1920
While the furniture business grew in Dallas and Houston, Curtis Mathes and his older brothers were amassing a reputation for the distribution of automotive parts and the manufacture of tractor lighting equipment and automobile storage batteries in the West Texas town of Plainview. In early 1920, Curtis Mathes organized The Mathes Company. Building on his experience as a direct salesman for Philco of Pennsylvania, the newly formed Company was named a distributor of Philco products for the West Texas area. However, the Philco radio was so new that no retailer would take on the Philco line, even in the bustling city of Amarillo, so the Mathes Company opened its first retail store. As a distributor and retailer, Mathes’ new retail store out-traded, out-advertised and generally out-valued competition. In less than a year, the Philco brand moved into first place in Amarillo and within two years absolutely dominated the area. This established the Mathes Company strategy of choosing its territory and always finding a product and market niche.

1930s
During the 1930's, the Company expanded into evaporative coolers and safety fans. During World War II, the Company bought Hub Furniture Co., a supplier of wood cabinets for Mathes coolers, and focused on the manufacture of Mathes Mastercraft furniture.

1940s
Following the war, the Philco brand was discontinued and full attention was given to the Curtis Mathes line. The Company further expanded into plywood production, residential cooling and heating equipment. With each addition, the Curtis Mathes organization gained additional experience in woodworking, metalworking and electronics, as well as in the business of retail, manufacturing and distributing.

1955
In the spring of 1955, the Mathes Company was sold to Glen Alden Co. of Wilkes Barre, PA.

1957
In 1957, Curtis Mathes & Associates purchased a major interest in the Olive-Myers-Spalti Manufacturing Co. The new firm, called Curtis Mathes Manufacturing Company, combined its decades of furniture building and electronics experience, first to enter the hi-fi business and, in 1959, the television industry. With these changes, Curtis Mathes started its tradition of combining top quality video and audio products housed in fine furniture. Just four years later, the Company entered the world of color television, beginning the era in which the Company became a household name.

1972
Curtis Mathes was the first manufacturer to offer a completely solid-state product line, with an unprecedented four-year warranty.

1975
Curtis Mathes, Jr. purchased the company from the shareholders.

1978
Curtis Jr. began demonstrating what would become another hallmark of the Company: heavy use of advertising to position and promote products. That year, an $18 million advertising investment yielded sales of more than $152 million. Millions of Americans came to know that Curtis Mathes was..."The most expensive television in America, and darn well worth it!"

1979
Curtis Mathes established ColorTyme, a home entertainment rental company, to meet the increasing demands for quality home entertainment equipment.

1982
The Company began franchising its name across the country, the corporate headquarters were moved from Athens to Dallas and the Company’s manufacturing plant in Athens, Texas was sold.

1988
The entire Company was sold and relocated back in Athens.

1993
After being sold again the year before, the Company was acquired by Enhanced Electronics Corporation; on November 8, the Company’s stock was first listed on the NASDAQ Small Cap Market as CRTM.

1994
Enhanced Electronics Corporation officially changed the Company’s name to Curtis Mathes Holding Corporation to reflect its commitment to the Curtis Mathes brand name.

1996
Subsidiary Curtis Mathes Marketing Corporation began development of uniView technology, a proprietary, computer-enhanced television technology that allows viewers to "surf" the Internet, receive faxes and e-mail, search for movies or other programs based on subjects, stars or ratings. This unprecedented convergence of communications capabilities into a single device set the direction for both the Company and the home entertainment industry for many years to come.

1998
Curtis Mathes Holding Corporation becomes uniView Technologies Corporation and restructures to incorporate two divisions: the Technologies Division containing the uniView and uniView Xpressway technology, and a new Curtis Mathes Division containing the Curtis Mathes brand name. As uniView Technologies Corp., the company continues the development and implementation of innovative hardware technologies and solutions to license for a variety of niche markets including education, banking, hospitality, telemedicine, home office and consumer electronics.

June 1998

uniView Technologies Corporation made three acquisitions: CNS, CNSS and Network America. These purchases bring the most critical resource needed for continued growth in the high tech industry, PEOPLE. The staff in these three companies enriches the technical level of the company to a new unprecedented level and allows uniView Technologies to deliver the only end to end solution. This new company structure for uniView Technologies now includes the uniView Technologies Product Group and the uniView Technologies Advanced Systems Group, with Network America and CNSS as self contained subsidiaries.