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With four brand names under the Hearth & Home Technologies 
umbrella, we are collectively the world’s largest fireplace manu-
facturer, the country’s premier fireplace brands, the most rec-
ognized name in the industry, and the preferred brands among 
home builders. As the leading provider of hearth and home prod-
ucts and services, we make houses feel more like homes. 
In addition to our commanding leadership position in 
manufacturing the two strongest hearth and home product 
brand names — Heatilator
®
 and Heat-N-Glo
®
 — we also offer 
innovative wood fuel technology, fireplaces, and stoves through 
Quadra-Fire
TM
, while Fireside Hearth & Home distributes, ser-
vices, and sells fireplace systems.
What are we up to with all our great brands? We are 
meeting a broad range of customer needs, particularly by sell -
ing both to consumers and builders through a network of 
independent and company-owned, stand-alone, or gallery-
style design and installation centers. These Fireside Hearth & 
Home design centers — visually impressive and aspirational 
in setting — manifest our proprietary concept of elevating the 
hearth retail, installation, and distribution experience to a new 
level of sophistication and service. Since there is no other 
nationally branded hearth retailer in the industry, we are once 
again changing the game by being first-to-market innovators.
H E A R T H  &  H O M E  T E C H N O L O G I E S :  H O T !  H O T !  H O T ! 
A  C A S E  S T U D Y  I N  E X P A N D I N G  M A R K E T S
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Our newest store in Eagan, Minnesota, for example, is 
living proof that we’re succeeding in growing core product 
share by getting closer to consumers. One customer, a St. Paul, 
Minnesota veterinarian, recently had a typically dynamic retail 
experience at the Eagan store. He’s among a large group of 
people who own at least one of our hearth products — and 
who comes back for more. He explains: “When we moved into 
our house, there were three fireplaces built into the family 
room, living room, and kitchen. Since we used them every day 
and liked them so much, we decided to convert our three-
season porch into a year-round porch.”
“We all went to the Eagan store to purchase our fourth 
Heat-N-Glo
®
 fireplace. Once we were walking around the store, 
taking in the lifestyle environments that are set up and dreaming 
about what our house could look and feel like, we realized we 
wanted more! We saw an amazing stone surround setting in one of 
the store displays — and before you knew it, we had bought the 
whole wall. Not only does our new fireplace now have a beautiful 
aesthetic and terrific functionality, but so does our porch. Because 
the surround wall installation was so surprisingly easy and clean, 
we’re even considering our next purchase.”