PGT Custom Windows co-founder honored for lifetime achievement
Rod Hershberger, co-founder of PGT Custom Windows and Doors and current MITER Brands board member, was recently recognized with the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Argus Foundation.
Hershberger has played an integral role in industry and the community over the years. In 1980, he co-founded VinylTech, a vinyl porch enclosure manufacturing company, with Paul Hostetler. The duo began producing products in Venice with just three employees. By 1987, Hershberger and Hostetler established a new division, known as Progressive Glass Technology (PGT), to manufacture windows and doors.
Under Hershberger, PGT became the first company to offer a full suite of impact-resistant window and door products. After retiring from PGT in 2017, Hershberger served as the non-employee chairman of the board for PGT Innovations, parent company of several window and door brands, including PGT Custom Windows and Doors. Following MITER Brands’ acquisition of PGT in 2024, he was appointed to MITER Brands’ board…