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About
Screen America Corporation...
In 1988 Richard Smith, now the
President and CEO of Screen America Corporation, was looking
for a way to screen in his garage doors in order to keep out
the mosquitoes while he worked on his hobby – building
performance car engines.
Having two single car garage doors presented a problem for
the best available alternative at the time, the sliding
screen concept, because the screens had to be manually
removed completely from the opening to drive vehicles in or
out.
Just beginning to show up on the market at the time were
compact electric tubular motor operators that could be
remote controlled. Their chief application was finding its
way into the hurricane shutter market. He decided to put his
college degrees and 30 years of Engineering to good use and
began designing a motorized roll-up screen.
After purchasing one of these motor/operators from Somfy
USA, he set to work and in two weeks he had a working model.
Thus, on August 15th 1988, appeared the first motorized
roll-up screen ever made. It generated so much interest that
he considered refining the idea into a commercially viable
product.
After designing custom aluminum and vinyl extrusions for
tracks, drums and crossbars he made three production
prototypes for field testing. Following further refinements
it was decided to test the market at a local home show in
Punta Gorda, Florida. The product was first introduced on
January 4th, 1989.
At this point there was no market, and we had to develop a
market for motorized screens. On that weekend, we sold two
screens; one for the single car garage door, and
surprisingly, one for a two-car garage door. We also signed
up one dealer who had a vision as to the potential of this
new product. The sale for a two-car garage door surprised us
since the popular slider worked well for that application.
The word was out and shortly thereafter we were approached
by a customer who was building a $5.2 million home on the
Gulf of Mexico. He wanted none of our screens on his four
garage doors, but rather wanted twelve screens built into
his French doors and lanai openings. The potential market
broadened again. And, as they say “the rest is history.”
Screen America Corporation was formed in 1992 and purchased
facilities and moved to Homosassa, Florida in 1994. Sixteen
years and fifteen thousand screens later, Screen America
Corporation is a thriving enterprise leading the motorized
screen market due primarily to the vision and hard work of
its founder and its outstanding dealer network and the
dedication of the best employees in the world.
For more details on how Screen America Products can fit into your lifestyle, please
contact us.
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Intellectual Property Notice
SKEET'R BEAT'R IS A REGISTERED TRADEMARK! THE MANUFACTURE
AND SALE OF THIS PRODUCT IS PROTECTED UNDER U.S. PATENT NO.
5123474!
Screen
America Corporation is Exclusively Licensed to market and
manufacture under these patents and trademarks.
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