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Hunter Douglas

Hunter Douglas N.V. (Euronext:HDG) is a Dutch public corporation and major worldwide manufacturer of high-quality window coverings and architectural products. Hunter Douglas has its head office in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, and a management office in Lucerne, Switzerland. The company is comprised of 164 companies with 65 manufacturing and 99 assembly plants and marketing organizations in more than 100 countries. Hunter Douglas employs about 18,000 people and had sales in 2005 of EUR 1.92 billion, with the North American market comprising 87% of this total. The company markets under the brandname Hunter Douglas in North America and Luxaflex and Luxalon in the rest of the world.

Hunter Douglas History

In 1919 in Düsseldorf, Germany, Henry Sonnenberg set out to distribute and later on manufacture machine tools. Sonnenberg moved to the Netherlands in 1933 where he started a similar business in Rotterdam. In 1940, at the outbreak of World War II, Sonnenberg moved to the United States, where he founded the Douglas Machinery Company.

Sonnenberg in 1946 established a joint venture with Joe Hunter in order to explore the possibilities of continuous casting and fabrication of aluminium. The main product soon became lightweight aluminium slats for Venetian window blinds. The joint venture would become the Hunter Douglas corporation. The successful blinds were sold and custom assembled by a network of more than 1,000 fabricators in the U.S. and Canada.

The U.S. business was sold in 1956. Hunter Douglas moved to Montreal, Canada, and focused on expanding the window covering business outside the United States, mainly in Europe, Australia and Latin America.

The Hunter Douglas Group went public in 1969. The group's headquarters were moved to Rotterdam in 1971. The U.S. business was reacquired in 1976. The current CEO and president Ralph Sonnenberg (born 15 May 1934) is Henry's son; he took over in 1971 and now owns 78 percent of the company shares.

Hunter Douglas Locations

Hunter Douglas manufactures and markets in five geographic markets: Europe, North America, Latin America, Asia and Australia.

Hunter Douglas Europe

World Headquarters and European Operations: Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Management Office: Lucerne, Switzerland

Hunter Douglas North America

North American Headquarters: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, USA

Hunter Douglas Northeast: Cumberland, Maryland, USA

Retailer/Distributor: Rockville Interiors Rockville, Maryland, United States

Hunter Douglas Latin America

Latin American Headquarters: São Paulo, Brazil

Hunter Douglas Asia

Asian Headquarters: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Thailand

Hunter Douglas Australia

Australian Headquarters: Sydney, Australia

Hunter Douglas Products

Hunter Douglas Window coverings

Hunter Douglas Shadings & sheers

Silhouette Window Shadings

Vignette Window Shadings

Luminette Privacy Sheers

Florette Window Shadings

Hunter Douglas Honeycomb shades

Trio Convertible Shades

Duette Honeycomb Shades

Hunter Douglas Traditional shades

Provenance Woven Wood Shades

Jubilance Roman Pleated Shades

Brilliance Pleated Shades

Remembrance Roller Shades

Hunter Douglas Horizontal woods blinds

Country Woods Blinds

EverWoods Blinds

Traditional Woods Blinds

Hunter Douglas Vertical blinds

Vertical Blinds

Skyline Gliding Window Panels

Hunter Douglas Horizontal aluminum blinds

25mm Aluminum Venetian Blinds

16mm Aluminum Venetian Blinds

Hunter Douglas Shutters

Heritance Hardwood Shutters

Hunter Douglas Architectural products

Hunter Douglas Ceilings

TechStyle Acoustical Ceilings

Luxalon Metal Systems

Solid Wood Linear Ceiling

Wood Tiles

Hunter Douglas Solar control

Sun Louvers

External Shades

Internal Roller Shades

Skylight Systems

Light Shelves

Control Systems

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Hunter Douglas Facades

QuadroClad

Sandwich Wall

Multiple Panel

Hunter Douglas Community involvement

Hunter Douglas Habitat for Humanity

Since 1992, Hunter Douglas has partnered with Habitat for Humanity. Habitat is ranked the 18th largest home builder in the U.S. and the third largest private home builder, working in more than 1,700 locations across the country and completing on average more than 5,000 homes per year and nearly 20,000 homes per year outside the U.S.

To date over 20,000 owners of Habitat homes in the U.S. and Canada have Hunter Douglas window treatments, with the number of window coverings donated exceeding 100,000 units. In addition, Hunter Douglas employees and customers volunteer thousands of hours year-round with local Habitat affiliates nationwide.