Peerless-AV Celebrates 75th Anniversary

The company takes a look back at its top moments in the past 75 years and thanks its customers and partners for years of support.

CI Staff

August 2016 marks Peerless-AV‘s 75th anniversary, and the company is celebrating by looking back at some of the top moments that helped bring the AV and digital signage solutions provider to where it is today.

Originally known as Peerless Industries, Peerless-AV first opened its doors in 1941. The company’s famed early innovation, the first known CRT TV wall mount, also recently celebrated its 50th anniversary.

“Reaching these milestones are important moments for us at Peerless-AV and we are happy to celebrate this anniversary with our customers and partners in the AV space,” says John Potts, president of Peerless-AV, in the company announcement.

“We are thankful for the opportunity to continue providing solutions to our loyal customer base and we look forward to another 75 years of developing reliable and innovative solutions.”

Peerless-AV’s top moments include:

  • 1941: Peerless Industries opens its doors
  • 1965: Designed and developed the first known CRT TV wall mount
  • 1995: Opened 38,000 square foot plant in Mexico
  • 2003: Introduced Plasma, LCD, and projector mounts
  • 2010: Opened Aurora, IL office and manufacturing plant / Launched first non-mount product, HD Flow Wireless AV System / Re-branded as Peerless-AV
  • 2011: Launched Emerging Technology Group
  • 2013: Started Kiosk Division
  • 2016: Created Xtreme™ Outdoor Soundbar, first powered soundbar on the market

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In the 75 years since Peerless-AV opened its doors, the company has celebrated many milestones, from extending its product line to include mounting hardware in 1978, to opening a 38,000 square foot plant in Mexico in 1995, to launching the Jumbo 2000 mount in 1999 and the Plasma, LCD, and projector mount lines in 2003, to creating the Xtreme™ Outdoor Soundbar, the first powered outdoor soundbar on the market, in 2016.

2009 marked the launch of major developments for the company with the acquisition of BBG in the UK. The following year the company opened its Aurora, Illinois location, launched its first non-mount product (HD Flow Wireless AV System), debuted video wall mounts, and rebranded itself as Peerless-AV.

In the years since, while the company continues to develop mounts, Peerless-AV has added an Emerging Technology Group (2011), launched the PeerAir (2012), acquired Cill Technologies (2013), an outdoor TV manufacturer, and launched a kiosk division (2014), expanding its repertoire of expertise to encompass a multitude of AV technologies. And, with 75 years under its belt, Peerless-AV is proud of its unrivaled reputation for quality AV innovations, as the very word “peerless” suggests.

“Marking the 75th anniversary of our company, a place that has stayed true to its roots since the beginning, brings a great deal of pride to our team,” said Nick Belcore, executive vice president, Peerless-AV. “We are one of the only manufacturers in the AV industry that has not been acquired, merged, or shut down, and that speaks volumes to our ability to maintain our vision of providing quality manufacturing, exceptional customer service, and pioneering products that have stood the test of time.”

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