Highlights in Andersen Corporation History 1904 - Founder Hans Andersen introduced mass production of window and door frames, nine years before Henry Ford's assembly line for automobiles. 1914 - Andersen Corporation introduced profit sharing and health and disability insurance. 1924 - Andersen began to pay $2 rewards to employees for their ideas on ways to save time, money and material or to improve products and production. The reward program is still in place today. 1932 - The Andersen® wood casement window was the first completely assembled, factory-made window in the industry. 1934-1952 - Narroline® double-hung and gliding windows, Andersen Windowalls® and Flexivent® windows (opening in, out or sideways) pioneered new levels of window form and function, resulting in dramatic changes in home comfort and design. 1964 - Andersen introduced its first wood gliding door. 1966 - Perma-Shield® vinyl cladding, the low-maintenance, weather-resistant exterior for solid wood window products, coupled with Andersen® advanced insulating glass, eliminated the need for storm windows, and launched an entirely new category to the window industry: the clad-wood window category. 1978 - In the company's 75th year, windows and patio doors with Perma-Shield® cladding represented 75 percent of annual sales. 1995 - Fibrex™ material becomes one of the leading structural window materials on the market.          "Andersen", the AW logo and other marks where denoted are trademarks of Andersen Corporation in the United States and other countries. © 2004 Andersen Corporation.