1869
A.W. Hopeman begins his cabinetmaking business, A.W. Hopeman Builder, in Rochester, N.Y. It eventually becomes A.W. Hopeman & Sons and expands to include Hopeman Brothers.
Royston LLC is the industry leader in the advanced design, manufacture and installation of first-class store interiors for the convenience, grocery, quick serve restaurant, mass merchandise, food service and specialty retail segments. We improve the consumer experience by partnering with retailers to provide customer-specific, brand-enhancing and operationally aligned products and services – from concept to store-level execution.
Our philosophy is to understand your unique values and goals. We learn your brand and retail environment objectives inside and out, match up our resources with your specific project plans, and design a customized equipment strategy that is configurable to all store locations and footprints. We’ll give you the benefit of our experience, and you’ll take advantage of our state-of-the-art manufacturing systems that deliver stores fast and on time, every time.
Royston has evolved from simply being the best-in-class manufacturer of merchandising fixtures to your full-service resource for end-to-end solutions for the retail environment.
The Royston difference lies with
our people and our processes,
That’s how we deliver value to you.
Support your brand and enhance your image, while differentiating you from the rest of the field
Address your specific store applications and requirements
Deliver truly functional design and modular flexibility
Provide operationally effective, easily maintained equipment
Lower your total cost of ownership
Our business has grown from its modest cabinetmaking beginnings in the 1800s to include innovative design, production and installation of all manner of retail space equipment, as well as customer support. Our services have expanded and evolved because our customers have demanded it, to the extent we now are the go-to project management source for new and remodeled store spaces. You can count on Royston for thoughtful, well-conceived retail solutions that benefit operations and sales.
The origins of Royston LLC go all the way back to 1869, when Dutch immigrant Arendt Willem Hopeman launched his cabinetmaking business, A.W. Hopeman Builder, in Rochester, N.Y. The company over time became A.W. Hopeman & Sons. In 1916, the Hopeman organization began performing marine joiner work for Philadelphia’s mammoth William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding, the preeminent U.S. iron shipbuilder of the 19th century.
In the 1920s, A.W. Hopeman & Sons served as general contractor for construction of the River Campus of the University of Rochester, in New York. The company also built the Eastman Theatre, Eastman School of Music, Eastman Kodak headquarters and other Rochester landmarks. The Hopeman Memorial Carillon and Hopeman Engineering Building at the University of Rochester are named for A.W. Hopeman.
By the mid-1960s, the company had further diversified and set up manufacturing operations in Georgia, which was the genesis of Royston LLC.
A.W. Hopeman begins his cabinetmaking business, A.W. Hopeman Builder, in Rochester, N.Y. It eventually becomes A.W. Hopeman & Sons and expands to include Hopeman Brothers.
Hopeman Brothers begins performing marine joiner work for the large William Cramp & Sons shipyard in Philadelphia.
Hopeman is heavily involved in construction of facilities at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) and of other Rochester landmarks.
A.W. Hopeman & Sons adds a manufacturing facility in Royston, Ga., signaling the start of Royston LLC operations.
Royston begins offering modular metal fixtures for the convenience store, food service and other retail industries.
Royston expands, adding a state-of-the-art metal fabrication plant in Jasper, Ga. The company headquarters eventually moves from Royston to Jasper.
Royston acquires Reynolds Corp., a 57-year-old, front-end retail solutions company in Jackson, Tenn.
Royston acquires the retail checkstand business unit of Michigan’s Borroughs Corp.
Royston LLC acquires the assets of Ameridiser LLC.
Royston LLC acquires E.L.F. Wood Products