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Andersen Corporation
Company typePrivate
IndustryManufacturing
FoundedJuly 25, 1903
FounderHans Andersen and family
Headquarters
Bayport, Minnesota
,
United States
Area served
Worldwide
ProductsWindows and Doors
RevenueIncrease US$3 billion[1]
Number of employees
13,000 (2023)[1]
Subsidiaries
  • Andersen Windows, Inc.
  • Renewal by Andersen Corporation
  • EMCO Enterprises
Websitewww.andersencorporation.com

Andersen Corporation is an international window and door manufacturing enterprise employing 12,000 people at more than thirty manufacturing facilities, logistics centers, and company owned retail locations. Andersen is a private company headquartered in Bayport, Minnesota.[1][2]

Andersen ranked #146 on Forbes List of America's Largest Private Companies, with $3 billion in annual sales for fiscal year ending December 31, 2021,[1][3] and #185 on Forbes list of America's best large employers in 2022.[4] Andersen Corporation and its affiliates make up the largest window and door manufacturer in North America.[5]

Andersen Corporation and its subsidiaries manufacture and market window and door products under the names Andersen, Renewal by Andersen, MQ, and Heritage. Andersen has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, and Italy. Andersen's production facility in Bayport, Minnesota, comprises a 8-million-square-foot (740×10^3 m2) area spread over 65 acres (26 ha).[citation needed]

History

Andersen Corporation was founded in 1903 as the Andersen Lumber Company by Danish immigrant Hans Jacob Andersen and his family at Hudson, Wisconsin. In 1929, the name of the firm was changed to Andersen Frame Company, and again in 1937 to Andersen Corporation.[6]

Andersen Lumber Company was originally based in Hudson, Wisconsin, where logs arrived at their location via the St. Croix River. In 1908, Hans Andersen sold the lumberyards to devote all the company's efforts to the window frame business. Needing room for expansion, Andersen built a factory in 1913 in South Stillwater (now Bayport, Minnesota). In 1914, Fred C. Andersen became president. In 1916, Andersen resumed operating the lumber business.

When metals were scarce during World War II, Andersen began producing windows using parts less metal and other material to support the war effort. Andersen Corporation also made wooden ammunition boxes for the war effort, which resulted in "Excellence in Production" ("E") awards from the United States Army, and United States Navy.[7]

Recent History

Renewal by Andersen was founded in 1995 and in 2015 opened a 125,000 square-foot manufacturing plant expansion.[8] Andersen opened a new manufacturing facility in Menomonie, Wisconsin in 2000.

Andersen announced an $18 million expansion of its Bayport operations in April 2015.[9][10]

In 2015, Andersen added more than 300 jobs as part of a $45 million expansion project at its Renewal manufacturing facility in Cottage Grove and its Fibrex extrusion plant in North Branch.[11]

In October, 2017, Andersen acquired Quebec-based Fenêtres MQ Inc., a Quebec-based manufacturer of high-end doors and windows.[12]

In September 2018, Renewal by Andersen was named in an EEOC complaint for discriminating against women and older workers in employment by targeting job ads on Facebook to younger men only.[13] In September 2019, the EEOC ruled that Renewal by Andersen violated the Civil Rights act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act.[14][15][16]

In January 2018, Andersen acquired Frontier Tooling and Design Corp, an extrusion tooling supplier in Huntington, West Virginia.[17] In March 2018, Andersen acquired Heritage Windows and Doors, a manufacturer of custom aluminum doors and windows in Gilbert, Arizona.[18][19]

In August 2019, Renewal by Andersen was fined $50,000 by the District of Columbia for refusing service to people in certain zip codes, in violation of the District's Human Rights Act.[20]

In October 2022, Andersen reached a settlement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights after withdrawing a job offer after learning that an applicant had a disability. The company claimed that the applicant would not be able to operate a forklift, but operating a forklift was not in the job description and the applicant had documentation that they could do so safely if needed. The company agreed to pay the former applicant a year's worth of pay ($41,000) and promised to take steps to make a more inclusive workplace.[21][22][23]

Philanthropy

The Bayport Foundation, the precursor to the Andersen Corporate Foundation, was established in 1941. The first check cut was a $100 gift to Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.[24] As of April 2012, the foundation has donated more than $50 million to a wide range of nonprofit organizations that provide community, social and support services to improve people's lives and strengthen communities.[24]

A Boy Scouts of America camp located on the St. Croix River and operated by Northern Star Council was named after former Andersen president Fred C. Andersen.[25]

References

  1. ^ a b c d https://www.forbes.com/largest-private-companies/list/#tab:rank. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  2. ^ "A history of 'what's next?'; Andersen Windows marks 100 years Friday, 90 of them at one location in Bayport. While the firm values its past, it always strives to look ahead. (BUSINESS) - Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)". 2014-06-11. Archived from the original on 2014-06-11. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
  3. ^ Forbes, [1], accessed 2017
  4. ^ SCHWARZ, ALAN. "America's Best Large Employers 2023". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  5. ^ Window & Door Magazine, [2],
  6. ^ Andersen Corporation, Corporate Records Minnesota Historical Society
  7. ^ Army-Navy "E" Award Winners in World War Two Michigan-Minnesota, [3],
  8. ^ South Washington County Bulletin [4],
  9. ^ Janet Moore, Star Tribune [5],
  10. ^ Office of Minnesota Governor [6],
  11. ^ Nick Woltman, Pioneer Press [7],
  12. ^ Dee Depass, Star Tribune [8],
  13. ^ "Facebook EEOC Complaints". American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  14. ^ "In Historic Decision on Digital Bias, EEOC Finds Employers Violated Federal Law When They Excluded Women and Older Workers From Facebook Job Ads". American Civil Liberties Union. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  15. ^ Yurieff, Kaya (2019-09-25). "Employers illegally used Facebook ads to exclude women and older workers, says EEOC | CNN Business". CNN. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  16. ^ Campbell, Alexia Fernández (2019-09-25). "Job ads on Facebook discriminated against women and older workers, EEOC says". Vox. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  17. ^ The Herald Dispatch,[9],
  18. ^ "Andersen Acquires Heritage Windows and Doors". March 5, 2018.
  19. ^ Britt Johnsen, Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal
  20. ^ "AG Racine Announces Major Window Company to Stop Discriminating Against Consumers East of the Anacostia River". oag.dc.gov. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  21. ^ "MDHR settles with company that denied an former applicant due to disability". kare11.com. October 12, 2022. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  22. ^ Tribune, Brooks Johnson Star. "State settles with Andersen Windows over 'refusal' to hire applicant with disability". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  23. ^ "Minnesota Department of Human Rights Settles with Andersen Corporation after the Company Refused to Hire an Applicant Because of His Disability". Minnesota.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  24. ^ a b Tim Harlow, Star Tribune [10],
  25. ^ "Camp Northern Star Scouting > Fred C Andersen Scout Camp". camp.northernstar.org.

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