations, we’ve planned recognitions which in- clude revisions to the company logo and tag line; additions to the company print, trade show and radio advertising; and website and social media promotion,” said Steve Chen , Crystal’s COO. Crystal Window & Door Systems was started almost a quarter century ago by Tai- wanese-American immigrant Thomas Chen with a small operation fabricating alumi-
Crystal’s New York headquarters and primary manufacturing plant
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num windows for the local neighborhood in the New York City Borough of Queens. Through hard work, initiative and perseverance, Crystal grew dramatically and now has a major national presence. Today the Crystal family of companies boasts more than one-half million s/f of manu- facturing space in New York, Chicago, Missouri and South- ern California, state-of-the-art automated production equip- ment, vertically integrated operations, a broad energy efficient vinyl and aluminum product line, and a national sales and distribution net- work. The company, through subsidiaries, has expanded be- yond window production into solar energy and aluminum extrusion and finishing. The Crystal companies em- ploy more than 300 workers in New York City and about 500 across the nation. Thomas Chen, the founder and CEO, has been assisted for more than a decade by his son, Steve Chen, COO, who is responsible for the company’s day to day operations. n Extruded aluminum profiles
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