Mazzella Cos. has acquired New Tech Machinery (NTM) of Denver, Colorado. New Tech Machinery is one of the leading manufacturers of portable rollforming equipment in the world. To date, NTM has sold machines in over 40 countries. NTM manufactures the finest portable rollforming equipment for the metal construction industry. “The reputation of their people...
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Keeping Your Gutters Clean
With so many options to choose from, determine what products are best for your project. Clogged gutters causes excess water and can ruin a home’s structure. Backed up gutters can cause major damage including cracked foundations, ice dams, mold, water damage and flooding. All can result in a hefty price tag to fix the...
New features and highlights at 2014 METALCON
METALCON is only weeks away and excitement is building about the many new ideas and opportunities it offers. The event is in Denver for the first time, its new education format combines classroom and exhibit hall sessions, interactive roofing competitions keep the action going in the exhibit hall, and the line-up of exhibitors and...
Unique Gutter Manufacturer
By Sharon Glorioso Hard work, motivation and superior products are what keep this company profitable. Back in 1991, after getting laid off by a large commercial construction company, Dave Garrety went to work for a friend who ran his own gutter business. “I was out of work and one of my friends told me...
Finding a niche: a faltering economy led roofer to gutter opportunities
– By Mark Ward, Sr. – Many roofing contractors have discovered that buying a machine and fabricating your own gutters is an elegant solution. “No building owner or general contractor wants to delay completion just for the gutters. Doing our own lets us control the schedule and costs,” said Dennis Jones, president and CEO...
KWM Gutterman to be featured on FOX Business Network
KWM Gutterman, a provider and manufacturer of custom portable roll-forming equipment, will be presented in an upcoming production of Manufacturing Marvel, airing on The Fox Business Network at approximately 8:30-8:44 p.m. CST on Tuesday, August 27. Produced by award winning producers Bob and Jerry May and narrated by nationally acclaimed voice talent John Criswell,...
Putting siding aside
Opportunity to purchase gutter machine leads to new business / By Mark Ward Sr. / That day in 1996 started like any other. Through his 20 years in the siding business, Bryan Thompson had often arranged for contractors to drop off the gutters he needed to finish a job. But on this particular day,...
Gutter Opportunities: Pure Motivation!
Opportunities, missions keep family business going strong / By Mark Ward Sr. No business can survive without a profit. But neither can a business survive without a reason, something that goes beyond money, to keep the owner motivated. Over the years this column has profiled gutter installers who stay in business because they enjoy...
Top 5 Gutter Products of 2012 seleced by the readers of Gutter Opportunities
What’s hot? Everybody is looking for what’s hot! Look no further. The products featured here as the GO Top 5 products appeared on the pages Gutter Opportunities during 2012. They earned the status of Top 5 Products because our readers showed a great deal of interest in them by requesting more information.So it’s a...
Obituary: Karl Minor Sr., founder of KWM Gutterman
Karl W. Minor Sr. (1939-2012) Founder of KWM Gutterman, Inc., age 73, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on December 7, 2012 at Covenant Hospice in Pensacola, Fla. Born March 25, 1939 in Otwell, Ind., to the late Eva (Pulaski) and Alva Minor, he married Lois. M. Youngren on January 22,...