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'{{Short description|American window and door company}} {{Undisclosed paid|date=May 2020}} {{Cleanup-PR|1=article|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox company | name = Andersen Corporation | logo = File:Aw-logo-2021.png | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] | foundation = July 25, 1903 | founder = Hans Andersen and family | location_city = [[Bayport, Minnesota]] | location_country = [[United States]] | area_served = [[Earth|Worldwide]] | industry = [[Manufacturing]] | products = [[Window]]s and [[Door]]s | services = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = 10,000 (2021) | subsid = Andersen Windows, Inc.<br>Renewal by Andersen Corporation<br>EMCO Enterprises | homepage = {{URL|http://www.andersencorporation.com/}} | footnotes = }} '''Andersen Corporation''' is an international window and door manufacturing enterprise employing approximately 10,000 people at more than thirty manufacturing facilities, logistics centers, and company owned retail locations. Andersen is a private company headquartered in [[Bayport, Minnesota|Bayport]], [[Minnesota]].<ref name="What'sNextStrib">Dee DePass, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140611120110/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-105787328.html "A history of `what's next?'"] ''[[Star Tribune]]'', July 24, 2003 {{subscription required|via=[[HighBeam Research]]}}.</ref> Andersen ranked #179 on Forbes List of Private Companies, with $2.5 billion in annual sales for fiscal year ending December 31, 2016.<ref name=forbes2017>Forbes, [https://www.forbes.com/companies/andersen/], accessed 2017</ref> Andersen Corporation and its affiliates make up the largest window and door manufacturer in North America.<ref>Window & Door Magazine, [https://windowanddoor.com/article/marchapril-2017/top-100-manufacturers-2017],</ref> Andersen Corporation and its subsidiaries manufacture and market window and door products under the names Andersen, '''Renewal by Andersen'''<!-- bolded per [[WP:MOSBOLD]] as a redirect target -->, MQ, and Heritage. Andersen has manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, and Italy. Andersen's production facility in Bayport, Minnesota, comprises a 2.8-million-square-feet area spread over 65 acres.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} {{TOC limit|2}} ==History== [[File:Andersen Lumber 1903.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Andersen Lumber 1903]] [[File:Andersen Corporation Hudson Plant 1913.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Hudson Plant 1913]] 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.<ref name="source1">Andersen Corporation, [http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00678.xml Corporate Records] ''[[Minnesota Historical Society]]''</ref> Andersen Lumber Company was originally based in [[Hudson, Wisconsin]], where logs arrived at their location via the [[St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)|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. <!-- [[File:1924 Frame Maker Magazine.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Andersen begins publishing a newsletter for employees called The Frame Maker.]] --> <!-- [[File:1932 Sam Engman.jpg|thumb|right|200px|1932 Sam Engman]] --> [[File:1940 Victory Window.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Andersen begins producing windows with less metal and other material to support the war effort.]] 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 [[Army-Navy "E" Award|"Excellence in Production" ("E") awards]] from the [[United States Army]], and [[United States Navy]].<ref>Army-Navy "E" Award Winners in World War Two Michigan-Minnesota, [http://usautoindustryworldwartwo.com/Army-Navy%20E%20Awards/Army-Navy%20E%20Awards-page-6.htm],</ref> ===Recent History=== [[File:1952 Welded Insulated Glass.jpg|thumb|right|200px|1952 Andersen begins fitting its windows with Welded Insulating Glass]] Renewal by Andersen was founded in 1995 and in 2015 opened a 125,000 square-foot manufacturing plant expansion.<ref>South Washington County Bulletin [http://www.swcbulletin.com/business/3767507-expansion-under-way-renewal-andersen-cottage-grove],</ref> Andersen opened a new manufacturing facility in [[Menomonie, Wisconsin]] in 2000. Andersen announced an $18 million expansion of its [[Bayport, Minnesota|Bayport]] operations in April 2015.<ref>Janet Moore, Star Tribune [http://www.startribune.com/april-30-2014-andersen-plans-18-million-expansion-in-bayport/257341521/],</ref><ref>Office of Minnesota Governor [https://mn.gov/governor/newsroom/?id=1055-100390],</ref> In 2015, Andersen added more than 300 jobs as part of a $45 million expansion project at its Renewal manufacturing facility in [[Cottage Grove, Minnesota|Cottage Grove]] and its Fibrex extrusion plant in [[North Branch, Minnesota|North Branch]].<ref>Nick Woltman, Pioneer Press [https://www.twincities.com/2015/04/05/andersen-corp-to-add-jobs-expand-facilities-in-minnesota/],</ref> In October, 2017, Andersen acquired Quebec-based Fenêtres MQ Inc., a Quebec-based manufacturer of high-end doors and windows.<ref>Dee Depass, Star Tribune [http://www.startribune.com/andersen-to-buy-quebec-based-window-and-door-maker/454521823/],</ref> hello In January 2018, Andersen acquired Frontier Tooling and Design Corp, an extrusion tooling supplier in Huntington, West Virginia.<ref>The Herald Dispatch,[http://www.herald-dispatch.com/business/andersen-corp-acquires-frontier-tooling-and-design/article_ce9c9007-8d47-5904-b9b4-0c98586c71bc.html],</ref> In March 2018, Andersen acquired Heritage Windows and Doors, a manufacturer of custom aluminum doors and windows in [[Gilbert, Arizona]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dwmmag.com/andersen-acquires-heritage-windows-and-doors/|title=Andersen Acquires Heritage Windows and Doors|date=March 5, 2018}}</ref><ref>[https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2018/03/05/andersen-corp-buys-arizona-window-and-door-maker.html Britt Johnsen, Minneapolis St. Paul Business Journal]</ref> ==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.<ref name=:10>Tim Harlow, Star Tribune [http://www.startribune.com/andersen-foundation-marks-70-years-of-philanthropy/146176835/],</ref> 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.<ref name=:10/> A [[Boy Scouts of America]] camp located on the [[St. Croix River (Wisconsin–Minnesota)|St. Croix River]] and operated by [[Northern Star Council]] was named after former Andersen president Fred C. Andersen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://camp.northernstar.org/Fred-C-Andersen-Scout-Camp|title=Camp Northern Star Scouting > Fred C Andersen Scout Camp|website=camp.northernstar.org}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.andersencorporation.com Andersen Corporation] *An extensive collection of historical [http://www.mnhs.org/library/findaids/00678.xml Andersen Corporation Records] is available for research use at the [[Minnesota Historical Society]]. {{Minnesota Corporations|state=collapsed}} {{Authority control}} [[Category:Manufacturing companies based in Minnesota]] [[Category:Manufacturing companies established in 1903]] [[Category:1903 establishments in Wisconsin]] [[Category:Privately held companies based in Minnesota]] [[Category:Window manufacturers]] [[Category:Building materials companies of the United States]] [[Category:American brands]] [[Category:Washington County, Minnesota]]'