About Us

Pullman-Holt is an 85 year old, world-class manufacturer of HEPA vacuums and powered floor care equipment.  Located in Tampa, Florida within an approximately 200,000 square foot facility, the company offers a complete line of HEPA vacuums and floor care equipment.  Pullman-Holt is a privately held business having many long time employees with countless years of experience in the cleaning products industry, who consider themselves part of the "Pullman-Holt Family".

Pullman-Holt started manufacturing HEPA vacuums for the U.S. Navy in 1963.  In the 70's, Pullman-Holt introduced a line of magenta colored HEPA vacuums designed specifically for the nuclear energy industry.  In 1985, the company introduced the first wet/dry HEPA vacuum to address new government required work practices for asbestos removal.  This breakthrough design helped make Pullman-Holt a market leader in HEPA Vacuums.  Today, Pullman-Holt offers one of the broadest lines of portable HEPA Vacuums sold to the Safety/Environmental, Restoration and Construction markets.  There are dry only and wet/dry models for recovering a wide range of hazardous materials including silica, lead, mold and anthrax.  Current customers of Pullman-Holt HEPA vacuums includes the U.S. Navy, U.S. Postal Service, U.S. Department of Energy and Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Pullman-Holt is also a major manufacturer and distributor of commercial floor-care equipment, including wet/dry vacuums, squeegee vacuums, upright vacuums, backpack vacuums, floor machines, burnishers and automatic scrubbers.  Pullman-Holt is a highly recognized brand in the professional cleaning industry.  Our products are sold through a worldwide network of over 1,800 distributors.  Pullman-Holt has been a member of the International Sanitary Supply Industry (ISSA) since 1945.

In recent years, Pullman-Holt has successfully introduced a limited number of commercial and/or domestic products sold through the Vacuum Dealer Trade Association (VDTA) and other "retail" channels including catalogs and televised retailing.