ACTUALLY MADE IN
RANDOLPH, VERMONT SINCE 1920
1919

Kurt Reichel moves to Randolph, VT from NY and starts a glove company making silk dress gloves, with Richard Haupt running the operation

1920

Dress glove business fails, Richard Ernst Haupt, a German glovemaking immigrant, runs company on behalf of bank.

1929

Business fails due to stock market crash, NH man buys & changes name to The Linwood Company, Richard Haupt stays on as manager

1929

Richard Haupt develops lineworker glove for Central Vermont Power and realizes potential market opportunity. Company exclusively produces lineworker gloves.

1939

Richard Haupt & John Robb buy company from The Linwood Co. and change name to Green Mountain Glove Co.

1945

Robb sells his shares to Haupt, enlists for WWII. Haupt begins making parajumper gloves for the war.

1951

Richard sells to his sons Kurt, Karl & Walter. Walter sells his shares shortly thereafter.

1960

Factory moves to Whiting Milk Creamery (current location)

1960s

Business booms, selling in 48 states, to electric, cable and telephone companies

1980-85

U.S.A manufacturing begins to be widely outsourced overseas

1994

NAFTA signed, allowing overseas manufacturing to grow & become more viable, crippling GMGCo’s utility market share.

Early 1990's

GMGCo develops a relationship with Smith & Hawken, selling private label to consumers.

2000's

Business slowly dries up. Company kept in business by long standing relationship with Smith & Hawken, who continues to buy gloves because of high quality and workmanship.

2011

Kurt Sr. works in business until he dies at age 90. He gives his shares to his three sons: Kurt Jr., Kristin and Kieran. Kurt Jr. buys out other sibling’s shares.

2018

Sam Hooper buys a struggling Green Mountain Glove Co.. from Kurt Jr. He continues to produce the same utility gloves that GMG has made since 1929, because he sees value in the product, and market opportunity in the company.

2019

GMGCo. becomes Vermont Glove, leverages current product line to reach new trades and consumers, transitions glove factory to run on 100% renewable energy, invests in operational efficiency, while continuing to use existing machinery from the 1920’s - 1950’s. Positions company for growth through sales & marketing efforts.