Glasslam files complaint with FTC against Edgetech, IGCC and IGMA

Nebula Glass International Inc. d.b.a. Glasslam, Pompano Beach, Fla.,has filed a formal complaint of anti-competitive and illegal practices with the Federal Trade Commission against the Insulating Glass Certification Council, Sackets Harbor, N.Y., Edgetech IG, Cambridge, Ohio,and Insulating Glass Manufacturers Alliance, Ottawa, according to a Feb. 11 Glasslam letter to the Bureau of Competition, FTC. Glasslam also indicates plans to file a complaint with the Anti-Trust Division of the United States Department of Justice.

In its complaint, Glasslam claims that itsAir-Tight spacer products were kept out of the market through illegal practices by the organizations mentioned above.

Glasslam also claims in the complaint that Key Communications and National Glass Association publications that cover the glass and window industries in North Americadid not publish releases on its spacer initiative because of heavy advertising and pressure from Edgetech IG.

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