Inc. the leader maker of indoor air quality products for residential and commercial customers in North America. The company employs over 780 at its Hartford manufacturing facility and has more than 3,200 employees companywide. With automated manufacturing systems, over 4 million bath fans and 1.5 million range hoods were made at the Hartford facility in 1998.
Operations are flexible enough to meet the needs of a diversified customer base.
In 1998, the company began manufacturing ventilators that are setting new industry standards for quietness. Supporting these manufacturing operations is a workforce that is equally flexible. New employees are trained at one operation and, after mastering that skill, move on to learn another procedure. Within two years of employment, each employee is completely crosstrained in key manufacturing functions. In addition to improving production capabilities, Broan Mfg. Co., Inc. has also focused on pollution prevent programs.