Andersen Corporation
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Andersen Corporation is a privately-owned American business that is a major manufacturer of windows; its windows are known as Andersen Windows. The company was founded in 1903 by Danish immigrant Hans Andersen and his family in Hudson, Wisconsin, where logs arrived via the St. Croix River. Andersen first began mass producing back in 1904, nine years before Henry Ford put the automobile on an assembly line. Today the company is headquartered in Bayport, Minnesota, and employs more than 14,000 people in locations across North America. It has 16 manufacturing facilities, and manufactures more than 12 million windows and doors.
Fibrex was created by Andersen Windows as a patented structural composite that combines attributes of thermoplastics and bio-fibers (wood). Although this product was created by Andersen Windows, it is its Renewal by Andersen division that produces windows with this material.
Andersen Windows works through an extensive network of dealers, many of which are advanced dealers called Circle Of Excellence (COE) Dealers. Andersen's service and warranty issues are handled through its Dealer Service Network (DSN), composed of many of these COE Dealers.
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An extensive collection of historical Andersen Corporation Records is available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society.