- Bonita Springs
- main office
Atlantic Filter Corporation was founded by Wallace S. Wakem in 1955, and established as a wholesale only company selling directly to plumbers, well drillers and plumbing suppliers in Palm Beach County. By 1960 a retail division and the wholesale operation was expanded to cover the entire state of Florida. In 1980 Founder and President Wallace S. Wakem retired and was succeeded by both his sons Peter and James Wakem, who joined Atlantic Filter Corporation in the early 1970's.