Joes first product was a toilet bowl cleaner that he would go business to business taking orders on Monday, mixing the product on Tuesday and make deliveries on Wednesday. As his business increased his customers asked for more types of cleaning products. The company continued to add various cleaning products and janitorial supplies as the years would progress.
As the 1940s progressed, Davis Manufacturing Company continued to expand to keep up with the growing demand for their exceptional products.
In the 1950s one of the companys sales persons made a sales call on a dairy in Falfurias, Texas. The customer had several automatic milking machines that were developing calcium deposits when the milk would dry during the filling process, the customer could not find any product to remove the calcium deposits from the filling heads. Upon hearing of the customers needs, the companys chemist developed a product that would sanitize the vacuum filling heads, thus the name of the product SANIVAC was decided.
The product called Sanivac Lime & Hard Water Cleaner was such a success the company convinced a local grocery store chain HEB to carry Sanivac on their shelves in quart containers. The product became the best selling lime & hard water cleaner on the shelf and distribution was expanded to additional grocery stores throughout the state of Texas and continues through over 300 stores today.
In 1969 Joe Daviss son Charles H. Davis, the then President of the Company, realized that a significant number of Homeowners were driving to the Companys manufacturing facility to purchase cleaning products that the "pros used". Sensing a business opportunity Charles conceived the concept of opening a retail store in the suburbs closer to where the Homeowners lived. The stores were originally called One Stop Cleaning Shop. The first store opened in Alamo Heights, Texas.
During the 1970s Cha