Who We Are: Timeline
Mr. Fraser Tonner founded ABBIX Engineering to develop a sustainable, modular, dE7 building system using polymers.
ABBIX Industries Pty Ltd (now trading as Argos FRP) was incorporated. The company purchases a Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) pultrusion machine from US company MPI and leases a 1,100m2 factory in Landsdale, WA.
An FRP alfresco decking “diamond deck” is designed.
Arrange an exclusive distribution agreement with M&B Sales (a WA building product distributor) for diamond deck and work closely with them to bring the product to market.
Negotiate an exclusive Australian distribution agreement with Intralink Techno Sdn Bhd Malaysia (Intech), to import and distribute their industrial FRP product range.
Exhibitor at the AOG expo in Perth.
Manufacturing shifts from Australia to Malaysia, with Intech producing all FRP products. Intech buy the MPI pultrusion machine, expanding their production capacity to 14 machines.
Relocate to 26 Howe Street, Osborne Park, WA.
Receive our second R&D grant, boosting total R&D spend to over $3 million in 3 years.
Secure a multi-million dollar contract to design and deliver jetty panels to replace an existing wooden jetty in the Pilbara.
Exhibitor at the AOG expo in Perth.
Practical completion of the Jetty replacement contract.
The company rebrands, changing our name from ABBIX to Argos FRP. (Argos in Illinois is the birthplace of Russell Games Slaytey, the inventor of Fiberglass).
Enter into a Collaboration Agreement with UWA and Monash Universities researching FRP.
