Wholesale distributors of quality hardware for windows, doors and skylights since 1987. Rely on FFI FFI provides one-stop wholesale hardware solutions for manufacturers, fabricators, showrooms, and retailers– as well as solutions and referrals for architects. FFI is also happy to help contractors and homeowners with referrals to dealers and manufacturers who can provide hardware and/or doors and windows for your projects. You can rely on FFI for quality products, service, and technical support. We represent a broad range of residential and commercial hardware products for windows, doors and skylights, with “right here, right now” inventory.

International sourcing and distribution
FFI represents manufacturers from around the world. Each manufacturer and product is critically evaluated for quality of design, production and materials, as well as applicability to American market trends.

FFI custom manufacturing
To address customer needs, FFI designs and manufactures custom extrusions in aluminum, brass and stainless steel, as well as specialty hardware for a variety of applications.

FFI insists on superior materials – so should you

	high-grade, extruded stainless steel.
	extruded architectural brass and bronze.
	class I anodized or kynar paint finishes for superior durability with 30 year projected lifespan.
	solid brass hardware, for best quality custom patinas / plating in US-10B, mat nickel, and more.

FFI has earned our reputation for high quality, innovative solutions by:

	continually identifying fenestration trends.
	sourcing the best products from top manufacturers.
	developing productive, long-term partnerships.

FFI company history

1972	FFI President, Robert Renner, starts a business in antiques and architectural hardware in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1987	Mr. Renner founds a new company in Los Angeles, Architectural Art, featuring quality wholesale hardware, and becomes the Western Distributor for Truth Hardware.
1990	The growing company serves high-end custom window and door projects as well as the replacement hardware market, and moves to a larger facility in El Segundo, California.
1992	More hardware lines are added, including European G-U Hardware (G-U discontinued by 1997). International research and sourcing to introduce innovative products to the American market becomes a company hallmark.
1995	Outside sales efforts are expanded across the United States to promote lift slide and other progressive products.
1997	At 10th Anniversary, the company name is changed from Architectural Art to Functional Fenestration Inc., and FFI moves to a larger facility in Hawthorne, California (close to LAX airport).
1998	Italian product lines for lift slide, multipoint locks, and tilt turn hardware are added: AGB, Olivari, Zuani tooling and more. FFI begins advertising in Fenestration Magazine and Window & Door Magazine.
2000	FFI implements in-house Marketing and Technical Departments to better to serve clients. Olivari handles are featured in Custom Home Magazine and other publications.
2001	FFI adds more innovative products: Tiger stainless steel sliding door hardware, and motorized actuators for commercial capacity windows and skylights from Ultraflex Control Systems (UCS). Also, extruded brass cladding and brass lift slide track are introduced – brass tracks fills a market need for more corrosion-resistant track for heavy sliding doors installed in concrete.
2002	Continuing our reputation for innovation, FFI adds Alspec and Centor exterior folding door systems from Australia (discontinued in 2005). FFI product development team is instrumental in Eclipse E4 system and oil-rubbed bronze finish being added to the product line.
2003	FFI adds a Western Territory Sales office in Idaho.
2004	Continuing on from successful trade show exhibitions at GlassBuild, NAHB, PCBC, BIS, and Win-Door, FFI exhibits at the 2004 national architect convention, AIA Expo in Chicago, Illinois.
2005	FFI celebrates 5 straight years of double-digit annual sales growth. Remote offices are opened in Utah for the FFI Technical department and in Italy for the FFI Purchasing department.
2006	FFI begins implementation of Kaizen Constant Improvement program. FFI Product Development Team launches new lift slide products: stainless steel lift-slide carriages and locks, lift-slide handles, pulls and more.
2007	Functional Fenestration 20th anniversary, 1987 - 2007

You can learn more about FFI company history on our FFI News page, and

about FFI products in our Product Catalog.