Uhlu lwaminyaka yonke lwe-Top 100 Manufacturers lomagazini we-Window & Door luhlanganisa abakhiqizi abayikhulu baseNyakatho Melika abayi-100 abakhulu bamafasitela okuhlala, iminyango, ukukhanya kwesibhakabhaka kanye nemikhiqizo ehlobene ngevolumu yokuthengisa. Ulwazi oluningi luvela ngokuqondile ezinkampanini futhi luqinisekiswa ithimba lethu labacwaningi. Ithimba lethu liphinda licwaninge futhi liqinisekise ulwazi olumayelana nezinkampani ezingafakwanga kuhlolovo, olukhonjiswa inkanyezi eduze namagama azo. Uhlu lwalo nyaka luqinisekisa lokho esesikubone iminyaka: Imboni inempilo futhi izoqhubeka nokukhula. •
Kwesokunxele: Ingabe inkampani yakho ibone ukukhula okuphawulekayo, okulinganisekayo eminyakeni engu-5 edlule?* Kwesokudla: Ingabe inani eliphelele lokuthengisa kwakho ngo-2018 liqhathaniswa nokuthengisa kwakho konke ngo-2017?*
*Qaphela: Izibalo azibonisi zonke izinkampani ezisohlwini lwabakhiqizi abakhulu abayi-100, kodwa kuphela lezo ezazizimisele ukunikeza ulwazi, okwenza ngaphezu kwezine kwezinhlanu zohlu.
Kulo nyaka, lolu cwaningo lubuze izinkampani ukuthi ngabe sezikuzuzile yini ukukhula okulinganiselwe kule minyaka emihlanu edlule. Ziyisikhombisa kuphela izinkampani ezithi cha, kwathi eziyishumi zathi azinasiqiniseko. Izinkampani eziyisikhombisa zibike imali engenayo ezibeke phezulu ezilinganisweni kunaseminyakeni edlule.
Inkampani eyodwa kuphela esohlwini lwalo nyaka ebike ukudayiswa okuphelele okuphansi ngo-2018 kunango-2017, uma kuqhathaniswa nesikhathi esifanayo ngonyaka odlule. Cishe zonke ezinye izinkampani zibike ukwenyuka kwemali engenayo. Ukukhula kokuthengisa kunengqondo uma kubhekwa ukuthi ikhaya elinomndeni owodwa liqala ukukhuphuka ngo-2.8% ngo-2018, ngokocwaningo olwenziwe nguMnyango Wezezindlu wase-US, Ukuthuthukiswa Kwezindawo Zasemadolobheni kanye Nezohwebo.
Ukulungiswa kabusha kwezindlu nakho kuyaqhubeka nokuba usizo kubakhiqizi bemikhiqizo: Imakethe yase-US yokulungisa kabusha ikhaya ikhule ngaphezu kuka-50% kusukela ekupheleni kwe-Great Recession, ngokusho kwe-Joint Center for Housing Studies e-Harvard University (jchs.harvard.edu).
Kodwa ukukhula okusheshayo nakho kuletha ezako izinselele. Izinkampani eziningi ezisohlwini lwalo nyaka zibalule “ukuhlala phambili nokuphatha ukukhula” njengenselelo yazo enkulu. Ukukhula futhi kudinga ithalente elengeziwe, elihambisana nenhlolovo ye-Windows & Doors' Industry Pulse ekuqaleni konyaka, ethole ukuthi u-71% wabaphenduli bahlela ukuqasha ngo-2019. Ukuqasha nokugcina izisebenzi ezinekhono kuseyinselelo enkulu yemboni, okuthile iWindows & Doors esaqhubeka nokugqamisa ochungechungeni lwayo lokuthuthukiswa kwabasebenzi.
Izindleko nazo ziyaqhubeka nokukhuphuka. Izinkampani eziningi eziphezulu ezingu-100 zisola amanani entengo kanye nokukhuphuka kwezindleko zokuthutha. (Ukuze uthole okwengeziwe ngezinselelo zemboni yamaloli, bona “Emiseleni.”)
