About Hunter: The Irrigation Innovators

Company Overview

Welcome to Hunter!

As one of the world’s leading manufacturers of irrigation equipment for the landscape and golf course industries, Hunter has enjoyed a well-established reputation as the innovation leader in irrigation. We continue to focus on the needs of the irrigation professional, just as we have every day since being founded 25 years ago as a small ‘start-up’ by industry pioneer Edwin J. Hunter.

Today, with Richard E. Hunter, Edwin’s son, at the helm as the company’s President and CEO, Hunter’s core purpose and mission is clear: To be the landscape professional’s first choice for irrigation products and services.

Headquartered in San Marcos, California, Hunter produces a full range of water-efficient products for residential and commercial use, as well as for golf course applications, including its legendary pop-up gear-driven rotors, spray sprinklers, valves, controllers, central controllers and weather sensors. As the innovation leaders, Hunter holds more than 250 product patents and 40 trademarks, starting with the Hunter PGP® in 1983 – the pop-up gear-driven rotor that revolutionized the irrigation industry.

Since then, Hunter has developed more than 100 innovative products that meet the needs of professional installers worldwide, including the new ACC Controller that was voted the most significant new product at the 2005 International Irrigation Association Show.

Customers Come First - Always

Hunter’s growth and leadership positions in product diversification, innovation and overall customer satisfaction come from listening to the customer above all else - and then responding by providing a full range of relevant, value-added products and services.

Hunter helps ensure the success of all of its partners - from distributors to contractors to the end-use consumer - by providing a wide range of technical support programs, education / training initiatives, and business development initiatives. In addition, Hunter constantly coordinates customer feedback sessions both at its company headquarters and through respected industry associations and facilitators around the world. This kind of communication is vital to our ongoing success.

Solid Tradition of Product Innovation

With more product patents and trademarks than any other manufacturer in the industry, Hunter is the leader in relevant and user-friendly innovation. In addition to its legendary rotors and new ACC, notable innovations include the modular Pro-C and ICC controllers, which can be expanded to handle up to 48 stations by simply snapping modules into a basic control unit; IMMS™, the affordable system that controls an entire irrigation network from a single office location; the revolutionary FloStop® on the I-20 rotor; and the easy-to-service PGV Jar-Top valve.

As Hunter begins its next 25 years, the company is solidly positioned to continue its strong pace of innovation, with new products such as the ACC controller, the ACC with decoder technology , and the affordable ET System, which can be retrofitted to any existing Hunter controller made in the last 10 years.

Quality & Durability Equals Lasting Value

Quality products, complemented by an outstanding level of customer support, are at the cornerstone of any company that plans on enjoying a solid customer reputation for years to come. Hunter has long been known for delivering the industry’s highest levels of quality, durability and ease of installation/service. These attributes have enabled Hunter to be the value leader throughout its products and services, while resulting in some of the lowest warranty costs and fewest callbacks in the industry.

A Winning Corporate Strategy: Global but Focused

From the beginning, Hunter’s corporate strategy has been to focus predominantly on providing the highest levels of value and service to the professional. One result of this focus is a worldwide distributor network spanning about 60 countries that is uniquely qualified to serve contractors and ultimately, end-use consumers.

Through this network, Hunter has set the industry standard in providing the highest level of support, training and education. After all, Hunter products are installed in every corner of the globe: public gardens in Europe; soccer stadiums in Australia; golf courses in South Africa; civic centers in Saudi Arabia; and thousands of private, corporate and municipal locations throughout North America.

Unmatched Depth of Experience and Industry Knowledge

In addition to placing customer needs above all else, Hunter’s leadership position comes from having the most knowledgeable management team in the industry, bar none. Forging a lasting, productive partnership with distributors, contractors and specifiers can only be done by having this depth of industry experience and knowledge throughout the entire enterprise.

An Open Company Culture: Sharing Our Success

An empowered and involved workforce is as important as having a management team with the most knowledgeable, hands-on experience in the industry. At every level and within every area, employees are the most powerful advocates within any successful company when it comes to recruiting and retaining top talent, and maintaining an excellent reputation both at the corporate and community levels. Hunter believes strongly in this philosophy.