Who Owns Summit Appliance?

Felix Storch, Inc. was founded in 1969 and trademarked the Summit Appliance brand name in its first year. The company began in Long Island City, Queens, distributing specialty refrigeration and cooking products to the New York market at a time when national brands ignored undersized and built-in categories.

In 1983, growth forced a move to a larger headquarters in the Bronx. The company purchased its current Garrison Avenue building in 1998, consolidating manufacturing, distribution, back office, and trucking operations under one roof. Its own truck fleet delivers across the Northeastern United States.

Summit built its niche on product categories the major appliance makers treated as afterthoughts: undercounter refrigerators, ADA-compliant units with lower overall heights, apartment-sized ranges and refrigerators, wine cellars, beer dispensers, and outdoor-rated appliances. That focus made it a default supplier for small kitchens, assisted living facilities, hotels, and laboratories.

The company expanded into adjacent regulated markets over time. Its AccuCold division serves medical, laboratory, and vaccine storage customers, supported by an ISO/IEC 17025-accredited calibration laboratory, while PureTherm covers warming cabinets. Summit Commercial addresses foodservice. The company has held ISO 9001:2015 certification for quality management.

In recent years Summit has broadened its residential line with frost-free apartment refrigerators, induction cooktops, and combination laundry units for small spaces. It sells nationally through appliance dealers, foodservice distributors, medical suppliers, and online channels, while continuing to position itself as the industry's largest source of undercounter and ADA-compliant refrigeration.