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www.quanex.com Quanex Building Products is Bringing Innovation to Latin America Technical training enhances product knowledge in Latin American countries D ouble-and triple-pane insulating glass (IG) systems are features for windows and doors that are considered standard practice in North America. But for many window manufacturers in Latin America, this is a new and innovative technology that is becoming increasingly popular in an effort to create more efﬁcient window designs. “As Latin American economies continue to grow at a rapid pace, we are seeing an increase in demand “As Latin American for our IG systems, economies continue in both residential to grow at a rapid and commercial pace, we are seeing an markets,” said increase in demand Ramsey Bader, for our IG systems, in director of both residential and international sales. commercial markets” “We want to help educate this market on how our high-performance spacer systems can vastly improve the energy efﬁciency and long-term durability of a window system.” In July, Quanex hosted 14 distributors from countries in Latin America, including Argentina, Chile, Panama, Ecuador, Columbia, Peru and Mexico for a two-day, comprehensive product and technical training. “Our goal was to educate these distributors on IG systems,” said Sonja Solar, Latin American sales manager for Quanex Building Products. “We provided them with an in-depth, hands-on product application and technical training, to assist them with bringing their IG systems knowledge and expertise back to Latin America.” The distributors toured two IG manufacturing facilities, both located in Ohio, where they experimented and practiced applying Super Spacer® and Duraseal® products. They were also able to see production on a fully automated line and see ﬁrsthand the level of product quality and control that can be achieved. Quanex experts were also available throughout the two-day training, to answer all questions related to IG systems, including features and beneﬁts and performance capabilities of each product line. Quanex offers a variety of warm edge spacer systems in both single-and dual-seal conﬁgurations, including Dura Platform products and Super Spacer. ® To learn more about Quanex Building Products and IG systems, visit fff&#1d;`dP]Tg&#1d;R^\