Hearth products manufacturer scaling warehouse automation and plant operations
Hearth & Home Technologies manufactures fireplaces, stoves, inserts, and fire tables across seven brands under the HNI Corporation umbrella. The company is actively hiring manufacturing roles while implementing warehouse management systems—a shift that reflects operational scaling toward inventory and fulfillment efficiency. Pain-point clustering around downtime reduction and production cost control suggests the organization is optimizing plant throughput alongside product quality standardization.
Notable leadership hires: Manufacturing Lead
Hearth & Home Technologies is the largest U.S. manufacturer of hearth products, selling gas fireplaces, pellet stoves, wood inserts, and outdoor fire tables through brands including Heat & Glo, Heatilator, Majestic, Vermont Castings, and Harman. Based in Lakeville, Minnesota, and owned by HNI Corporation, the company operates a 1,000–5,000-person organization across manufacturing, engineering, and product development. Current initiatives span plant layout redesign, new product development, tool creation for customer issue resolution, and brand consolidation workstreams.
Gas fireplaces, fireplace inserts, pellet stoves, wood stoves, and outdoor fire tables. Operating brands: Heat & Glo, Heatilator, Majestic, Vermont Castings, Harman, PelPro, and Outdoor GreatRoom. A division of HNI Corporation.
Lakeville, Minnesota. Founded 1996. Public company with 1,001–5,000 employees operating as the residential building products segment of HNI Corporation.
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