{"id":48,"date":"2021-01-10T14:29:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-10T14:29:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hansenint.com\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2023-04-12T11:20:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T15:20:44","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hansenint.com\/about","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-about\">About<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-over-100-years-of-experience\">Over 100 Years of Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Hansen International, Inc. is a high focused engineering, manufacturing, and global sourcing company of commercial and industrial vehicle hardware and trim systems. Since 1920, Hansen International has provided reliable product solutions while continuously improving and innovating for customers. The tradition of quality, customer service, and growth continues today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about Hansen International <a href=\"\/our-products\">products<\/a>, <a href=\"\/markets\/\">markets<\/a>, and <a href=\"\/capabilities\/\">capabilities<\/a>, <a href=\"\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"timeline-slider\">\r\n\t\r\n\t<div class=\"slider-nav\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>1879<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>1887<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>1890<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>1914<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>1920<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>1932<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>1933<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>1993<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>2003<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>2013<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>2017<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t<div><span>2020<\/span> <\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t<div class=\"slider-for\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row slide-list\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-slider-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hansenint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Denmark.png\" alt=\"1879\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-slider-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>1879<\/h2> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>A.L. &#8220;Auggie&#8221; Hansen born in Copenhagen<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row slide-list\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-slider-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hansenint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Chicago-Map.png\" alt=\"1887\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-slider-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>1887<\/h2> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Immigrated to the USA (Chicago, IL) with his family<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row slide-list\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-slider-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hansenint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Poster.png\" alt=\"1890\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-slider-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>1890<\/h2> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Augie Hansen, at age 11, was awarded his first patent.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t<div class=\"row slide-list\">\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-5\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-slider-image\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hansenint.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/thomas-edison-9284349-1-402.jpg\" alt=\"1914\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t\t<div class=\"col-md-7\">\r\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-slider-content\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>1914<\/h2> \r\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Auggie L. 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