Our Story

James Edward Hamilton founds Hamilton Industries in Two River, Wisconsin.

Built the first factory, hired Harry C. Gowran as head bookkeeper, and introduced dental cabinetry under the American Cabinet Company name.

Hamilton Company expands into drafting furniture, offering fully adjustable tables and steel filing systems and performs contract work, including WWI fuselage production.

Hamilton retires and his son, E.P. Hamilton, takes over the business. Company adds radio cabinet contract work.

Produces Child Craft juvenile line of furniture, nursery furniture such as playpens, potty chairs, cribs and full medical suites for physicians’ offices. Joins with Invincible Company of Manitowoc to build laboratory equipment

Manages all Hamilton lab furniture and supports J. Ross Moore's automatic dryer.

First cafeteria tables are installed in schools.

Introduces library shelving line.

Discontinues juvenile field.

Purchases mobile folding table from Haldeman-Homme of Minneapolis.

Develops designer line of fine furniture to complement mobile folding table line.

Sells dryer line and serves as division of American Hospital Supply Corporation.

Charles Barancik purchases Palmer Snyder from American Hospital Supply Corporation.

Introduces Hamilton MAX, a new table-based furniture system.

Moves Mobile Table line from Two Rivers to Elkhorn, Wisconsin.

Hamilton Industries sells mobile table, medical and dental product lines to Jerry Andino and Frank Nuesbaum. Name changes to Mesa Industries.

Mesa moves the dental cabinet line from Two Rivers to Elkhorn

Mesa sells medical line to MDT; mobile product line stays in Elkhorn

Rudolph Stone acquires Mesa Industries, renaming it Palmer Snyder.

Company enters K-12 food court market.

John Gardner purchases company and changes name to Palmer Hamilton.

Company adds outdoor furniture lines to growing portfolio.

Introduces battery charging table and wins NEOCON Award.

Company adds upholstered furniture line.

Renovates Elkhorn corporate office and installs new, advanced manufacturing equipment.

Continues to innovate and add new products.