Who we are
Health-Mor provides products and opportunities that change lives. Our products include the world-famous FilterQueen Indoor Air Quality System, with technology whose sole purpose is to remove harmful pollutants from your home and from your air. The FilterQueen System consists of the Majestic Surface Cleaner and the Defender Room Air Cleaner.
These best-in-class products remove allergens, dirt, dust and chemicals from all the surfaces of your home where they hide and from the air that you and your family breathe. Educating our communities about these products and the benefits of a cleaner indoor environment presents an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurs.
The journey so far
For more than 90 years, FilterQueen products have been sold exclusively through direct, in-home sales. This market approach offers the highest level of customer service and a complete understanding of the products' benefits and convenience to the customer prior to purchasing a solution. Independent FilterQueen Distributors and happy customers can be found throughout the United States, Canada, and in over 40 other countries worldwide.
Everyone associated with Health-Mor and its Independent Distributors are expected to enthusiastically follow the Health-Mor's Code of Conduct. Health-Mor is also a proud member of the DSA and abides by the DSA Code of Ethics.
Health-Mor is a recipient of The Direct Selling Association (DSA) prestigious "Education for Life" award. This award recognizes companies in the direct selling industry that go beyond just sales and training. These award-winning companies educate employees with skills they can use in life such as ethical, moral, and legal standards.
Dan Duggan, Chairman & CEO
Dan Duggan began his career in 1978 right out of high school at the age of 18. He began as a FilterQueen salesman in his native Detroit, Michigan. He quickly decided to postpone college to pursue a career in direct sales. Duggan became a branch manager for an office in 1979 and became an independent distributor of FilterQueen in Michigan in 1980. He subsequently moved around the country to enjoy promotions in Colorado and Ohio.
In 1992, Duggan was named Health-Mor Director of Sales, Asia-Pacific where he led some of the fastest company growth in history in the Japanese and Korean markets throughout the 1990s. He spent the last ten years as President of Worldwide Sales, and has traveled to nearly every continent on the globe selling the FilterQueen opportunity.
On January 28, 2016, Dan Duggan made the announcement at the Health-Mor World Headquarters in Cleveland, Ohio that he had purchased the iconic FilterQueen company. He also introduced his partner, and minority shareholder, Darryn Murphy.
Health-Mor has manufactured the FilterQueen System for more than 90 years. Its patented cyclonic action system has made FilterQueen a success.
Our Stories
The year it all began
In 1928, Frank and Martin Callahan along with Ray Owen founded Sanitation Systems, Inc., a small direct sales distributorship that was trying to turn around a failing business. As the distributorship became profitable, the ambitious team sought to develop their own product.
In 1929, they approached manufacturer P.A. Geier to build a vacuum cleaner under the Health-Mor name. Their first product was the Health-Mor Sanitation System upright vacuum. In May 1930, Sanitation Systems, Inc. changed its name to Health-Mor Sanitation Systems, Inc.
Invention of FilterQueen
By 1930, Health-Mor had become the largest direct selling organization in Chicago. However, they had a more ambitious dream. They met with a man named Ed Yonkers, who was working on a patent for a new kind of home cleaning system. On a business trip, Ed was introduced to a new kind of porous paper. On his train ride home, that very paper sparked his great idea for filtration.
Ed visualized an inverted cone with incoming air hitting it on an tangential angle. This air movement knocked dirt off the filter cone and sent it to the vacuum's pan below. Ed's cyclonic action and use of filter cones were just the breakthrough in filtration that Health-Mor was looking for.
Need for speed
Starting in 1951, FilterQueen played a role in the pre-race cleanup of the brick straightway for the Indianapolis 500. In 1958, Distributor E.L. Baker Jr. gained national attention with his team when they took to the Indianapolis Speedway track for their the annual clean-up event. His team cleaned dust, dirt and tiny pebbles between the bricks of the famous raceway to ensure the safety of the 33 drivers who drove over 100 mph in the 500 mile race.
Famous race car driver Wilbur Shaw thought so highly of FilterQueen's role in protecting the lives of the 500 track drivers that he wrote a letter stating that the use of the FilterQueen Sanitation System was one of the most important safety measures ever introduced to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Father and sons
Paul Kolenda was the head of what is probably the nation's largest father-and-son business partnership of all time. Kolenda got his sales start as a way to supplement his income in the depression era of the early 1930s.
After World War II, six of his ten sons returned from the armed services and the family decided to pool their money and open a FilterQueen Distributorship. He is pictured here inspecting his ten sons and partners in front of their FilterQueen office in Detroit. The family's partnership paid no salaries or commissions, but divided the year's profits equally.
World famous
In the early 1950s, FilterQueen made its debut cleaning the luxury ocean liners, SS Constitution and SS Independence. The SS Constitution was featured in several episodes of the 1950s TV show I Love Lucy, starting with episode 140, "Bon Voyage," which aired on December 1, 1955.
When the ship's superintendent was asked what he thought about America's first bagless cleaning system, he stated, "Based on the fine performance and low upkeep we experienced with FilterQueen on our luxury liners SS Independence and SS Constitution, we recommend them highly."
Quality
This photo from 1967 shows employees Bill and Millie working at the Paint Station and inspecting dirt canisters, making sure they look perfect before being sold. The employees are wiring canisters for the pre-painting process. Next, they would completely submerge the canisters in paint.
Today, the canisters are no longer painted. They are made out of durable ABS plastic, which is a high impact material that is scratch-resistant and is long lasting.
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Businesses Who Care
FilterQueen is featuring businesses that are using the Defender Air Purifier to help protect their staff and clients.
Featured Business
Family Dentistry with a Gentle Touch
Saginaw, MI
Family Dentistry with a Gentle Touch provides personalized dental care to you and your family. They are committed and obsessed with cleanliness now and into the future, including investing in technologies like air purification systems that surpass requirements, providing a safe, clean dental environment, and ensuring the safety of our patients by adhering to the CDC guidelines.
"We have invested in the highest quality air purification systems. Our treatment room has a non-ozone producing air cleaner working 24 hours a day to remove harmful pollutants such as viruses, mold spores, and bacteria that standard HEPA filters throw back into the air. The FDA recognizes the FilterQueen Defender as a Class II Medical Device that produces a higher calibration-level than required in most hospitals."