Onyakeni odlule, isigaba semali engenayo esikhulu kunazo zonke seHarvey Building Products sikhule sisuka ku-$100 million saya ku-$200 million saya ku-$300 million futhi manje safinyelela ku-$500 million. Kodwa inkampani iye yazabalaza ukuzuza ukukhula okusimeme iminyaka. Kusukela ngo-2016, inkampani ithole iSoft-Lite, Imikhiqizo Yokwakha YaseNyakatho-mpumalanga kanye ne-Thermo-Tech, konke lokho uHarvey akushoyo njengabashayeli bokukhula kwayo.
Ukuthengiswa kwe-Starline Windows kukhule kusuka ku-$300 million kuya ku-$500 million, kwafinyelela ezingeni lika-$500 million kuya ku-$1 billion. Inkampani ithi lokhu kungenxa yokuvulwa kwefekthri entsha ngo-2016, okwavumela i-Starline ukuthi ithathe amaphrojekthi amaningi.
Khonamanjalo, i-Earthwise Group ibike ukuthi ukuthengisa kukhule ngaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-75 kule minyaka emihlanu edlule futhi inkampani isiqashe abasebenzi abasha abangaphezu kwe-1,000. Le nkampani iphinde yethula izindawo ezimbili ezintsha zokukhiqiza yaphinde yathola ezintathu.
I-YKK AP, enye yezinkampani ezinkulu ohlwini lwethu enenani elingaphezu kwebhiliyoni elingu-$1, inwebise izindawo zayo zokukhiqiza futhi yathuthela esakhiweni esisha sokukhiqiza esinendawo engaphezu kwamamitha-skwele angu-500,000.
Ezinye izinkampani eziningi ezisohlwini lwalo nyaka ziphinde zabelana ngokuthi ukutholwa nokwandiswa kwamandla kuzisize kanjani ukuthi zikhule kule minyaka emihlanu edlule.
UMarvin wenza izinhlobonhlobo zemikhiqizo yamafasitela nezicabha, okuhlanganisa i-aluminium, izinkuni ne-fiberglass, futhi uqashe abantu abangaphezu kuka-5,600 kuzo zonke izikhungo zayo.
KWESOKUNXELE: I-MI Windows and Doors, umkhiqizo wayo oyinhloko ungamafasitela e-vinyl, ukuthengiswa okuphelele okulinganiselwa ku-$300 million kuya ku-$500 million ngo-2018, inkampani yathi kwakukhuphuke ngonyaka odlule. KWESOKUDLA: I-Steves & Sons yenza imikhiqizo yayo, iningi layo okuyiminyango yangaphakathi nengaphandle eyenziwe ngokhuni, insimbi ne-fiberglass, embonini yayo yaseSan Antonio.
Onyakeni odlule, i-Boral inyuse abasebenzi bayo ngo-18% futhi yandisa indawo yayo yadlula imakethe yendawo yaseTexas yaya eningizimu ye-United States.
Kwesokunxele: I-Vytex yethule uhlelo lokulinganisa nokufaka ethi lubone ukukhula okuphawulekayo, njengoba imakethe encane yezisebenzi ezinamakhono yenza uhlelo lukhange nakakhulu kozakwethu babathengisi. Kwesokudla: Umugqa womkhiqizo we-Lux Windows ne-Glass Ltd. ungamafasitela ayingxube, kodwa inkampani iphinde inikeze ngezinhlobonhlobo zemikhiqizo ezimakethe ze-aluminium-metal, i-PVC-U nezicabha.
I-Solar Innovations isebenza ngekhampasi enamabhilidi amathathu enenani elingaphezu kwamamitha-skwele angu-400,000, elinendawo yokukhiqiza kanye nehhovisi labasebenzi abangu-170.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Mar-16-2025