Our Timeline
Below you are able to see the timeline of our company and all the things it has accomplished over the years since it was established in the 1930’s.
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1936
Vokes Limited
Incorporated as Vokes Limited.
1937
Vokes Australia Pty Ltd
Incorporated as Vokes Australia Pty Ltd.
1939
Vokes Limited
Registered on the 5th of September 1939.
1950
VOKES Australia Pty Ltd
1952
Opening of Manufacturing Plant
Vokes Australia opens up filter manufacturing plant.
1956
Streamline & Metal Filtration
Aquire Streamline & diverse Metal Filtration
1957
JE Hangar & Co. + Vessa Ltd
Aquire JE Hangar & Co. + Vessa Ltd.
1958
Robert Kellie, Son of Dundee & Ray Heet
Aquire Robert Kellie, Son of Dundee & Ray Heet process plant.
1959
Vokes Limited
Vokes Limited register Australian Trade Mark with Victoria office.
1960
Vokes Group
Vokes Limited changes name to Vokes Group.
1961
Vokes Outbid
Vokes was outbid for Sterling Industries Limited. Vokes employs 1,250.
1962
Vokes Australia at Rockdale, Sydney
Vokes Australia purchases land at Rockdale, Sydney and builds a filter manufacturing factory.
1968
Vokes Vee Glass
Vokes Register the ‘Vokes Vee Glass’.
1969
Vokes merges with BDO
Vokes Australia Pty Ltd is owned by Brecknell Dolman and Rogers (BDO) & Vokes Group.
1971
Vokes Trade Mark
First Register Vokes Trade Mark 250505.
1972
Thomas Tiling
Thomas Tiling acquires Vokes Australia Pty Ltd
1974
DCEVOKES Pty Ltd
Thomas Tiling consolidate Australian and New Zealand entities of Vokes and DCE to Sydney closing Melbourne and the new group was called DCEVOKES Pty Ltd.
1983
Univee Trademarks
Univee trademark numbers first registered.
– 387080
– 387081
– 387082
1986
Unipak trademarks
Unipak trademarks 387077, 78 and 79 first registered.
1987
DCE Group Limited
Company named DCE Group Limited.
1993
Vokes Registration Removed
Vokes Registration 152415 Removed.
1998
BTR Holdings & Email Airhandling Pty Ltd
BTR assign IP worldwide to BTR Holdings IP 216896 is amended.
BTR acquire Email Airhandling Pty Ltd from Email Westinghouse and merge with existing Australian entity and call the merged group BTR Environmental Pty Ltd.
1999
BTR sells DCE
BTR sells DCE to Donaldson Inc. and assigns appropriate IP worldwide. DCE Limited subsidiary of Donaldson UK Holdings Ltd.
2000
Start of AES Environmental
Invensys proposed sale to Filters Australia and IP schedule prepared by Minter Ellison includes Vokes trademark numbers 216896, 250505 and 152414.
Sale to filters Australia collapses and management buyout commences with Brian Young. BTRE share sale purchase and business owned 100% by Bardy Group which was the start of AES Environmental.
2001
AESE
Australian IP renamed from BTRE to AESE as required within the agreement.
Unipak Australian Trademarks 387077, 78 and 79 not maintained and become obsolete.
2005
Laminar Air Flow Pty Ltd
Univee subsequent owners advert registration marks 387080, 1 & 2 IP Australia. All Clyde-Apac and AES Environmental IP assigned into entity with Laminar Air Flow Pty Ltd.
2014
Vokes Limited
Laminar Flow defends action against Vokes Limited.
2017
A new look
AES Environmental today is closely held by the Young family, who have retained an active participation in the company for more than thirty-four years apart from a short period between March 1998 to December 2001, when it was acquired from Downer EDI.
The company updated their brand identity with a new logo which was produced by the passionate team members.