and doors founded des moines iowa 1925 founder pete and lucille kuyper headquarters pella iowa united states key people tim yaggi president and ceo number of employees 6 000 7 2013 1 website http www.pella.com pella showroom plymouth michigan the pella corporation is a privately held window and door manufacturing company headquartered in pella iowa and with manufacturing and sales operations in a number of locations in the united states . the company was founded in 1925 when peter kuyper and his wife lucille invested 5 000 to buy the rolscreen company a small business that had created the rolscreen insect window screen that rolls out of sight when not in use . 2 in 1926 they moved the company to pella iowa where the kuyper family had a lumber business . the company developed into one of the largest window manufacturers in the united states . the company changed its name to pella corporation in 1992 . 3 4 5 in 2007 pella corporation which had historically focused on the residential construction sector bought efco corp. a manufacturer of commercial windows in monett missouri . 6 7 contents 1 sales profile 2 charitable activities 3 references 4 external links sales profile edit in 1992 pella entered the national retail market with windows and patio doors adding select lumberyard distribution in 1994 . in 2001 pella introduced pella design centers to mainstream market customers as a store within a store inside lowe s stores and staffed by lowe s employees . 8 pella earned the u.s. environmental protection agency epa and department of energy doe energy star sustained excellence award in 2009 and 2010 . 9 pella corporation earned an energy star partner of the year 2013 award presented by the u.s. environmental protection agency epa and the department of energy doe for manufacturing energy efficient windows and educating consumers about them . 9 2002 2004 dodge caravan from pella . pella has been an energy star partner since 1999 . 9 pella is a member of the united states green building council usgbc 10 the american architectural manufacturers association aama 11 and the window and door manufacturers association wdma . 12 a collection of historical rolscreen company pella corporation records is available for research use at the university of iowa libraries . charitable activities edit the kuyper rolscreen charitable trust was established in 1952 by pete and lucille kuyper . it was reorganized in 1968 as the pella rolscreen foundation . the foundation s primary focus was supporting education community betterment and giving ; matching gifts was added in 1984 . 13 kuyper was also active in supporting education especially central college in pella . references edit pella pressroom about pella corporation 2010 retrieved 2010 12 03 u.s. patent and trademark office matthew swibel too much of a good thing forbes may 23 2005 . stuart rauh iowa icon pete kuyper s idea changed the future of his hometown . who tv february 15 2012 . pella corporation history fundinguniverse.com accessed 2013 07 31 . efco in monett acquired by pella joplin globe august 30 2007 . glass industry responds to efco sale us glass news network september 4 2007 . pella pressroom about pella corporation 2010 retrieved 2010 11 11 a b c u.s. department of energy energy star website united states green building council american architectural manufacturers association window and door manufacturers association pella rolscreen foundation history retrieved 2010 11 11 external links edit pella corporation website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title pella company & oldid 729517343 categories companies based in iowamarion county iowaprivately held companies based in iowapella iowahidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 july 2016 at 19 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view