No, JELD-WEN is not a Chinese company, it is an American company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with American founding and manufacturing, though it is publicly traded with global investors. JELD-WEN was founded in 1960 in Klamath Falls, Oregon, by Richard Wendt, an American entrepreneur, and the name JELD-WEN comes from his name. JELD-WEN Holding, Inc. is publicly traded on New York Stock Exchange under ticker JELD, with majority ownership by institutional investors including American and global investment firms, not Chinese ownership. JELD-WEN was majority owned by Onex Corporation, a Canadian private equity firm, from 2011 to 2017, and went public in 2017. JELD-WEN manufactures windows primarily in the United States at plants in Oregon, Iowa, California, Texas, and other states, plus Canada and Australia. Some components like hardware may be sourced globally, including from China as many window companies do, but final assembly and company ownership are American. JELD-WEN is one of largest American window manufacturers, competing with Andersen, Pella, and Marvin, all American companies. So JELD-WEN is American company, not Chinese, though like many manufacturers it sources some parts internationally.
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