President Obama Highlights Serious Materials’ Successes, Including Green Jobs with New Mission of Producing Energy-Efficient Windows

March 25, 2009

Serious Materials Recognized for Its Innovation and Actions That Are Helping Our Country During This Challenging Time SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Serious Materials, the leading energy-saving building materials company in the U.S., was recognized by President Obama on Monday as he addressed over 100 clean energy entrepreneurs and leading researchers at the "Investing in the Clean Energy Economy" event held yesterday in Washington, DC. Highlighting various Serious Materials’ successes, including the recent re-opening of a windows plant in Pennsylvania, President Obama commended Serious Materials on creating jobs that will aid the recovery of our nation while innovating and creating the technologies that will fuel America’s long-term prosperity. President Obama commented, “Serious Materials, just reopened a manufacturing plant outside of Pittsburgh. Last year, that factory was shuttered and more than one hundred jobs were lost. The town was devastated. Today, that factory is whirring back to life, and Serious Materials is rehiring the folks who lost their jobs. And these workers will now have a new mission: producing some of the most energy-efficient windows in the world.”

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