About - Functional Fenestration Inc.

About FFI

Functional Fenestration Inc (FFI) provides architectural hardware and component solutions to the fenestration (door and window) industry. Key strengths include solutions for large sliding doors, swinging doors, and all types of operable windows. Since 1987, our continuing vision is to serve as experts and innovative industry leaders, committed to superior quality in products, service, and reliability.
FFI clients include manufacturers and resellers of windows & doors. Our solutions are well-diversified for millworks, manufacturers, glazing contractors and metal fabricators, window & door dealers and resellers, hardware stores, decorative hardware showrooms, and hospitality contractors.
FFI also works with the design community—architects, specifiers, interior designers, developers, and builders—to provide CAD drawings, solutions for application challenges, and support for projects in the design phase.

Today’s FFI: 3 Areas of Emphasis

1 FFI DESIGNED PRODUCTS
• Created by FFI Product Development team; only available from FFI
• Examples: FFI SST Lift Slide, Cascade handle, FASTrack, Anti-Derailer lock

2 WHOLESALE DISTRIBUTION
• In partnership with select top global manufacturers
• Partners include AGB, VBH(GB), and Winkhaus

3 OEM HARDWARE & COMPONENTS
• Designed and produced to customer specifications
• Exclusivity and private label logo placement available

Why FFI

INNOVATION – Product offerings are continually enhanced and inspired by market feedback & requests.

QUALITY PRODUCTS – Only products with the highest quality materials and features, with the installer and end-user experience in mind.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE – The FFI team delivers responsive, detailed, and accurate help; delivering CAD files, BOM product calculators, marketing support & more.

RELIABILITY – Clients trust our commitment to consistency, transparency & ethics.

FFI History Highlights

1987 Seeing a market need through experience as a contractor and in window & door manufacturing & sales, Robert
Renner founds a wholesale hardware distribution company and becomes the Western States Distributor for Truth Hardware.

1990’s FFI starts to pioneer European hardware (German and Italian) into North America. AGB appoints FFI as North American distributor. Reputation develops for leading-edge market introductions in multipoints, lift slide, bifold hardware, track systems, and more.

2000’s Inspired by customer feedback, FFI rethinks and redesigns European hardware for North American market needs. With new proprietary FFI Design Products, FFI expands its market from North America to worldwide.

2005 FFI partners with 3G Technologies (Korea) for our proprietary stainless steel lift slide system.

2010 Winkhaus appoints FFI as exclusive North American distributor.

2015 FFI FastTrack Drainage system is introduced.

2017 The automation division grew steadily in sales and offerings until becoming its own corporation: Automated Fenestration Inc (AFI).

2019 FFI ends distribution of Amesbury Truth hardware, to better focus on our core business of manufacturer clients.

2022 FFI Top Flight stainless steel sliding door hardware is introduced.

2023 VBH(GB) appoints FFI as exclusive North American distributor.

Rely on FFI

FFI’s management team has 100+ years fenestration industry experience. You can count on our support team, solutions and in-stock, US-based inventory. We’re here for you, because FFI believes our success is based on your success.