1960 – commenced manufacturing springs under the name of Automatic Springs Pty Ltd
1971 – commenced plastics manufacturing
1989 – partnered with New South Wales Health in the design of the worlds first personal sharps container. This initiative was to become the first of over 150 in the fight against the spread of blood borne viruses
1991 – moved to current premises after our previous factory was destroyed by fire
1995 – gained ISO9001:2000 accreditation
1997 – built more manufacturing and warehousing buildings
1997 – purchased our first competitive moulding operation
2000 – one of the first moulders in Australia to introduce nitrogen injection into moulding
2001 – added a further 10,000 square feet of warehousing
2002 – installed our first robots
2003 – purchased International Tool and Gauge
2003 – purchased the moulding operations of Aristocrat leisure industries
2003 – gained Australian and British Standards products certificate
2004 – built one of Australia’s largest and most advanced clean rooms at just over 12,300 square feet. Certified to class 3,500 and can go to class 350
2005 – formation of ASP Healthcare Pty Ltd as a separate entity
2006 – purchased an adjoining 4.5 acres of land and immediately
commenced using some of this space
2005 – opened our operations in the UK
2006 – gained FDA 510k accreditation
2006 – entered the US market
2007 – installed new IT financial systems giving customers access to realtime reporting on their orders and products
2008 – purchased blow moulding machines to better support existing customers
2009 – launched a new range of vending machines that were designed and developed in house
2009 – maintained growth during the GFC
2010 – acquired a further six moulding machines to accommodate growth
2011 – addition of moulding machines and significant investment in moulds for various applications
2012 – addition of a twin head blow moulding machine.