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Rely on FFI

A California corporation, serving the fenestration community since 1987.

FFI provides quality architectural hardware for doors, windows and skylights. We provide expert solutions to the fenestration industry, including manufacturers, fabricators, showrooms and resellers–as well as product information and referrals for architects. FFI product lines are well-diversified, with products for residential and commercial projects.

FFI Product Lines

FFI Contract-Manufactured Products —
Innovations by FFI product development team, contract-manufactured exclusively for FFI.

  • FFI Stainless Steel Lift Slide system

  • FFI LS100, LS200 & LS300 lift slide handles

  • FFI pulls for sliding patio doors, interior doors and screens

  • FFI profile cylinders for door locks

  • FASTrack system for multi-panel sliding doors

  • FFI Panel Interlock for multi-panel sliding doors

  • FFI sliding door tracks for lift slide, top-hung, and patio doors

Distribution Products

  • Motorized operators for windows, skylights, and other vents by UCS

  • Hardware and motors for windows and skylights by Truth

  • European multipoint hardware for doors, windows and tilt turn by AGB

  • Top-hung sliding door carriage kits by Tiger

  • rapid-block spacers by Proni

  • decorative handles by Olivari

Quality Commitment
FFI provides the best available materials, including the best grades of stainless steel for higher corrosion resistance, the most durable finishes such as Class I Anodizing and Kynar coating not offered by other brands, and solid brass decorative hardware and tracks. We believe in sustainable building practices and heirloom quality buildings designed to last for decades. FFI insists on superior materials; so should you.

Excellent Service...Every Time

The FFI Customer Service team is committed to providing prompt, expert service.
Inquiries for quotes, orders, product & technical information are responded to within 24 hours.
Available tools include installation guides, CAD drawings, calculators to create parts lists.
In-stock products ship within 24 to 72 hours.
For qualified accounts, payment by credit line or credit card.
Showroom visits by appointment.

Inventory and Infrastructure Commitment
FFI plans with your needs in mind, by continually investing in inventory, infrastructure, software, and team training and development. Our inventory is planned for a 3-month continuous inventory supply of core products. Volume Discount, Purchasing Analysis, and Inventory Consignment Agreement Plans are available for our manufacturing clients.

Research & Development: turning market feedback into product innovations
FFI is an independent American company with an in-house product development team and partnerships worldwide. This means FFI can provide a more complete range of hardware and components and bring new solutions to market more quickly than factory-owned hardware providers. FFI listens to our clients, studies North American and world fenestration markets, and changes our offerings in response to architectural trends. The FFI Design team creates products as needed, adding new innovative products every year.


FFI Company History Highlights

1972
FFI President, Robert Renner, founds an architectural antiques & hardware business in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1987
Company established under name Architectural Art in Los Angeles, and becomes Western Distributor for Truth Hardware.
1990
Company moves to larger facility in El Segundo, to accommodate growing inventory of operating and decorative hardware.
1992
Company promotes European hardware systems in American market; distributes G-U lift slide and tilt turn (G-U discontinued by 1997).
1995
Company grows to add Outside Sales staff.
1997
At 10th Anniversary, name changes from Architectural Art to Functional Fenestration Inc.
FFI moves to a larger facility in Hawthorne (near LAX).
1998
FFI adds lift slide, multipoint, tilt turn and other products from AGB, Olivari and Zuani.
1999
FFI starts advertising in Window & Door and Fenestration magazines.
2000
FFI implements in-house Marketing and Technical Departments.
2001
More product lines added: interior sliding door hardware, brass track & cladding, and motorized systems for windows, skylights and other vents by UCS.
2002
FFI adds exterior folding door systems by Alspec & Centor; FFI partners to develop Eclipse E4 system (Centor & Alspec discontinued in 2005).
2005
FFI celebrates 5 years of double-digit annual sales growth.
2006
The first high-grade stainless steel lift slide system is contract-manufactured for FFI and introduced to North America.
2007
Celebration of 20th Anniversary, 1987-2007.
2008
Implementation of new company software system: P21 Activant database.
2009
FFI Designs and adds more contract-manufactured product lines, including LS100 & LS200 handles and pulls, Made-in-USA top-hung sliding tracks, and FASTrack multi-panel sliding track system.

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

about FFI products in our Product Catalog.


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