# Suarez Industries, Inc.

> Suarez Industries, Inc. (historically Suarez Corporation Industries) is a privately held North Canton, Ohio direct-marketing company that has spent five decades turning consumer curiosity into cash-with-order sales. Founded by Ben Suarez in 1970, it runs every step of a promotion in-house - creative, database, media buying, print shop, lettershop and fulfillment - and sells hundreds of products worldwide, from fashion jewelry and collectible coins to its best-known brand, the EdenPURE infrared heater. It is less a factory than a laboratory for figuring out what people will actually buy.

- **Founded:** 1970
- **Headquarters:** North Canton, Ohio, United States
- **Founders:** Ben Suarez (Founder & President)
- **Team size:** ~140 employees (has employed several hundred, including 300+ Ohio manufacturing jobs during the 2011 EdenPURE plant launch)
- **Products:** EdenPURE, Lindenwold Fine Jewelers, U.S. Commemorative Gallery, Biotech Research, The Hanford Press
- **Notable:** Grew from a home-run mail-order business (1970) to profitability by 1973 and roughly $250M in annual revenue., EdenPURE became one of America's best-selling space heaters, with more than 5 million units sold., Reshored EdenPURE manufacturing into the former Hoover vacuum plant in North Canton, creating hundreds of Ohio jobs (2011).

## Products & services

- **EdenPURE** — Infrared space heaters, air purifiers, sweepers and air coolers; the company's flagship consumer brand, first launched in 2005, with more than 5 million units sold.
- **Lindenwold Fine Jewelers** — Direct-marketed fashion and fine jewelry division.
- **U.S. Commemorative Gallery** — Collectible coins and commemorative currency division.
- **Biotech Research** — Health and nutrition supplements division.
- **The Hanford Press** — In-house publishing imprint for books and informational products.
- **Media & Multi-Channel Marketing Services** — In-house creative, database analysis, media buying, print shop, lettershop and fulfillment operated as integrated services.
- **Suarez Applied Marketing Research Laboratories** — Socio-economic market intelligence and biometric consumer research operation.

## Achievements

- Grew from a home-run mail-order business (1970) to profitability by 1973 and roughly $250M in annual revenue.
- EdenPURE became one of America's best-selling space heaters, with more than 5 million units sold.
- Reshored EdenPURE manufacturing into the former Hoover vacuum plant in North Canton, creating hundreds of Ohio jobs (2011).
- Landed EdenPURE in nearly 800 Sears stores nationwide.
- Founder Ben Suarez authored the direct-marketing classic '7 Steps to Freedom.'
- Endowed the Benjamin and Nancy Suarez Applied Marketing Research Laboratories at the University of Akron (2008).

## Latest updates

- **2024-08** — Kronos Advanced Technologies announced a non-binding letter of intent to acquire Suarez Corporation Industries and affiliated companies for up to $25 million, subject to due diligence and financing.
- **2011-09** — Opened all-American EdenPURE manufacturing and distribution in the former Hoover vacuum plant in North Canton, Ohio.
- **2008-11** — Dedicated the Benjamin and Nancy Suarez Applied Marketing Research Laboratories at the University of Akron.

## Links

- Website: https://suarez.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/suarez-corporation-industries
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/edenpureheater
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/pages/North-Canton-OH/Suarez-Corporation-Industries/55462606597

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