Prima's History
1972Aluminium Residential Doors manufactured
1974Current Chairman purchases Herne Bay Glass
1980Commencement of PVCu manufacture with Deceunick System
1982Scottish Laundry Site Purchased
1983First large commercial contracts undertaken
1984Schuco PVCu System Manufacture
1989First Item Manufactured with Rehau System
1989Moved to new rented Premises
1992Moved to Nonington in self owned property1993Recession forces bank to withdraw overdraft facility
1993Trading arm emerges as predominate company
1993Dean Halfpenny and Justin Halfpenny appointed as Directors
1993ISO 9000 Quality System gained1994Consolidation of suppliers and manufacturing facilities
1998Dean Halfpenny and Justin Halfpenny appointed as Joint Managing Directors
1999Build-A-Line trading arm formed for supply only to small trade customers
1999Formation of separate business units: Accounts, Build-A-Line, Commercial, Domestic, IT, Manufacturing and Service
1999Aluminium Manufacturing unit commences production19992nd Production Shift commences in PVCu manufacture unit
20001500 PVCu Reversibles installed in 12 week program (Portsmouth Tax Office)
2001Investor in People recognition2002Divesture of 'Domestic' business unit
2003First New Year Briefing and Culture of Values
2004Large financial investment in new CNC machinery for aluminium manufacture
2005'Service' business unit successfully de-merged to form Prima Service Ltd
2006Maria Lewis & Ross Halfpenny appointed Directors
2007Shooters Hill refurbishment project undertaken for Laing O' Rourke ?750,000.00 approx