History
1910George Skjellerup, a Danish Australian, opens his first store in Christchurch, The Para Rubber Company, (named after Para, a source of rubber in Brazil), selling a variety of rubber products including milking machine components. Para is the founding company of the Skellerup Group. |
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1996Skellerup Containment Systems was established, supplying geosynthetic liner systems for landfill, wastewater, petrochemical, irrigation and potable water applications. |
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2002Skellerup Containment increases installation capacity by establishing a branch and installation crews in Hamilton |
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2005Skellerup Containment Systems becomes a member of the International Association of Geosynthetic Installers (IAGI) and certifies their welding technicians. |
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2007Milestone of 10 Million square metres of geosynthetics installed. |
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2008Tiri Group acquires Skellerup industrial business units: Containment Systems, Conveyor & Mining and Roofing & Waterproofing. Viking Group Ltd is established Viking Group Limited is part of the Tiri Group. Today the group comprises of 11 businesses, each with a strong market position in their sector. Their turnover is in excess of $150 million and the group employs around 600 people nationwide. |
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2009Skellerup Containment Systems, Pumping Division rebranded to Viaflow Viking Group acquires own premises in Christchurch |
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2010Skellerup Containment Systems rebrands to Viking Containment Geosynthetic Product Manual Launched Product Brand Names released and trade marked for Geoshield, Agrishield, Flexishield, Texshield, Gridshield, Geolock and Geoladder Agrishield Installation Specification for Farm Dairy Effluent ponds released |
