Lemker & Harris has been a name in the mobile industry for 50 years. In the early 1970’s, Robert “Bob” Lemker was working at Texas Instruments and saw that there was a demand for a reliable commercially built mobile darkroom to process the x-ray film on location. In 1975, he started building darkrooms out of his garage and driving around the country to show various potential customers. The demand for these units quickly grew and in the first 5 years, he had to move into bigger facilities twice.

Bob’s son-in-law, Bill Harris, took over management of the business in 1997 and they decided to change the name to Lemker & Harris to reflect that. Between 1997 and 2007, Bill introduced new techniques to increase quality and efficiency. He also made a lasting impression on many of our customers that still refer to him as “The Gentle Giant” today.

In 2007, Bill’s son, Robert Harris, stepped in to run the daily operations of the business. As the third generation to be involved with the business, there is a lot of pride in making sure that you are not only making your customers happy, but building something that lives up to your father’s and grandfather’s name.

In 2020, Robert decided it was time to take the company to the next level and expand to additional markets. David Osborne and Ryan Hagan, two of Robert’s best friends, joined the business to help achieve that goal. The business has expanded to 3 distinct markets: mobile commercial products, composite sandwich panels, and overland/campers.

Since 1975, we have had one goal in mind; to build a no compromises, high quality product that we would be proud to put our family’s name on.