Company Overview
Highlights
To celebrate its 100th year in business in 2003, Andersen spearheaded a project to build 100 Habitat for Humanity homes over a five-year period.
One of Andersen’s notable products is art glass, including three Frank Lloyd Wright® designs, introduced in the 1990s.
Operates more than 100 Renewal by Andersen window replacement stores in 33 states
Andersen began as a lumber company at its founding in 1903. Soon thereafter, founder Hans Andersen and his two sons created the first-ever standardized window frame with interchangeable parts. They sold the lumber business in 1908, deciding to concentrate on their revolutionary window frame instead. The decision was the right one; by the 1920s, the company was producing one million frames a year. A number of innovations were to follow, including the Master Frame, which had a locked sill joint; a casement window, the first-ever complete factory-made window unit; the double-hung, basement, and gliding windows; the patio door, and the list goes on. In 1995, the company launched Renewal by Andersen, a retail window-replacement business. It then acquired Aspen Research, a former strategic partner handling testing, research, and product development, in 1997. The company continued to diversify its portfolio of products and grow its business with still other acquisitions, including that of EMCO Enterprises (storm doors and accessories), Dashwood Industries (windows, skylights, roof windows, doors), and KML Windows (architectural windows and doors). The company is equally owned by the founding Andersen family, the Andersen Foundation, and company employees.