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PGT ® Custom Windows and Doors, part of the MITER Brands portfolio and America’s authority in high-performance windows and doors, today announced the addition of several long-standing, high-demand products to its portfolio, further expanding the range of high-quality solutions available to homeowners, dealers, and building professionals. The Scout and Sparta aluminum window and door lines, along with the FD 450 Estate French Door and the FD 160 French Door, are now offered under the PGT brand, providing trusted performance, enhanced protection, and versatile design options, all backed by the PGT commitment to quality and innovation.
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“These additions align with PGT’s commitment to offering innovative products that empower homeowners with safety, beauty, and enduring performance,” said Steven Starkey, Vice President of Sales, MITER Brands-South. “Our customers will now enjoy an even larger variety of high-performance products with desirable styles, colors, and hardware options, along with a true front entry door in the 450 Estate.”
From strength and performance to design options and curb appeal, PGT’s new products offer homeowners a wide range of benefits.
To learn more about PGT’s full portfolio of products, visit www.pgtwindows.com/.
ABOUT PGT CUSTOM WINDOWS AND DOORS
PGT Custom Windows and Doors, part of the MITER Brands portfolio, is America’s authority in high-performance windows and doors. With decades of proven industry leadership and over 8+ million units installed, PGT Custom Windows and Doors has a consistent track record of leading the space with an unwavering focus on safety and innovation. Its product lines include WinGuard ® aluminum and vinyl frames for impact-resistant windows, ClassicVue Max™ aluminum frames for non-impact windows, and EnergyVue ® vinyl frames for non-impact windows.
PGT Custom Windows and Doors has a primary focus of protecting families’ lifestyle choices with a commitment to delivering industry-best service. Backed by innovative technology, homeowners can enjoy their home life with greater peace of mind, wherever they choose to live, knowing they are protected from storms, noise, and intrusion.
For more information, visit PGTWindows.com.
About MITER Brands
Founded in 1947, MITER Brands is a residential window and door manufacturer that produces a portfolio of window and door brands for the new construction and replacement segments with an owner-operated, family-first approach. Through optimized manufacturing, valued relationships, and dedicated team members coast to coast, MITER Brands instills confidence and drives quality customer experiences. The name “MITER” is an acronym reflecting five of the company’s core strengths: Manufacturing, Innovation, Trust, Experiences, and Relationships.
For more information, visit www.miterbrands.com.
Ideal for patios, garages, and side entrances, the FD160 is engineered to meet strict building code requirements while enhancing a home’s aesthetics and security.
The Sparta product line delivers PGT’s signature “Always On” protection, helping keep homes safe from severe weather, intruders, and outside noise.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Lindsey Vonn is “confident” she can compete at the upcoming Milan Cortina Winter Olympics with a torn ACL from a crash four days ago.
Vonn said on Tuesday the damage to her left knee was a “completely ruptured” ACL, bone bruising “plus meniscal damage.”
After three days of physical therapy and doctors' advice, Vonn tried skiing on Tuesday. She did not appear to be limping as she entered and exited a news conference.
“My knee is not swollen, and with the help of a knee brace, I am confident that I can compete on Sunday," Vonn said.
“So this is not obviously what I had hoped for. I know what my chances were before the crash and I know my chances aren’t the same as it stands today but I know there’s still a chance. And as long as there’s a chance, I will try.
“I will do everything in my power to be in the starting gate."
Vonn crashed in a World Cup downhill in Crans-Montana, Switzerland on Friday and ended up in the safety nets. After skiing to the bottom of the course she was taken to hospital.
The 41-year-old American was expected to be one of the biggest stars of the Winter Games, which start Friday with the opening ceremony. Her first race comes two days later in the women’s downhill. Vonn also plans on competing in super-G and the new team combined event.
The opening women’s downhill training session is scheduled for Thursday.
Teammate Bella Wright said Vonn has what it takes — a strong mental state — to ski through her injuries.
