| 1871 |
The Toowoomba Foundry
commenced business in 1871 when George Washington
Griffiths opened an ironmonger's shop in Toowoomba,
Queensland, Australia. A number of years
later, a foundry was established and became known
as the Toowoomba Foundry, a manufacturer of a
diverse range of products including windmills
and locomotives. |
| 1874 |
The beginning of the
present Toowoomba Foundry can be traced to the purchase
of two acres of land, the site of the present manufacturing
facilities. |
| 1875 |
The first of many
models of windmills came off the production line.
|
| 1884 |
The company Toowoomba
Foundry and Railway Rolling Stock Manufacturing
Company Limited was fully operational. 1891 Purchased
Porritt & Co (Reliance Foundry) |
| 1892 |
By 1893 the Toowoomba
Foundry had a range of windmills including 'The
Economy", "The Improved Economy",
The Simplex", "The Little Wonder"
and "The Reliance". |
| 1902 |
The "Southern
Cross" windmill was designed and manufactured.
|
| 1939 |
Documented cases of
the company exporting its products. |
| 1960 |
First SG Iron production. |
| 1964 |
Commenced contract
casting |
| 1987 |
Installed the George
Fisher Automatic Moulding Line. |
| 1988 |
48% of the family
company sold to NCL to finance redevelopment. |
| 1989 |
NCL 100% ownership
|
| 1993 |
Southern Cross trading
name and product rights sold. |
| 1998 |
Toowoomba Foundry
(as part of the NCL group) was acquired by Austrim
Limited. |
| 1998 |
First manufactured
volume components using ADI technology. |
| 1998 |
Toowoomba Wheel Products
launched. First major range of products presented
to the market since the ISO pump. |
| 1999 |
"Malco Truck
and Trailer" was acquired expanding the range
of wheel products. |
| 2000 |
Robotics Automation
of heavy transport machining and assembly cell |
| 2001 |
Renamed Toowoomba
Metal Technologies |
| 2002 |
2nd
robotic brakedrum cell installed |
| 2002 |
TMT
becomes a division of CMI Operations Pty.Ltd. |
