Article: A window to the future Maker of blinds, shades returns to private ownership

By DORIS HAJEWSKI

Middleton -- Springs Window Fashions, maker of Graber and Bali window products, is celebrating 70 years of business at the same location in this west-suburban Madison community -- still family owned, still making products here.

But the company has a history that is more complicated than those basic facts imply. Over the years, the business, which started as Graber Industries, has been sold twice, and only recently returned to its original status as a standalone company with headquarters in Middleton.

Springs Window Fashions is one of 76 companies being honored Tuesday at Deloitte's annual Wisconsin 75 event for the largest privately held firms in the state. Springs joined ...

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