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About FFI



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Serving the North American fenestration community since 1987.

Functional Fenestration Inc (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 STG and UCS

  • Hardware and motors for windows and skylights by Truth

  • European multipoint hardware for doors, windows and tilt turn by Winkhaus & 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 48 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 Values

1. Maintain FFI culture of integrity — internally and externally.
2. Be experts and leaders for our clients and in our industry.
3. Quality commitment to superior products, materials and service.
4. Cooperate and collaborate as a team.
5. Build an A-Team of reliable, organized and motivated professionals.
6. Take pride in a friendly and positive company image and reputation.
7. Subscribe to continuous improvement.
8. Encourage ongoing learning and achievement.
9. Be a magnetic company that attracts clients, employees and partners.
10. Relentlessly pursue sales goals, company growth, and success for all.


FFI Company History Highlights

1972
FFI President founds architectural antiques & hardware business in Cincinnati, Ohio.
1987
Company established under name Architectural Art in Los Angeles; becomes an authorized distributor for Truth Hardware.
1990
Company moves to larger facility in El Segundo, expands inventory.
1992
European hardware products added: lift slide & tilt turn (G-U, discontinued 1997).
1995
Company grows to add Outside Sales staff.
1997
10th Anniversary; name changes from Architectural Art to Functional Fenestration Inc (FFI);
moves to larger Hawthorne facility (near LAX).
1998
Products added: AGB lift slide, multipoint, tilt turn and other products.
1999
Advertising Campaign featuring clients in Window & Door and Fenestration magazines. Transition from regional to North American focus begins.
2000
FFI implements in-house Marketing and Technical Departments.
2001
Products added: interior sliding door hardware, brass track & cladding, and UCS motor systems for windows, skylights and other vents.
2002
Products added: exterior folding door systems by Alspec & Centor; FFI partners to develop Eclipse E4 system (Centor & Alspec discontinued 2005).
2005
FFI celebrates 5 years of double-digit annual sales growth.
2006
Products added: the first high-grade stainless steel lift slide system is contract-manufactured exclusively for FFI.
2007
20th Anniversary; company upgrades software to P21 Activant system.
2008
Implementation of new company software system: P21 Activant database.
2009
FFI expands contract-manufactured product lines to include: LS100/LS200/LS300 handles and pulls, Made-in-USA top-hung sliding tracks, and FASTrack multi-panel sliding track system.
2010
Added second warehouse in Hawthorne to double shipping capacity. Implemented in-house manufacturing capabilities.
2011
Products added: Winkhaus Slider Door Lock & Winkhaus Tilt Turn Window systems.
2012
Products added: Actuator systems with UL recognition and programmable features; FFI VentaLoc.

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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