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🎓 On the jobsite at Spokane Falls Tower, glazing crews are shaping the skyline — and some of the hands on projects like this one are fresh from a milestone moment.

Swipe to meet the story: The Construction Industry Training Council of WA's Glazing Apprenticeship Program just graduated its very first class of glaziers in Eastern Washington!

Congrats to the two grads, both glaziers with Modern Glass (Coeur d'Alene, ID), who completed the NGA Glazier Apprentice Curriculum & CITC program, and walked at the Eastern WA ceremony in June. A special shoutout to David DeJong, who was named the program's Outstanding Graduate of the Year and earned a spot on the President's List 👏

Programs like this are what keep the glass and glazing trade growing, with several more apprentices currently in the pipeline at AllStar Glass Company — this is just the beginning.

🔗 Learn more about glazier registered apprenticeship programs: https://www.myglassclass.com/apprenticeship

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The glass industry had a hard 2025. Tariffs, project delays, market uncertainty.

And yet — 77% of fabricators say they expect sales to grow this year.

Glass Magazine's annual Top Glass Fabricators report captures where the industry stands heading into this year. The phrase "cautious optimism" has become almost a clichéd term for describing the 2026 market outlook. But given everything leading companies have navigated over the past decade, we'd call it something else: resilient optimism.

Read the full report at https://www.glassmagazine.com/article/2026-top-glass-fabricators-report