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ISO
9000:2000 Registered
Business
Concept
History
Manufacturing
Facilities
Key
Contacts
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 1901
to 1920
- Alfred
Humphrey opens General Gas Light Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan,
marketing new, inverted arc gaslights.
- Opens
offices in San Francisco, New York, Havana, London, and Bremen.
Soon, more than a million Humphrey arcs light homes, stores, factories
and city streets.
- Invents
Radiantfire, a clean and odorless heating unit for fireplaces.
1920
to 1940
- Humphrey
employs more than 300 people producing 150,000 heaters a year,
adding to the more than 700,000 Radiantfire products already in
the marketplace.
- Creates
the Radiantfire Humphrey Rotisserie, a commercial barbecue.
- Creates
the first gas-fired overhead heater, a revolutionary method of
space heating still used today.
- Redesigns
arc gaslight for use with liquid petroleum propane gas. The gaslight
is used in recreational vehicles, homes, cottages and cabins where
electricity is not available.
1940
to 1960
- Manufactures
equipment for military use during World War II.
- Sells
heating division of business to focus on pneumatics technologies.
- Builds
new manufacturing plant in Kalamazoo.
1960
to 1980
- Forms
strategic alliance with Koganei, a leading manufacturer of pneumatic
products, to manufacture Humphrey valves in Japan.
- Creates
an increasingly sophisticated and ever-expanding line of valves
to serve an array of industries.
1980
to 1990
- Purchases
pneumatic actuator product line and related components.
- Officially
changes name to Humphrey Products.
- Purchases
South Haven Coil to manufacture electrical and electronic components.
- Establishes
Humphrey Fluid Power in Markham, Ontario to serve the Canadian
provinces.
1990
to 2000
- Launches
DaVinci Engineering group, offering customized, engineered solutions
to clients.
- Introduces
Humphrey "H-Series" product line with Koganei Corporation.
- Introduces
Humphrey, a 90-pound Golden
Retriever, as company pet and mascot.
- Purchases
Concept Manufacturing in Plainwell, MI.
- Obtains
ISO 9001 certification.
- Incorporates
DaVinci engineering concept corporate-wide, offering all clients
full-service, engineered solutions.
2000
to Today
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DaVinci Engineering is incorporated into Humphrey's total business development approach which is known as Engineered Solutions.
- All three manufacturing sites: Humphrey Products, South Haven Coil and Concept Manufacturing are registered under the same scope to the ISO9000:2000 Standard.
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