Howard S. Martin was a chemist who started his own company in 1932, in Evanston, Illinois. During the next thirty five years his company had grown to include the production of X-ray and other electronic tubes, had been an active member of the Manhattan Project, and was producing world class laboratory and scientific glassware. In fact, the evacuation ovens use to produce the mass spectrometer tubes used in the atomic bomb project are still in use today at our Vineland, NJ facility. By the time the 1950's rolled around, H.S. Martin and Company was a world-class organization with facilities in Illinois and New Jersey, and had the most modern, state-of-the-art production equipment in the industry,

In 1969, mainly due to poor health, Howard Martin sold his company to the Kontes Glass Company of Vineland, New Jersey. H.S. Martin and Company would remain in Evanston, but had now become Kontes/Martin. In fact, some apparatus with the Kontes/Martin logo can still be found in use around the country, and in fact, around the world to this day,

In 1980, Kontes/Martin was moved from Evanston, Illinois to the Kontes Glass Company's facility in Vineland, New Jersey. Shortly thereafter, in 1982, Kontes Glass Company was sold to Owens Illinois. The Kontes family, however, did not include Kontes/Martin in the sale. Property was purchased in Vineland, New Jersey, and a brand new 15,000 square foot facility was constructed. In 1983 the company was renamed H.S. Martin Company, Inc., and has been here in Vineland, at this facility ever since.

Throughout the years and many changes, one thing has remained constant - and that is our commitment to excellence. Our company policy has been, for over half a century, to produce glassware of the highest quality. Since our beginning in 1932 we have been involved with the health care, aerospace, educational, petroleum and chemical, and various other industries. During this time we have worked, with great pride, along with the leaders in these fields, to develop equipment which will help to lead us all to the next generation of technology.