HARRISBURG, Pa.--MITER Brands, a leading manufacturer of residential windows and patio doors, was named by H.B. Fuller Company, the largest pureplay adhesives company in the world, as a winner of its 2025 Customer Innovation Awards. The awards honor forward-thinking customers whose innovations, powered by H.B. Fuller’s adhesive technology, are setting new standards in sustainability, performance, and efficiency. MITER Brands received the award at H.B. Fuller’s global awards program on April 24, 2025, in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

“The MITER Brands team is honored to be recognized with the H.B. Fuller Customer Innovation Award,” said Mike DeSoto, Chief Operating Officer at MITER Brands. “At MITER Brands, we are driven by a vision to build the most valued window and door brand in America. H.B. Fuller has been an exceptional partner in that journey – bringing not only industry-leading adhesive technologies but also a collaborative spirit that helps us push boundaries, create solutions that continuously improve our products, and raise the bar for performance and efficiency.”

MITER Brands was awarded for developing new triple-insulating glass units (IGU), which enable lightweight, durable, and energy-efficient windows and doors. Through a collaboration with Corning Incorporated, a world-leading innovator in glass, ceramic, and materials science, MITER Brands created a high-performance glass system that enhances thermal efficiency, reducing heat loss and improving insulation while using the same window and door frames of a dual-pane IGU. The innovation enables lower energy consumption and enhanced indoor comfort, ultimately resulting in a reduced carbon footprint.

Dean Ruark, Vice President of Engineering and Innovation at MITER, said the development of its triple insulating glass system stemmed from the company’s willingness to solve problems for its customers—problems its competitors believed couldn’t be addressed.

“Customers wanted lighter, more energy-efficient solutions,” Ruark said. “By leveraging Corning’s thin, strong glass, we reduced the weight of impact windows and doors for Southern markets by up to 40% and created lighter triple-pane products for Northern climates. The new glass options made our products easier for professionals to handle and install, less effort for homeowners to operate, and more energy efficient.”