
About Us
We have been in the business of keeping people safe, dry, and warm since 1916 as Maine’s premier roofing and architectural sheet metal contractors. With our team of highly-skilled foremen, installers, laborers, and more, we’re able to provide our customers a virtually unlimited array of custom roofing and sheet metal options to suit all needs.
History

Pictured above: our four company officers. Ryan N. Booker (Treasurer), David M. McLaughlin (Vice President), Alan R. Hahnel (President), and John A. Ferland (Vice President & General Manager).
Founded in 1916, Hahnel Bros. Co. first focused on low slope roof designs. Many manufacturers turned to our then-small team when introducing and promoting their products, giving us a competitive edge with industry-leading new technologies and materials. Superior workmanship has set us apart from the start.
While Woodrow Wilson was President, Oscar and Frederick Hahnel bought the Lewiston Metal, Cornice & Skylights Works. In the years since then, Hahnel Bros. Co. has given both business owners and their customers peace of mind about staying dry and warm within their buildings.
With the company’s expansion through a partnership with Bangor Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. during the FDR years, we extended that peace of mind to residential and industrial property owners. In 2005, the official corporate merger of the two companies solidified our reach across sectors and expanded our expertise even further.
Brand Refresh
In the beginning of 2023, Hahnel Bros. Co. embraced a new style for the brand. While we may look different than before, our mission and values remain the same: to be Maine’s most reliable roofing and sheet metal company, with over 100 years of experience. We took the classic Hahnel Bros. Co. logo and colors that everyone knows and brought them into the 21st century with a sleek, modernized feel. See how our brand has evolved.
Our Team
Leadership and hands-on laborers alike are vital pieces of the Hahnel Bros. Co. mission. When you work with us, you are working with real people who have several decades of experience combined in the roofing, sheet metal and custom fabrication industry. Learn more about the many members of our team here.
- President
Alan R. Hahnel
Alan started his career in 1981 and was named President in 1995. As president, in 2005 Alan oversaw the successful merger of two family owned Roofing & Sheet Metal companies into one entity. Before joining HBC, Alan was a Senior Engineer at Winfrey Structural Concrete in Boulder, Colorado. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering […]
- Vice President & General Manager
John A. Ferland
John has been employed at HBC since 1993. He was made a roofing foreman in 1996, promoted to Project Manager/Estimator in 2000 and later promoted to the Roofing Department Manager at our Lewiston Branch in 2007. In 2016, he was promoted to Vice President and General Manager. In addition to his over three decades of […]
- Vice President
David M. McLaughlin
David started his employment with HBC, formerly known as Bangor Roofing and Sheet Metal Co. in 1991 as a general laborer, worked his way to Supervisor, and later into a role as an Estimator Project Manager. In 2005 Bangor Roofing and Sheet Metal Co merged with HBC. In 2007 David was promoted to Roofing Department […]
- Treasurer
Ryan N. Booker
Ryan joined HBC in January of 2000. Since then, he has worked in varying capacities within the financial management of the company. Most recently in 2022 being promoted to Treasurer. His board experience includes being a trustee of the Construction Services Group Insurance Trust, a member of Lisbon Community Federal Credit Union Supervisory Committee as […]