The Story:
It was spring 2004 and our CEO sought to diversify the current business of building wood or coal boilers and forced air systems that is a cyclicle business into a year round business. With the help of his team, they divised a plan to develop a grill that would be competitive in the market. It was a total failure. Moving forward to January 2009, Matt and his wife find out that they are expecting their first child. Matt brought home two beautiful filet mignon wrapped in bacon and started grilling them on a gas grill. Matt's wife came home to Matt cutting up potatoes not knowing that the grill had flames shooting out of the cover. The filets were given to the family dog, who wouldn't even eat them. Matt went back to the drawing board, bringing in his staff and explained the situation to everyone. We took the design of our coal stoker and minimized it to the size of a grill. It was a hit. Now we have a wonderful line of product to choose from.
History of Royall Mfg, Inc.
• 1968 Royall’s forced Air Unit is born
• 1969 Royalll Furnace Company, Incorporated is formed
• 1970 Forced Air Unit starts production out of a local bus garage
• 1972 Royall brand trademarked
• 1975 Royall introduces the only ASME certified wood/coal boiler on the market
• 1982 Royall has all units certified by the Underwriters laboratory
• 1985 Lyle Janocek purchases Royall and changes the name to Horstmann Industries, Inc.
• 1990 Royall introduces the non pressurized wood boiler
• 2002 Horstmann Industries, Inc. is purchased by the Kouba Family
• 2003 Royall™ introduces the “Little Grace”
• 2004 Matthew L. Kouba is introduced as acting Vice President/COO of Horstmann
• 2004 Royall Mfg, Inc receives Trademark on Royall™
• 2005 Horstmann Industries, Inc. is legally changed to Royall Mfg, Inc.
• 2006 Royall Mfg, Inc. discontinues the non pressurized boilers
• 2007 Royall Mfg, Inc. diversifies into custom manufacturing outside the scope wood boilers
• 2008 Royall™ line of product is born
• 2009 Royall™ markets its business as a “Way of Life”