“If anyone can do it, it’s Lindsey,” Wright said.
Breezy Johnson, the downhill and combined world champion, was in a similar situation to Vonn at Cortina during a World Cup weekend in 2022.
“I’ve tried and failed to ski this course with no ACL and that doesn’t mean that she can’t do it,” Johnson said. “There are more athletes that ski without ACLs and with knee damage than what we talk about.”
Andrea Panzeri, the chief physician for the Italian Winter Sports Federation, said numerous athletes have competed at elite level with a torn ACL and other severe knee issues.
Vonn’s fellow downhiller Sofia Goggia came back to win a silver medal at the 2022 Olympics weeks after spraining her left knee, partially tearing her ACL and suffering a “minor fracture” of the fibula bone in her leg — plus some tendon damage.
Italian freetsyle skier Flora Tabanelli tore the ACL in her right knee in November but put off surgery until after the Olympics.
Tabanelli is 18, though.
“But (Vonn) has experience, the physical ability and the experience on this course,” Panzeri said. “If she decides to try and race, it’s because her clinical condition and her doctors are allowing her to. She doesn’t have anything to lose. I think it’s worth a try.”
Vonn has had numerous crashes and injuries in her career. One of her worst was at the 2013 world championships in Schladming, Austria during a super-G that was also held in difficult conditions.
Vonn tore her right knee. She returned the following season, got hurt again and missed the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
She was also battered up before the 2019 world championships but took bronze in downhill before going into a nearly six-year retirement.
“I’ve been in this position before. I know how to handle it,” Vonn said. “I feel a lot better now than I did in 2019 . . . And I still got a medal there with no LCL and three tibial plateau fractures. So, like I said, this is not an unknown for me. I’ve done this before.”
Still, Vonn added, “This would be the best comeback I’ve done so far. Definitely the most dramatic.”
Vonn made a stunning comeback last season after nearly six years away. Skiing with a partial titanium implant in her right knee, she has been the circuit’s leading downhiller this season with two victories and three other podium finishes in five races.
Including super-G, Vonn completed eight World Cup races and finished on the podium in seven of them. Her worst finish was fourth.
Women’s skiing during the Games will be in Cortina, where Vonn holds the World Cup record with 12 wins.
She has won three Olympic medals: Gold in downhill and bronze in super-G in 2010 and bronze in downhill in 2018.
It hasn’t just been about recovery for Vonn these past few days.
On her way to Cortina, she stopped at the grave of her childhood coach Erich Sailer, who died in August aged 99.
Sailer coached Vonn at Buck Hill in Minnesota. He’s buried just outside Innsbruck, Austria.
Vonn said she shed some tears during the graveside visit – the only tears she’s shed these past few days.
“I miss him. And I know exactly what he would say to me right now. And it definitely gives me additional hope that I know that he would support me,” Vonn added.
“He would say, ‘It’s only 90 seconds. What’s 90 seconds in a lifetime? It’s nothing. You can do it.’” Vonn said. “That’s what he said to me before my last run in Are, and I know he would say it to me again today.”
Associated Press writer Jennifer McDermott contributed.
AP Olympics: https://apnews.com/hub/milan-cortina-2026-winter-olympics
United States' Lindsey Vonn leaves after a press conference by the U.S. ski team at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
United States' Lindsey Vonn attends a press conference by the U.S. ski team at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
United States' Lindsey Vonn smiles during a press conference by the U.S. ski team at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
United States' Lindsey Vonn grimaces during a press conference by the U.S. ski team at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)
United States' Lindsey Vonn approaches the finish area after crashing, during an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
United States' Lindsey Vonn holds her left knee after crashing, during an alpine ski, women’s World Cup downhill, in Crans Montana, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
United States' Lindsey Vonn at the finish line after crashing, during an alpine ski, women's World Cup downhill, in Crans Montana , Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
