Lennox Hearth Products, a maker of fireplaces and freestanding stoves, late last month completed a move from Fullerton,where it had been for 50 years,to a new 66,000-square-foot facility in Orange.
The company’s new building is home to its national headquarters and engineering offices for research and development, and is smaller than the firm’s old 86,000-square-foot Fullerton facility.
However, Chief Executive Susan Herndon said the company is seeing sales growth because of new residential construction and the company’s recent emphasis on retail hearth shops.
“We’ve had a great increase in the amount of business as a result of all that,” Herndon said. “We feel really good about our future right now.”
Lennox Hearth Products halted its OC manufacturing four years ago, instead relying on manufacturing plants in Burlington, Wash.; Union City, N.J.; Toronto; Montreal; and Lynwood.
Some of these plants previously were separate companies that Superior brought together under its umbrella in the past several years, including the Lynwood-based company formerly known as Marco Fireplace Co., Burlington, Wash.’s Pyro Industries Inc. and Montreal’s Security Chimney Co.
The company has 100 employees in Orange County and has no plans for new hiring now, Herndon said.
Lennox Hearth Products, previously Superior Fireplaces, became a division of Richardson, Texas-based Lennox Industries Inc. in September and began selling Lennox fireplaces to retailers this year.
Lennox International Inc., which owns Lennox Industries and Lennox Hearth Products, counts annual revenue of more than $700 million and is best known for heaters and air conditioners. n
