Hunter Fan history

In 1889 the growing company moved its operations to Fulton, New York, where it would spend the next fifty years at a plant located at Front Street, extending from Huling Street to Tolbot Street.

In 1936, after purchasing the fan division of Century Electric Company, Hunter began manufacturing large pedestal air circulating fans and direct exhaust fans as well, which were used by many of the finest hotels and stores.

In 1946 the company moved its plant from Fulton to its present location in Memphis in order to take advantage of the rapid industrial expansion of the South.

In 1984, following two consecutive years of losses, the struggling company was purchased from Robbins & Meyers by a group of senior managers led by William C. Clouspy, who took over as company chairman and chief executive officer.

In June 1987, the company went public under the name Hunter-Melnor, Inc., with an initial offering of 1.05 million shares at $9 per share.

In 1988, just a year after it had gone public, the company was privatized through a leveraged buyout led by the investment firm Leach McMicking.

To take full advantage of this market, the company--having acquired Ronel, a New Jersey-based manufacturer of decorative lighting fixtures, in July 1989--became the first in the industry to define the ceiling fan as a primary source of light, adapting halogen lights to its units.

Starting in May 1993, the company began advertising a wide variety of its ceiling fans in 30-second prime time television spots and in such popular magazines as Newsweek and Sports Illustrated, in which two-page, four-color spreads appeared.

In 1997, Hunter introduces portable room humidifiers with a patented metal wick fed by a pump with all-plastic, antimicrobial-protected parts.

By 2009, Hunter has offices in three countries and retail outlets worldwide.

In 2019, our engineers created an innovative, precision blade and optimized motor to deliver our SureSpeed® Guarantee for 20% higher velocity than leading competitors.