Celebrating
A Century of Driving
Our Clients’ Success
Together we are embarking on our 100th year Anniversary.
HKM wants to celebrate 100 years with you our customers, dedicated employees, partners and suppliers. You and our employees are the reason we are still here. Because we have all grown and developed together, we have thrived. We’d like to celebrate, recognize, and acknowledge what you, HKM and our employees, have all accomplished together.
For 100 years, our mission has been to help you our customers succeed. Your Success… is our Mission. Our employees and partners have been 100% dedicated to your success…it is our core purpose. The selfless dedication, professional excellence, and superior craftsmanship, you and our employees have brought to the business, has established a benchmark only a few could have achieved. Further, we are committed to adopting the most advanced innovations to deliver the most impactful and profitable marketing solutions available to drive your sales and profits into the future.
Over the next few months, we will be sharing some of the milestones our team has reached together, some Fun Cleveland Facts plus some Marketing/Printing/Advertising and cultural happenings through the decades. Be sure to click through on each decade to read more about our journey.
1920-1940 The Legacy Begins
HKM’s legacy begins at Hauser-King Letter/Mailing Service in the Caxton Building
Cleveland was named an All-American City
The Indians won the World Series!!!
Advertising exploded on the scene and TV arrived.
1950 The Legacy Continues
HKM- George Durham takes over the letterpress company
Cleveland becomes the 7th largest city in the country
Advertising saw the beginnings of brand awareness
Seven Wonders of the World was showing on the Cinerama
1960 HKM Is Born
Hauser-King Printing and Marford Direct Mail merge to form HKM
Ohioan Neil Armstrong is 1st person to walk on the moon
A cultural revolution emerges marked by social upheaval
Creativity soars and TV advertising takes off
1970 HKM Expands
HKM grows through acquisitions and equipment expansion
The Great Blizzard of 1978 hits – the worst storm in Ohio’s history
Bell bottoms, maxi dresses, and streaking hit the scene
Watergate, Nixon’s resigning, and Vietnam protest rocked the nation
1980 HKM Moves
HKM moves and becomes one of the top 10 printers in Cleveland
Cleveland is selected as the site for The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Museum
Big hair, legwarmers, Spandex, Jordache Jeans and Swatch watches were all the rage
Desktop publishing and databased marketing are introduced as personalization and guerilla marketing enters the lexicon
1990 HKM Evolves
HKM renames, expands services and builds a distribution center
Cleveland celebrates its Bicentennial and the Indians win the AL pennant twice
The 1st Harry Potter book publishes, Seinfeld, Friends and Celine Dion appear
The Internet continues to grow plus Photoshop and iMac are introduced
2000 HKM Excels
HKM grows dramatically, becoming the #2 printer in Cleveland
Cleveland storms into the NBA Finals and survives a blizzard.
Avatar was the #1 movie, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy was released, and Superhero films reappeared
Social media explodes onto the scene with Myspace, Facebook, YouTube and Twitter all launching
2010 HKM Broadens
HKM enters the large format industry and acquires high speed inkjet color printers to broaden capabilities as an answer to client needs.
Cleveland had an epic sports year in 2016 with teams winning many championships
Social Media explodes with Instagram and Tik Tok while influencers and followers were birthed.
American society was impacted by “Black Lives Matter” Trumps Presidency and the #Me Too Movement
2020 HKM Celebrates!
HKM has expanded their data management solutions, custom on-line fulfillment and marketing automation capabilities
Cleveland has hosted the NBA 75th Anniversary All Star Game, the NFL Draft, The MLS All Star Game and the 2020 US Presidential Debate
5G networks went national while AR, AI, extreme personalization, and predictive modeling all continued to grow
The unprecedented Covid 19 pandemic started the 2020’s with the shutting down of most of the world
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