Serious Materials | Our Manufacturing Facilities

Serious Materials manufactures building materials that save money, reduce America’s energy use and dependence on foreign oil, reverse climate change and create new sustainable green-collar jobs across North America.

About Our Manufacturing Facilities -
Providing Full North-American Product Distribution

Sunnyvale, California

Corporate Headquarters and R&D Facility; Manufacturing EcoRock

We employ more than 135 people at our corporate headquarters and 70,000 square foot manufacturing and R&D facility at 1250 Elko Drive in Sunnyvale, CA 94089 (800-797-8159). Our green building manufacturing plant produces EcoRock™ drywall, the first environmentally-friendly drywall, energy-saving SeriousWindows™ and SeriousGlass™, and Quiet® brand products designed to soundproof environments to support sustainable zoning approaches to land use.

Newark, California

Manufacturing QuietRock® soundproof drywall and solutions

The rail loading facility and 12 acre plant in Newark, CA is dedicated to producing QuietRock soundproof drywall and accessory products that reduce material use, enhance livability, and support dense sustainable urban construction.

Boulder, Colorado

Manufacturing SeriousWindows & SeriousGlass

The 36,955 square foot manufacturing plant produces super-insulating windows and commercial glass, SeriousWindows and SeriousGlass. This is in addition to Serious Materials’ existing 15,000 square feet of space also located in Boulder, formerly Alpen Windows, Inc., which has been producing leading energy-saving glass for more than 27 years.

Vandergrift, Pennsylvania

Manufacturing SeriousWindows & SeriousGlass

In January 2009, we acquired the assets of Kensington Windows, based in Vandergrift, PA. Kensington employed more than 150 people when they were forced to shut down all operations in October 2008.

Serious Materials' Robin Scott Robin Scott, a re-hired Kensington worker, celebrates the re-opening of the plant in Vandergrift, PA.

Two weeks after the acquisition, the 100,000 square foot manufacturing facility had begun producing SeriousWindows and SeriousGlass with newly installed equipment. A growing number of former Kensington employees have been reemployed. At full production, we expect to create at least 120 green jobs based in Vandergrift.

Chicago, Illinois

Manufacturing SeriousWindows & SeriousGlass

We acquired assets of the former Republic Windows and Doors in March 2009. The 268,000 square foot plant is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Rachel Maddows Applauds Serious Materials For Reopening Chicago Plant.

Workers in Vandergrift, PA are back on the job assembling energy efficient SeriousWindows.

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