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OUR TRACK RECORD
125 Years of American Manufacturing Excellence
• We make our start delivering ice boxes by horse and buggy.
Soon, our products gain a reputation as works of art.
• Our Greenville community is deemed the “Refrigerator Capital of the World”.
• We manufacture air tank shields for the War Department during World War II.
• The Pentagon contracts us to produce $1.145M worth of refrigerators for military
installations across the country and abroad.
• We celebrate three generations of family operation and develop the rst
foamed-in-place refrigerator with better energy efciency.
• We set another new stake in the industry with commercial-style refrigeration
for home use.
• We develop a scrupulous refrigeration line to meet the precise standards
of the scientic industry, biomedical facilities, laboratories and other
industrial applications.
• We supply refrigerators to military hospitals during Operation Desert Storm.
• We release the industry’s rst stainless steel interiors and glass door refrigerators
for residential use.
• We are the rst to produce undercounter wine storage and beverage centers.
• We unveil the industry’s rst black interior for wine cellars and beverage centers.
• We are contracted again by the government to supply refrigerators for military
mess halls overseas.
• We invest in a new 175,000 sq. ft. manufacturing innovation center in our
community, creating 337 new Michigan jobs.
• We introduce the rst glass door refrigerator with blue interior lighting.
• Marvel is named the #1 rated wine cellar by a leading consumer magazine.
• We unveil the industry’s largest collection of ENERGY STAR rated undercounter
appliances, which would go on to win multiple ADEX design awards.
• We release the rst outdoor model combining a refrigerator, freezer and ice
maker in one.
• Marvel joins forces with Middleby, the commercial powerhouse endorsed by top
chefs and found in 1 out of 3 restaurants in the world. We tap into the tried-and
true brain trust to better our products even more.
• Marvel is deemed essential business during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we work
hard (and safely) to keep up with the demand for refrigeration products.
• We release our latest line-up of professional products for the home, upgraded for
today’s standards for exibility and performance.
We work hard to
keep our talent and
manufacturing in
America, in the same
community where our
founder started in 1892,
back when eggs were
20 cents a dozen, and
we delivered ice boxes
by horse and buggy.