- 2004
Manchester Metropolitan
University award Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration (for
contribution to UK Industry) to Dawn - Sign major distribution agreement
with World Specialist Systems in China - Set up manufacturing centre in
South Africa with appointment of Ian Harrison as Managing Director - Set up
Flowcrete North America with appointment of Tony Crowell as Managing
Director - Set up Flowcrete Australia by transferring Sean Tinsley to head
team.
- 2003
Enter the Italian market
with APS. Win Terrazzo Flooring Manufacture of Year 2003 (UK) - Finalist in
Customer Service Excellence Awards (UK, Management Today.)
Chairman Awarded 'Pioneer to the Life of
our Nation' by Her Majesty the Queen
Dawn Gibbins MBE Chairman won Veuve
Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award 2003 - Floored the Telstra Stadium
in Sydney.
- 2002
Set up Flowcrete North
America Inc - Sell our stake in Gyvlon to Lafarge - Won Duke of Westminster
Award for Business Excellence - Dawn and 16 members of Flowcrete entered and
survived White Water Rafting Race for Salt of the Earth Charity - Highly
Commended in National Construction Quality Awards - Acquisition of Atako
Corrosion Protection to focus on Chemical Processing Industry - Acquisition
of Perstorp Construction Chemicals - Happy 20th Birthday Flowcrete - Dawn
Gibbins Guest Speaker and prize giver at NW Business Excellence Awards.
- 2001
UK launch of Isowarm
under floor heating system and Mondeco, antimicrobial seamless terrazzo
flooring to the UK Market - Win first major shopping centre with Mondeco in
Middle East (Sharja Mega Mall) - Win DTi Export achievement Award - Dawn
Guest Speaker with Sir Edward George Governor of Bank of England at National
Innovation Awards Ceremony.
- 2000
Sales office in Dubai,
UAE - Joint venture in Brazil - Relocation to a 30,000sq ft factory in Kuala
Lumpur - Joint venture with RMC in Middle East to supply ready mixed
Isocrete K-Screed - Launch of Flowcrete antimicrobial floors for the food
and pharmaceutical industry
Floored Roche Pharmaceuticals in
Argentina - Floored Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in Singapore - Floored L'Oreal
Cosmetics in the UK & Europe - Won DTi SMART Achievement Award for
commercial exploitation of flowing screeds (1990 SMART award development).
- 1999
£0.5m investment in
Blending plant at Sandbach - Acquisition of Chryso UK industrial flooring
business from Lafarge - Opening of an office in Shanghai - Completion of
major projects for Glaxo and Nokia in China - Strategic alliance set up with
Polyspec in Houston ,Texas - Floored the Millennium Dome and the Millennium
Stadium Cardiff - Acquisition of Beaver Anchorlyte - Office in Thailand.
- 1998
Win 250,000m2 short-term
car park KLIA - Set up Divisional Structure to focus on 3 core markets - Buy
out our minority partners in Malaysia and Hong Kong -
Dawn and 10 members of Flowcrete Team
abseil 170ft down Hotel Piccadilly and raise money for NSPCC.
- 1997
Flowcrete go East with
the opening of a factory in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Win the largest screed
contract ever awarded: Chek Lap Kok airport, Hong Kong - Win the second
major airport screed project at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia
- Open a sales office in Hong Kong - Department of Environment award for
innovation for Flowing Screeds - Sells
over £1 million of product in a single
month for the first time - Opening of a factory in Czech Republic.
- 1996
Launch of Flowcrete
internationally - Acquisition of Gyvlon Floor Screeds Ltd - Launch of
Flowscreed SA developed with 1990 Smart award under brand of Isocrete Gyvlon
-
Joint Venture in Malaysia - Launch of
Car Park Structures Division - Dawn and 20 members of Flowcrete entered and
won Dragon Boat Race in aid of Help the Aged Charity - Restructured as plc
(private plc).
- 1995
Dawn Gibbins MBE -
Finalist in Veuve Clicquot Business Woman of the Year Award - Major fire at
factory in Congleton - Survived the fire and relocated to Sandbach within
two months - Acquisition of Isocrete Floor Screeds Ltd (September 9th 1995)
- Third SMART award for innovation of high-build, water based systems -
Sales - £7.5 m.
- 1994
Second SMART award for
innovation of water based systems (VOC free) -
Dawn Gibbins is the youngest ever
industrialist to be awarded an MBE for services to industry - Sales = £3.5m.
- 1993
Peter Gibbins (Dawn's
father) died.
- 1992
Launch of Polyurethane
Flooring Systems to the Food Industry.
- 1990
SMART award for
innovation of Flowing Screeds - Developed a market focused business plan -
Awarded patent for PHS.
- 1989
Recruited dynamic MBA
from Manchester Business School (Mark Greaves) -
Set up national sales team and licensed
and approved contractor network.
- 1988
DTI Award for innovation
of PHS (Penetrating Hardening System).
- 1987
Featured in Finals of
Granada TV Business Programme 'Flying Start'.
- 1984
First major job project
for NATO - camouflage infra-red reflectant coating for airfield.
- 1982
1st October 1982
Flowcrete founded by Father and Daughter Team (Peter and Dawn Gibbins) -
Designed sugar resistant flooring system for Mars Confectionery (first
customer and still a customer today).
Flowcrete Sweden AB (previously Peran)
A few memoirs from the
last 37 years:
- 2005
Changed company name to
Flowcrete Sweden AB.
- 2003
Distributor in Spain -
Launch of Peran Agri.
- 2002
Acquired by Flowcrete
Group plc - Changed company name to Peran AB.
- 2001
Awarded ISO 14001-
Distributor in China and Portugal.
- 1998
Set up Sales office in
Spain.
- 1997
Launch of a new product
concept: Peran Systems - Set up Sales office in Shanghai, China.
- 1996
Set up sales office in
Beijing, China.
- 1995
Acquisition of Hiko
Byggplast A/S, Norway.
- 1994
Awarded ISO 9001- Set up
Sales offices in Portugal and Poland.
- 1992
Acquisition of Pelplast,
Sweden.
- 1985
Acquisition of Gunfred,
Sweden.
- 1982
Start of resale in UK -
first step outside Scandinavia.
- 1968
The knowledge concerning
seamless solutions for floors and walls was licensed from Torginol (USA) and
introduced on the market in Scandinavia as Perginol.
Flowcrete North America, Inc. is the world's leading specialist flooring and decking business offering you resin floor finishes, floor paint, seamless terrazzo, industrial flooring , floor screeds, under floor heating and car park decking backed by a global support network of eight factories and 26 sales offices worldwide.
