Severtson Screens is celebrating its 35th anniversary. “Severtson Corporation started in 1986, literally in our parents’ house,” explained Toby Severtson, president & CEO. “The company’s first job was with Arizona’s own Williams Air Force Base in response to the U.S. Air Force’s need to find both a quality optical coating and a uniform application process for the interior of their domed flight simulators.”
“In the early 1990s, a contract with Imax Corporation brought Severtson into the cinema screen industry,” Severtson continued. “To meet the challenge of the larger screens, a robotic application system was designed that could be used to coat screens on site. In 1998, Severtson Corp. applied its optical coatings to the world’s largest cinema screen in Sydney, Australia.”
By 2009, Severtson became a full-service cinema screen manufacturer. “The combined experience of building small home theater screens and large cinema screens has given Severtson Corporation the expertise to meet the needs of the Pro AV market for both professional indoor applications as well as large outdoor venues,” Kirk Severston added.
In 2019, Severtson Screens moved into a larger, nearby campus. “It was time,” explained Toby Severtson. “With our continued growth, we were busting at the seams at our three Mesa [Arizona] facilities and we needed to find a location where we could expand our headquarters and manufacturing capabilities. Our new San Tan Valley, Arizona campus has allowed us to grow our footprints for greater production and efficiency by allowing us to design and build a multi-facility campus that fulfills all of our office, manufacturing, and warehousing needs. We are proud of our history, and we look forward to the next 35 years.”
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