[6] Andersen Lumber Company was originally based in Hudson, Wisconsin, where logs arrived at their location via the St. Croix River.

[9][10] In the same year, the company added more than 300 jobs as part of a $45 million expansion project at its Renewal manufacturing facility in Cottage Grove and its Fibrex extrusion plant in North Branch.

In September 2018, Renewal by Andersen was named in an EEOC complaint for discriminating against women and older workers in employment by targeting job ads on Facebook to younger men only.

[20] In October 2022, Andersen reached a settlement with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights after withdrawing a job offer after learning that an applicant had a disability.

The first check cut was a $100 gift to Carleton College in Northfield, Minn.[24] As of April 2012, the foundation has donated more than $50 million to a wide range of nonprofit organizations.

[24] A Boy Scouts of America camp located on the St. Croix River and operated by Northern Star Council was named after former Andersen president Fred C.