FORT MYERS, Fla. – MY Shower Door / D3 Glass has been named a semi-finalist in the 2022 Sterling Manufacturing Business Excellence (SMBE) Awards. As part of a statewide select group of professionals, the award serves to recognize high performing Florida manufacturers, offer company learning and development opportunities, and gain greater exposure for the Florida manufacturing sector. MY Shower Door / D3 Glass is the only Southwest Florida company represented in this prestigious group.
“We are honored to be named among Florida’s high-performance manufacturers,” said Bill Daubmann, President and Founder of the Fort Myers-based company. “Having been in the business for more than 30 years, manufacturing and installing over 100,000 frameless shower doors, very few companies in the U.S. have completed as many jobs and have such high ratings. We are proud to be recognized as high-performing manufacturers that help to elevate Florida’s manufacturing community.”
MY Shower Door / D3 glass has won several awards in recent years, consistently standing out because of their state-of-the-art design and quality workmanship. The company started in 2003 as a small showroom and assembly operation in Naples, Fla., later delving into manufacturing by founding D3 Glass in 2013. D3 Glass continues its explosive growth in glass fabrication and tempering, allowing the company to manufacture its own glass and expand the company brand over the past several years. The company now makes and installs frameless shower doors for nine Florida MY Shower Door locations as well as other glass shops in Florida, other products include bulletproof glass, decorative glass, wine closets, glass staircases, office partitions and other glass products.
All manufacturers with production facilities in Florida are eligible to participate in the SMBE Awards. More than 160 nominations were received. FloridaMakes, in partnership with The Sterling Council, is leading the Florida Sterling Manufacturing Business Excellence Award process.
Nominations are followed by a virtual meeting with a team of examiners to review high performance evaluation criteria. The Examiner team then conducts an in-person evaluation of company systems and practices. The week of April 18, examiners and judges will meet to determine the award winners. Finalists will be announced the week of April 25, and be recognized, in-person, at the Manufacturing Excellence Reception on June 3, at the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Orlando.
The FloridaMakes network has serviced hundreds of manufacturers across the state since 2016. Learn about the impact their services have on companies’ long-term business growth and productivity by visiting www.FloridaMakes.com.
The Daubmanns’ are leaders in their industry and have seen their company grow from the original four founding family members to the current 175 employees throughout the State of Florida, and establishing six affiliate stores in Oklahoma City and Edmond, Okla.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., and York, Pa. Learn more about MY Shower Door / D3 Glass at MYShowerDoor.com.
MY Shower Door / D3 Glass
MY Shower Door / D3 Glass is owned by the Daubmann family of Bill and Donna Daubmann along with sons Keith and Doug. MY Shower Door, founded by the Daubmann family in 2003, has grown from 56 employees in 2014 to 175 this year with showrooms in Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples (2), Sarasota, Tampa, St. Petersburg, Orlando and Boca Raton. The firm also has affiliate stores in Oklahoma City, Okla.; Edmond, Okla.; Grand Rapids, Mich.; St. Paul and Minneapolis, Minn., and York, Pa. D3 Glass, which started in 2013, continues its explosive growth in glass fabrication and tempering, allowing the company to manufacture its own glass and expand the company brand over the past seven years. Its line of products includes laminated glass, decorative glass, glass stair railing systems, office partitions and wine closets. MY Shower Door / D3 Glass has received local, regional and national recognition for their business accomplishments and products, including the “Business Ambassador” award from then-Gov. Rick Scott and Manufacturer of the Year by Lee County’s Horizon Council and Horizon Foundation distinction. For more information, call Bill Daubmann at 239-596-3255 or visit MYShowerDoor.com.
