About Us

A Little History
The Follender family has been making novelty, toy and doll products in the United States since 1910. When, in the 30s, the Ideal Toy and Novelty company wanted to make Shirley Temple dolls, it was Otto Follender who figured out how to duplicate those beautiful sausage curls for which the child star was famous, and so he won the exclusive contract. Thus every original Shirley Temple Doll sports a real-hair wig made by the Follender Wig Company of East Islip, New York.

With FollenderWerks (since 1995), Ross Follender Birns has created new award and gift product lines, but continues the craftsmanship, innovation, and spirit of his grandfather's business. Your satisfaction is guaranteed at FollenderWerks. Our products are sold through awards distributors across the USA and are available "factory direct." Most items are hand-made or assembled in our production shop in beautiful Manchester Center, VERMONT.

So when you want to say ...

     THANK YOU!
     GREAT JOB!
     JUST FOR YOU!
     THINKING OF YOU!
                                                                                                           ... think of us

Our Products

          Awards & Trophies
FollenderWerks carries a full line of traditional award plaques & trophies (PlaqueWerks) for sports, civic and corporate celebrations.   But what we're famous for is our signature series of Firefighter Awards, such as our
Fire Axe Awards and Custom Helmet Plaques and our new Pulaski Tool Award.  Be sure to check out some of our gifts and awards for Emergency Service Personnel: FireFighters, Emergency Medical Services and Police. 

          Photo Gifts
Our Photo Gifts are beautifully, hand-carved
photo sculptures, such as Photo Statues, Ornaments & Keychains as well as our T-shirts, Mouse pads, Mugs and Aprons. Send us your photo and we'll create a something special for you.

          Engraving
Full service Engraving on glass & crystal, metal and sign plastics is available for gift giving, weddings, annual dinners and other special events.

And we are proud to present these NEW Product Lines...

          Embroidery &Screenprinting         Promotional Products