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Our Innovations

Shaping the Future with Cutting-Edge Solutions

EST 1925

Every game-changing innovation starts with a question.

See what problems our award-winning innovations solve.

The Hidden Screen innovation is featured on a black window that a woman is opening to display the screen.

What if screens didn't have to be removed or cleaned?

The self-storing Hidden Screen for wood and vinyl windows provides a clear view, even when the window is closed.

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Discover how Pella® Steady Set™ allows builders to install windows faster so you can start living soon.

Pella Steady Set is the industry’s fastest, most labor efficient wood window installation system with uncompromising quality.46

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100 Years of Making Life Brighter

1920s

1920s

An advertisement dating back to the 1920s for Pella Rolscreens.

1925 – Pete and Lucille Kuyper invest in a Des Moines, Iowa based company producing the Rolscreen® retractable screen

1930s

1930s

Pella-redesigned venetian blinds are advertised in the 1930s.

1934 – Redesigned venetian blinds are granted a new patent.

A 1937-released Pella Deluxe Casement window advertisement featuring two women standing by the window.

1937 – Pella debuts its first window, the Deluxe Casement window with a built-in Rolscreen and numerous other features

1940s

1940s

A group of women working in manufacturing during the 1940s when there were labor shortages due to the war.

1943 – Amid wartime labor shortages, half of factory workers were women who were paid the same wage as men.

1950s

1950s

A historical image from the 1950s that is a promotion for Pella's multi-purpose window.

1950 – The multi-purpose window is introduced and can be used as a casement or awning window.

In the 1950s Pella released the wood folding door, as seen in this historical image of a woman operating the door.

1951 – The Pella Wood Folding Door is released, featuring wood-laminated panels hinged by torsion springs.

1960s

1960s

A Pella wood double-hung window that tilts is first released in 1964.

1964 – Invention of the industry's first tilting double-hung window for easy cleaning

A 1965 ad featuring Pella Slimshade Blinds and Pleated Shades.

1965 – World’s first window with between-the-glass-blinds

1970s

1970s

A 1970s floor display featuring the new Pella aluminum-clad products.

1971 – The company introduces its first aluminum-clad window and door product line with pivot, casement and awning windows and clad sliding doors.

1980s

1980s

Pella Corporation's first window and door showroom is opened.

1985 – First Pella Window Store opens, redefining shopping for windows

1990s

1990s

Integral Light Technology grilles

1990 – Patented Integral Light Technology® grilles combine the realistic look of individual window panes with superior energy efficiency are now available

An old image from the 1990s show a group of people learning about continuous improvement together.

1993 – The first Kaizan was held to mark the beginning of a company-wide program for continuous improvement

A 1990s ad for Precision Fit Pella Windows.

1995 – Precision Fit® pocket replacement windows install quickly and easily with little mess

2000s

2000s

An open white casement window featuring a fold-away handle in brushed gold.

2000 – Industry’s first casement window crank with fold-away handle

a gray pickup truck is being suspended in air from a fiberglass window frame that is on forklift forks.

2003 – Impervia windows, made of our proprietary fiberglass, are introduced

A music room styled with wood beams and wood windows that also include blinds between-the-glass.

2003 – Pella improves its between-the-glass blinds and shades by making them cordless so they're safer for children and pets

A contemporary home in the southwestern mountains with two orangish garage doors and high altitude glass for energy efficiency.

2009 – Industry’s first high-altitude insulating glass with argon

2010s

2010s

A simple white contemporary house with a four-light wood front door and white paint on the exterior walls of the home.

2011 – Industry’s first front doors to be rated for air and water performance

A man wearing blue jeans and a blue shift is opening a four-panel white bifold door.

2016 – Expansive multi-slide and bifold patio doors are added to the product portfolio, delivering more options to our customers

Pella Reserve fixed and casement windows on a white contemporary home exterior wall.

2017 – Reserve™ - Traditional and Contemporary windows and doors are introduced, showcasing authentic designs with uncompromised attention to detail

The integrated rolscreen is shown on a single black double-hung window that's open.

2018 – The Integrated Rolscreen® retractable screen, a screen that appears when the window is opened and rolls out of sight when closed, is announced

2020s

2020s

Pella's Easy Slide Operator is demonstrated on a black casement window.

2020 – Revolutionary Easy Slide Operator window hardware replaces crank, allowing homeowners to easily slide the hardware to open and close a window

A white window is open, showing the hidden screen feature.

2022 – Industry's first and only Hidden Screen for vinyl windows

two little girls are sitting on the floor in front of a window seat, that sits below a white double-hung window.

2023 – The easy-to-use Hidden Screen is added to Pella Lifestyle Series wood windows

A construction worker is installing a new window using the Steady Set installation system.

2024 – Industry’s first interior installation system, Pella Steady Set™ Interior Installation System

Experience Our Innovations for Yourself

Our most popular innovations are available on multiple products. Explore them below.

  • four fiberglass windows behind a contemporary kitchen table with black chairs.

    Pella® Impervia®

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    Available On

    Casement Window, Awning Window

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    Available On

    Sliding Patio Door

  • a window bench with various green-colored pillows sits below a white double-hung window that has the bottom sash open.

    Pella® Lifestyle Series

    auto_awesome Hidden Screen

    Available On

    Double-Hung Window

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    Available On

    Casement Window, Awning Window, Picture Window

    Hinged Patio Door, Sliding Patio Door

  • a living room with a dark accent wall on the left and a cream wall on the right has three white casement windows on the far side of the room.

    Pella® 250 Series

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    Available On

    Single-Hung Window, Double-Hung Window, Sliding Window

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    Available On

    Sliding Patio Door

  • two white double-hung windows behind a blue-and-white chair

    Pella® Reserve™ - Traditional

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    Available On

    Single-Hung Window, Double-Hung Window