contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . december 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message g.james glass & aluminium type private industry manufacturing founded 1917 headquarters brisbane queensland australia key people lewis saragossi chairman and managing director number of employees 2500 website www.gjames.com.au g.james glass & aluminium is an australian industrial company producing glass and aluminium products . 1 g.james is a major australian glass processor aluminium window and door fabricator & contractor and production of extruded aluminium profiles . company history edit the origin of the g.james group of companies began in 1913 when an enterprising george james arrived in australia after migrating from england . after working for various building related companies in brisbane george decided to use his skills as a glazier along with his knowledge of sales and purchasing to establish g.james glass merchants at west end brisbane in 1917 . initially the business was based on buying cases of glass and selling it cut to size to timber joiners in queensland and new south wales . upon george s death in 1958 his son in law joseph joe saragossi together with his wife pearle 2 and sister in law gertie baratin founded a private company in 1959 . in 2006 the company won an australian window association awa design award for the best use of windows and doors . 3 in june 2009 it lost a bid to supply glass for the supreme and district courts building in brisbane . . the winning bid was from a chinese manufacturer . 4 references edit g james expansion has a touch of glass . . the australian financial review via australasian business intelligence . 29 april 2002 . retrieved 14 december 2009 . houghton des 7 may 2005 . not just any old joe . the courier mail . retrieved 10 december 2009 . australian window association design award winners announced at red centre . dexigner . 18 october 2006 . retrieved 10 december 2009 . giles darrell 6 june 2009 . g. james glass firm loses 45m job to chinese rival . sunday mail . archived from the original on 9 june 2009 . retrieved 10 december 2009 . external links edit g.james glass & aluminium website this article about an australian corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title g.james glass % 26 aluminium & oldid 744224737 categories manufacturing companies of australiaaluminium companiesglassmaking companiesmanufacturing companies based in brisbaneaustralian company stubshidden categories use dmy dates from may 2011use australian english from may 2011all wikipedia articles written in australian englishwikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from december 2009all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 october 2016 at 22 02 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view