M & B got its start in Birmingham, Alabama in 1943 when Milton Magnus Sr. and Roy Brekle partnered to recondition used bottle caps to sell back to the soft-drink industry. During this time, steel hangers were in short supply due to World War II, so the two moved into manufacturing hangers.

The history of our company actually goes back four generations to the early 1940’s when Milton M. Magnus, Sr., and Roy Brekle were working for Pepsi-Cola in Birmingham, Alabama. In 1943, they left to form their own company, using their initials, M&B, for the name. At first, they reconditioned used bottle caps to sell back to the soft-drink industry. During the company’s infancy, a local drycleaner told them that, because of the war, steel hangers were in short supply. Roy built a hanger-making machine, and Milton bought the wire and sold the hangers.

To this day, M&B Hangers remains family-owned and family-operated. Milton M. Magnus, Jr. (who went by his middle name, Malcolm), joined the company after the war and stayed until he retired in the late 1980s. Milton M. Magnus, III, the current president, joined M&B Hangers in 1974. And sales representative Milton M. Magnus, IV, known as Mack, came aboard in 2007