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The Walton Company was established in 1958 by Don Walton, and was incorporated in 1970. We have been in our Huntington Beach location since 1982. We own our building, as well as the adjacent property for future expansion.
Don Walton was educated at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where he studied woodworking and furniture design; and later at the Philadelphia Museum College of Art, where he majored in three dimensional design. Upon completion of his studies, Don moved West to Newport Beach, California.
In the early years, Don designed and manufactured fine, handmade furniture from solid hardwoods. With his home at the beach, Don was also involved in designing and installing high quality yacht interiors. As a side project, Don assisted Hobie Alter in production engineering for his, now World Famous, "Hobie Cat" catamaran company.
Don first began working with cork products when he discovered that the floatation material in old life jackets was blocks of cork. He began experimenting with the material, cutting the blocks from discarded jackets into rectangles and laminating them to plywood panels. These attractive panels were an instant success with interior designers, so Don began mass producing them and introduced Walton Corkwood. We still manufacture Walton Corkwood for prestigious business establishments, often high-end restaurants.
ProtectoMat® was developed in , while working with interior plantscaping firms who wanted to place and maintain decorative plant containers in business establishments. They knew they could increase their business if they could provide an attractive means to protect desks, table tops, hardwood floors, carpets, etc. from moisture and scratching. ProtectoMat® has since expanded into multiple markets including Lawn & Garden, Hardware, Gourmet, Housewares, Office Supply, and Food Service. It is sold throughout the 50 United States, and exported to Mexico, Canada, and Japan.
The Walton Company maintains an innovative Research & Development and Marketing staff in our on going effort to develop better products, displays, and programs for our valued customers.
THE WALTON COMPANY
17900 Sampson Lane
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
sales@protecto.com
(714) 847-8800
fax (714) 847-3142
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