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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

                                                            auto_awesome Between-the-Glass Blinds

                                                            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

                                                              auto_awesome Hidden Screen

                                                              Available On

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

                                                              auto_awesome Between-the-Glass Blinds

                                                              Available On

                                                              Sliding Patio Door

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

                                                                Pella® Reserve™ - Traditional

                                                                auto_awesome Integrated Rolscreen

                                                                Available On

                                                                Single-Hung Window, Double-Hung Window