diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/AssetsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/AssetsController.php
index ee52e1a2b4..9f4a8ea00c 100755
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/AssetsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/AssetsController.php
@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
     {
 
 
-        $assets = Asset::select('assets.*')->with('model', 'assigneduser', 'assigneduser.userloc', 'assetstatus', 'defaultLoc', 'assetlog', 'model', 'model.category', 'model.fieldset', 'assetstatus', 'assetloc', 'company')
+        $assets = Asset::select('assets.*')->with('model', 'assigneduser', 'assigneduser.userloc', 'assetstatus', 'defaultLoc', 'assetlog', 'model', 'model.category', 'model.manufacturer', 'model.fieldset', 'assetstatus', 'assetloc', 'company')
         ->Hardware();
 
         if (Input::has('search')) {
@@ -1334,6 +1334,7 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
         'model',
         'last_checkout',
         'category',
+        'manufacturer',
         'notes',
         'expected_checkin',
         'order_number',
@@ -1360,6 +1361,9 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
             case 'category':
                 $assets = $assets->OrderCategory($order);
                 break;
+            case 'manufacturer':
+                $assets = $assets->OrderManufacturer($order);
+                break;
             case 'companyName':
                 $assets = $assets->OrderCompany($order);
                 break;
@@ -1412,7 +1416,8 @@ class AssetsController extends Controller
             'status_label'        => ($asset->assigneduser) ? 'Deployed' : ((e($asset->assetstatus)) ? e($asset->assetstatus->name) : ''),
             'assigned_to'        => ($asset->assigneduser) ? (string)link_to(config('app.url').'/admin/users/'.$asset->assigned_to.'/view', e($asset->assigneduser->fullName())) : '',
             'location'      => (($asset->assigneduser) && ($asset->assigneduser->userloc!='')) ? (string)link_to('admin/settings/locations/'.$asset->assigneduser->userloc->id.'/edit', e($asset->assigneduser->userloc->name)) : (($asset->defaultLoc!='') ? (string)link_to('admin/settings/locations/'.$asset->defaultLoc->id.'/edit', e($asset->defaultLoc->name)) : ''),
-            'category'      => (($asset->model) && ($asset->model->category)) ? e($asset->model->category->name) : '',
+            'category'      => (($asset->model) && ($asset->model->category)) ?(string)link_to('/admin/settings/categories/'.$asset->model->category->id.'/view', e($asset->model->category->name)) : '',
+            'manufacturer'      => (($asset->model) && ($asset->model->manufacturer)) ? (string)link_to('/admin/settings/manufacturers/'.$asset->model->manufacturer->id.'/view', e($asset->model->manufacturer->name)) : '',
             'eol'           => ($asset->eol_date()) ? $asset->eol_date() : '',
             'notes'         => e($asset->notes),
             'order_number'  => ($asset->order_number!='') ? '<a href="'.config('app.url').'/hardware?order_number='.e($asset->order_number).'">'.e($asset->order_number).'</a>' : '',
diff --git a/app/Models/Asset.php b/app/Models/Asset.php
index 8e6cd2f5cc..5d59365706 100644
--- a/app/Models/Asset.php
+++ b/app/Models/Asset.php
@@ -722,6 +722,12 @@ class Asset extends Depreciable
                             ->orWhere('models.name', 'LIKE', '%'.$search.'%');
                         });
                     });
+                })->orWhereHas('model', function ($query) use ($search) {
+                    $query->whereHas('manufacturer', function ($query) use ($search) {
+                        $query->where(function ($query) use ($search) {
+                            $query->where('manufacturers.name', 'LIKE', '%'.$search.'%');
+                        });
+                    });
                 })->orWhere(function ($query) use ($search) {
                     $query->whereHas('assetstatus', function ($query) use ($search) {
                         $query->where('status_labels.name', 'LIKE', '%'.$search.'%');
@@ -826,6 +832,22 @@ class Asset extends Depreciable
             ->orderBy('categories.name', $order);
     }
 
+
+    /**
+     * Query builder scope to order on manufacturer
+     *
+     * @param  Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder  $query  Query builder instance
+     * @param  text                              $order         Order
+     *
+     * @return Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder          Modified query builder
+     */
+    public function scopeOrderManufacturer($query, $order)
+    {
+        return $query->join('models', 'assets.model_id', '=', 'models.id')
+            ->join('manufacturers', 'models.manufacturer_id', '=', 'manufacturers.id')
+            ->orderBy('manufacturers.name', $order);
+    }
+
   /**
     * Query builder scope to order on model
     *
diff --git a/resources/views/hardware/index.blade.php b/resources/views/hardware/index.blade.php
index 90746890c8..8a131449a6 100755
--- a/resources/views/hardware/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/hardware/index.blade.php
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
                             <th data-sortable="true" data-field="assigned_to">{{ trans('admin/hardware/form.checkedout_to') }}</th>
                             <th data-sortable="true" data-field="location" data-searchable="true">{{ trans('admin/hardware/table.location') }}</th>
                             <th data-sortable="true" data-field="category" data-searchable="true">{{ trans('general.category') }}</th>
+                            <th data-sortable="true" data-field="manufacturer" data-searchable="true" data-visible="false">{{ trans('general.manufacturer') }}</th>
                             <th data-sortable="false" data-field="eol"  data-searchable="true">{{ trans('general.eol') }}</th>
                             <th data-sortable="true" data-searchable="true" data-field="notes">{{ trans('general.notes') }}</th>
                             <th data-sortable="true" data-searchable="true"  data-field="order_number">{{ trans('admin/hardware/form.order') }}</th>