History
Danish immigrant Hans Andersen, along with his wife Sarah and their two sons, began the business as a lumberyard in 1903.
The Andersens positioned their original building along the St. Croix River in Hudson, Wisconsin. From this location, they could use the river to transport logs directly to the site. Andersen soon specialized in window frames, selling over 100,000 in 1909 alone. In 1913, Andersen moved across the river to Bayport, Minnesota, where its headquarters and main manufacturing facility are still located.
Today the parent company and its subsidiaries employ over 7,500 people with manufacturing facilities operating in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Virginia, and Ontario.
