Originally Printed in Swimming Pool
On a spring afternoon in 1956, company president and founder Dick Meissner sat down in his garage to begin work on his contract sewing first. Philip Anthony of Anthony Pools had its first contract to produce the filter bag Anthony McIntosh. Working alone and at night, Dick lay the foundation for the company, which has become the largest manufacturer of filter cartridges swimming pool and spa in the world. In these early years, residential filtration was in its infancy. As the market began to grow, has great additional contract sewing, first Swimquip and Landon, Pac-Fab, Paddock and California received. In 1959, this business part time full time. The young company has hired two employees and moved quietly in a 2,000 square meter building in Van Nuys, Calif. Within a year the young company has doubled in size and in 1962 occupied 6,000 square meters, and had five-time complete.
With the advent of the filter, the company saw its opportunity. The first cartridge elements are made of a paper type material that does not fix the pool. The realization of the potential future of the cartridge filter to improve the development of Meissner in the manufacturing process of new media. In 1964, elements of research and industry development called first produced with a new cartridge, 100% polyester spunbond Reemay ¬ position. Developed by Dupont and adapted to the filtration cartridge Meissner Reemay use the material in the pool and spa filter. The period 1964-1972 has grown steadily Reemay new cartridge systems. At that time, the size of each ink cartridge is limited to just 6 square meters. The filter system comes to the surface for many small cartridges for copying. This start cartridge filter works very well, but difficult to clean and maintain, because the small number of elements involved. Then in 1972, Meissner in partnership with Purex, the industry has developed large area cartridge single item. Meissner Manufacturing Technology was a new 100 square meters each filter sytem with only three rounds. This concept quickly took the item and the 25 -, 50 – and filter systems of 75 square meters with a cartridge when Americans Meissner, Baker Hydro Hayward, Premier, Sta-Rite and introduced, among others.
During the early 80 Meissner will continue to work as a supplier of the pump and filter manufacturers to develop and improve the filter cartridge. Meissner element 1984, and both cartridges are used in virtually all systems of higher brand filter. To meet the growing demand, the company advanced equipment, high production rate has been developed. Single Meissner, production capacity, the company has a niche of quality and performance that is unparalleled today. 1985 was a pivotal year for Meissner, when several companies, the brand of its own terms Reemay began. Compared to a loss of activity, but with a huge production capacity, the company to reinvent itself. While maintaining its business under the brand OEM Meissner, the company has created and funded by the Unicel brand of replacement filter elements. For the first time all items are available as a replacement for the OEM specifications is determined from a wholesale source. Distributors and service technicians can easily refills from your local site, even if they have this particular type of computer.