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Hughes Kitchens and Bath Hughes Kitchens and Bath is the oldest remodeling firm in the state of Ohio Founded in 1948 under Joe Karram on 12th street in Canton Ohio under the original name Karram’s Manufacturing. It grew to one of the main manufactures and suppliers of the newly invented Formica brand Plastic laminate and would manufacture post formed countertops for kitchens and bathrooms. Karram's Manufacturing out grew the original facility on 12th street and in 1952 moved to the current location 1258 Cleveland Ave. N.W. Canton Ohio Karram’s manufacturing employed 6 people at that time. In 1973 they entered into a large expansion project to the manufacturing facility adding new fabricating machinery and space. With all the expansions the company still maintained about 6 employees. In 1968 Jerome Hughes agreed to take over operations and on April 1st of 1968 he did just that. Jerome "Jerry" was a long time employee of Karram’s and had a new vision for where the company could go. At the time there where very few manufactures of Formica post formed countertops and they were a close nit group of business owners. Jerry teamed up with Cabinet Pac Kitchens out of Chicago. They worked together to invent laminate refacing. They used and modified some existing machinery to make the moldings necessary to make the doors out of Formica Jerry Hughes changed the name of Karram's Manufacturing to Hughes Kitchens to expanded on its offering wich now included laminate cabinet refacing. Hughes Kitchens continued to grow and expand on its offerings in the kitchen and bath industry to the consumer. In 2004 Michael Pierce assumed operations. The name was changed in 2009 to Hughes Kitchens and Bath to really reflect the true offerings that Hughes Kitchens offered. Hughes Kitchens and Bath has grown to 27 employees and is still in the currant location at 1258 Cleveland Ave NW Hughes Kithens and Bath is still doing things like they where done in 1948, but adding modern technology to it. Hughes Kithens and Bath still staffs the people that will perform the work in homes and has not changed to the way of subing everything out like the other remodeling firms have. In that way Hughes Kitchens and Bath is breaking new ground in customer service. They build upon a new customer experience that customers are not used to.