About ANDERSON MANUFACTURING CO INC

Company Profile 

For more than 30 years, Anderson Manufacturing Co Inc. has been helping those in the swimming pool trade turn the unavoidable problem of leaks into profits. The company's innovative and dependable pool leak detection equipment, combined with years of problem-solving experience, makes it a valuable resource as you efficiently get your customers back to enjoying their pool. Anderson Manufacturing Company is confident that its foundation principles, combined with the dependable products it has introduced to the industry, are core to thousands of successful leak detector businesses. 

Our History  

It started in the late 1940s in a radiator repair shop in Austin, MN. Francis Anderson, a Swedish immigrant's son who had only completed the fourth grade, established a modest radiator repair business in Austin. He was committed to following one of his many memorable sayings, "If it's hard, you're doing it wrong." He quickly invented rubber expansion plugs to facilitate radiator leak testing. In the end, these plugs were offered for sale across the nation. In actuality, the plug and supply division of the company split out into a little independent organization, which after Francis's passing, carried on as a "hobby" business in Dale's basement. 

A New Opportunity 

In the middle 1980s, modifications to radiator design and the introduction of replacement radiators severely hurt plug sales. The company's founders found that many swimming pool firms around the nation were purchasing plugs from their neighborhood radiator stores to utilize for pressure testing the piping of swimming pools. Anderson Manufacturing discovered an unmet demand for professional-grade tools and knowledge on how to more successfully and quickly address the challenging work of locating and repairing leaks in the pool business by listening to these pioneers. What began as a short-term initiative became a new business chapter.