SEE-THROUGH INNOVATION NorDan is a European market leader in the design and manufacture of safety windows and doors. Innovation has played a major role in its success to date and it continues to maintain its reputation for quality and originality. The company recently moved into the European Modular Off-Site market where it has already made major gains into the market, as Philip Yorke reports.
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orDan was founded in 1926 by a Norwegian entrepreneurial carpenter called Johannes Rasmussen, who began by making wooden staircases, windows and doors. His enterprise and innovative designs soon meant that he had to invest in larger premises and it was also at this stage hat he decided to focus exclusively on windows and doors. Rasmussen soon put his crea106 Industry Europe
tive talents to work and set about designing a window that was both versatile and completely secure against the elements, The result was the world’s very first ‘tilt & turn’ window, which became an instant success. Today the company remains in private hands and is managed by the third generation of its founding family. Nordan has become one of the
