Early History
The roots of the present company, Radco Exteriors, Inc. were formed in a business started by Claude Radford in 1925 in Glendale, California. As Radford Ironworks, they manufactured ornamental iron products.

In 1946, Claude and his son George incorporated as Radco Products, Inc. and added another facility in Burbank in the early fifties. George bought out his father’s interest at this time and the company diversified into steel casement windows.

Relocation
Unfortunately, the federal government decided to run a freeway through the middle of the Burbank plant, and George, who was an enthusiastic amateur pilot, decided to move the whole business to Santa Maria on California’s beautiful Central Coast about 70 miles north of Santa Barbara. A major factor in his decision was that he could locate his new facility within the perimeter of the airport and park his plane, a Beech Bonanza, in the company’s parking lot.

Vertical Integration
The move to Santa Maria was made in 1956 and George was joined by two key employees: Keith Adams, who had been his office manager since 1949, and John MacGregor as Shop Superintendent. Both happened to own Aerocoups! They recruited a whole new labor force and concentrated on aluminum products. This led the company to vertically integrate into extruding stock lengths with the purchase of an 800-ton press and subsequently a 1550-ton press.

Steady Growth
In 1979, the company moved to a new 33,000 square foot facility located close by. Aluminite, a major national screen manufacturer, moved to Guadalupe (near Santa Maria) in order to supply Radco, which at the time was Aluminite’s biggest customer. In 1980 the company was a pioneer in dual glazed units using hand washed glass and handmade extrusions of insulation spacer material. The company had also established a major presence in aluminum door bottoms and thresholds in the Central Coast.

Throughout this whole period Radco prospered by concentrating its efforts on the local market from Santa Maria to Monterey. The company offered such superior products and service that homeowners would insist on Radco windows to the exclusion of any significant competition.

Generational Change
In 1988, Keith and John sold the company to John's son, Warren MacGregor. In 1990, the aluminum line was redesigned, and in 1995, the first vinyl products were introduced incorporating superior insulation properties. The company would undergo various changes to align itself for continued future success with state-of-the-art products and advanced manufacturing methods.

Born Again
In late 2001, Peter Bell, a semi-retired businessman on pioneering the growth of Italian olive varietals in the Santa Ynez Valley, purchased the assets. A new company, Radco Exteriors, Inc. was formed and new management introduced. Under the dynamic leadership of Bil Mahoney, the product has been radically improved and is again regarded as superior to mass market competition.

Radco makes window and doors for new construction and retrofit applications and services both contractors and developers in Central and Southern California. Sales have grown exponentially and the company is currently building a new state-of-the-art facility in Santa Maria.