This agreement follows the recommendation made by a joint AAMA and IGMA Exploratory Team after 12 months of careful thought and collaboration. Moving forward, the team will focus on developing a comprehensive proposal. The team's priorities are two-fold: how to best serve the needs of the current membership and to develop a new organization that best serves the industry as the new organization progresses into the future. The first combined event has been targeted for the summer of 2019 in Victoria, Canada.
"AAMA and IGMA are both strong associations with distinct strengths and influential members of the glass and fenestration industry. A combined organization can be even stronger by harnessing the synergies of the back-office and the intellectual knowledge of the associations. One of many strategic advantages for all of our members will be comprehensive, consensus based, standards for the whole, finished, fenestration product – from glass to framing members, and all the related components. Members will have access to the critical information they need from a single, credible source," said AAMA Board Chair Mike DeSoto (MI Windows & Doors).