| 1920 ~ |
Superior Surgical Manufacturing Co., Inc. is founded in Northport, Long Island |
| 1922 ~ |
Company is incorporated |
| 1926 ~ |
Superior Surgical's first brand, Fashion Seal Uniforms, is created and our first catalog is released |
| 1943 ~ |
Sales reach $1,000,000 |
| 1952 ~ |
Move to new 25,000 square foot headquarters in Huntington, New York |
| 1957 ~ |
Our first acquisitions take place: Nite-All Corp. in Huntington, New York and Croyden Manufacturing Co. in New York City |
| 1959 ~ |
Double size of Huntington facility |
| 1962 ~ |
Acquire Worklon, manufacturer of industrial uniforms, in New York City and the Worklon garment manufacturing plant in Eudora, Arkansas |
| 1963 ~ |
Double size of Eudora, Arkansas plant |
| 1965 ~ |
Institute our first IBM mainframe system |
| 1967 ~ |
Move to expanded midtown New York City Sales and Purchasing offices |
| 1968 ~ |
Superior Surgical Manufacturing Co., Inc. goes public on the American Stock Exchange |
| 1968 ~ |
Acquire Universal Cottons, manufacturers of laundry bags, in New York and Georgia |
| 1970 ~ |
Acquire Martin's Uniforms in Tampa, Florida |
| 1976 ~ |
Acquire Shane Uniforms in Evansville, Indiana and enter the Employee Identification (non-healthcare) uniform market |
| 1978 ~ |
Announce the move of our corporate headquarters to Seminole, Florida; move is complete by 1979 |
| 1981 ~ |
Purchase Martin’s manufacturing and distribution location in Tampa, Florida and begin major expansion |
| 1995 ~ |
First of its kind modern Robotic Warehouse Distribution system installed in company's largest distribution center |
| 1997 ~ |
Acquire Sope Creek in Atlanta, Georgia |
| 1998 ~ |
Name of our company is officially changed to Superior Uniform Group, Inc. to better reflect the greatly expanded landscape of our Customer base |
| 1998 ~ |
Acquire the Empire Company in Portland, Oregon |
| 2000 ~ |
Go live with SAP R/3 Enterprise Resource Planning System |
| 2001 ~ |
Begin offering custom e-commerce Web ordering sites to our Customers |
| 2003 ~ |
Custom e-commerce Web sites become interactive |
| 2004 ~ |
Acquire UniVogue in Dallas, Texas |
| 2004 ~ |
New logo and rebranding campaign is launched |
| 2004 ~ |
Warehouse firmware upgrades and new equipment installation is completed |
| 2005 ~ |
Warehouse Management System integration software upgrade is completed |
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