Richards

In 1939, Richards Homewares was founded by Myron Freelander under the name of Richards Plastic Company in Los Angeles, California. At the time, Myron took sheets of vinyl, die-cut them, sewed elastic around the edges and sold them to the dental industry as head rest covers for dental chairs. After 50 years, the name of the company was changed to Richards Homewares, Inc., which better described the nature of the business Richards had evolved into. The company relocated to Portland, Oregon in 1994, an environment where it could afford larger facilities to handle its steady growth.