Calls out SeriousWindows as the Most Energy-Efficient in the World and Commends Creation of New Green Jobs CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Serious Materials, the leading energy-saving building materials company in the U.S., today welcomed United States Vice President Joe Biden along with United States Senators Dick Durbin and Roland Burris and Mayor Richard Daley to its most recently acquired windows manufacturing plant in Chicago. Vice President Biden, whose support played a pivotal role in the passing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), visited the high-performance window manufacturing plant to demonstrate his support for the creation of new green jobs through the American manufacturing of energy-saving building materials like SeriousWindows(TM) and SeriousGlass(TM). "This is a story about how we inspire a better tomorrow. You're making some of the most energy-efficient windows in the world, I would argue, the most energy-efficient windows in the world," said Vice President Joe Biden. Speaking to Serious Materials' employees, Vice President Biden continues, "And you're not just providing for your family with the income you're making here; but by lowering energy bills, you're saving the families in Delaware, California, Mississippi, Maine -- you're saving all of them. You're saving people in public housing which are investing in weatherization. You're saving people on the bottom line of how much money they will have to care for their families." Biden continues, "Kevin, thank you and Serious for your faith in the people here at this factory, your faith in the country, your willingness to invest here in America." A husband and father of 6, Frank Edwards was one of 260 workers abruptly laid off from his production supervisor position when the plant closed in December of 2008. "When I lost my job in December and couldn't support my family that was the worst feeling in the world. It was awful. Then I heard what Kevin Surace was doing with our union to bring new energy-saving windows to our plant and restart it," said Edwards, newly re-hired Serious Materials plant employee. "While I have not read all the words in the Recovery Act, I know I am standing here because of it. Thank you Mr. Vice President for helping me make my life whole again."
