B&R Timeline

B&R Timeline

1955 - B&R founded

by Dick Bridges in Adelaide.

1990 - Industrial Enclosures

Formation of Industrial Enclosures Division

1992 - Quality Assurance

ISO Quality accreditation maintained since 1992

1994 - Hager Joint Venture

Joint venture with Hager to form Hager B&R

2002 - Factory Move

Move to new premises in Brisbane to increase capacity

2005 - B&R Data Systems

Formation of B&R Data Systems

2005 - Factory Extension

Extension of Heathwood premises completed

2009 - iLINQ Released

Release of iLINQ, B&R’s bayable enclosure system solution

2009 - B&R Ex Systems

Formation of B&R Ex Systems focussing on Hazardous Area equipment.

2011 - B&R China

Facility set up in Suzhou (China) to manufacture commodity product

2013 - B&R Rebrand

Rebranding of B&R, consolidating all divisions to offer a unified vision for the future

2014 - NBN Award

NBN Co. Chairman’s Award for Supplier Excellence and Innovation awarded to B&R Enclosures.

2015 - 60 Years Celebration

B&R celebrates 60 years of manufacturing.

2015 - SCEC Approval

B&R’s range of security cabinets, Ausrack CQr, gains SCEC approval.

2017 - IECEx certification

Explosion-proof (Ex D) enclosures achieve IECEx certification under B&R Ex Systems company name.

2017 - B&R Gulf

Joint venture B&R Gulf LLC and facility set up in Dammam (Saudi Arabia).

2017 - Project - Mongolia

Major project in Mongolia which is joint supply opportunity between B&R in Australia and China facility.

2017 - Project - Solomon Islands

Major project in Solomon Islands helping to power low income home owners throughout the community.

1955 - B&R Opens at Torrens Road, Adelaide

an ex chicken coop

1955 - Defence Industry Racking

1956 - Grand Junction Road opening, Wingfield

1956 - Egg Washing Equipment

1960 - Meter Boxes production begins

1963 - Ted Richardson and Dick Part ways

B&R Become a family business