Who We Are...
Frameless Hardware Company LLC (FHC) Experience and Innovation is a manufacturer and supplier to the glass, glazing, and fenestration industries. We provide a complete range of tools, supplies, and innovative architectural hardware for frameless shower doors, all-glass entrances, aluminum storefronts and entrances, architectural railings, and transaction windows.
As a privately owned, American based company, our mission is built upon the core principles of customer service, product innovation, and entrepreneurship.
Our products, services, and ethics are backed by a team of highly knowledgeable industry veterans that effectively combine technical competency, product expertise, and small business ideologies.
Chris Hanstad
President and CEO
FHC CAMPUS
History of the Firestone Building in South Gate, CA
The facility of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in South Gate began in 1927–28, built on a 40-acre former bean field as the company’s first production facility outside Akron, Ohio.
In its early “establishment” phase, the plant produced automobile tires, and quickly expanded through the 1929 and 1930s additions to meet the booming Los Angeles auto-industry market. During and after World War II, the site entered a “diversification and growth” phase: it added major additions in 1942, 1951 and 1955, and even manufactured guided-missile equipment in the Cold War era.
Finally, in its “decline and closure” phase, the westward shifts of manufacturing, layoffs in the 1970s and early 1980s, and changing industrial patterns led to the plant’s closure around 1980 and subsequent redevelopment of the site.
2025 - Present
2323 Firestone Blvd. is acquired by Friese Family Real Estate. Frameless Hardware Company (FHC) successfully adapted the existing industrial buildings for cutting-edge manufacturing, honoring their historic integrity while maximizing long-term economic potential.