Timeline
Vokes started back in 1930’s and below shows the timeline with all the history from the 1930’s up to now including all the changes of location, owners and registrations.
Incorporated as Vokes Limited
Incorporated as Vokes Australia Pty Ltd.
Registered on the 5th September 1939
Vokes Australia opens up filter manufacturing plant
Aquire Streamline & diverse Metal Filtration
Aquire Robert Kellie, Son of Dundee & Ray Heet process plant.
Vokes Limited register Australian Trade Mark with Victoria office.
Vokes Limited changes name to Vokes Group.
Vokes was outbid for Sterling Industries Limited. Vokes employs 1,250.
Vokes Australia purchases land at Rockdale, Sydney and builds a filter manufacturing factory.
Vokes Register the 'Vokes Vee Glass'
Vokes Australia Pty Ltd is owned by Brecknell Dolman and Rogers (BDO) & Vokes Group.
First Register Vokes Trade Mark 250505.
Thomas Tiling acquires Vokes Australia Pty Ltd.
Thomas Tiling consolidate Australian and New Zealand entities of Vokes and DCE to Sydney closing Melbourne and the new group was called DCE VOKES Pty Ltd.
Univee trademark numbers first registered: 387080, 387081, 387082
Unipak trademarks 387077, 78 and 79 first registered.
Company named DCE Group Limited.
Vokes Registration 152415 removed.
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 Environmentally Pty Ltd.
BTR sells DCE to Donaldson Inc. and assigns appropriate IP worldwide. DCE Limited subsidiary of Donaldson UK Holdings Ltd.
Invensys proposed sale to Filters Australia and IP schedule prepared by Minter Ellison includes Vokes trademark numbers 216896, 250505 and 152414.
Management buyout commences with Brian Young. BTRE share sale purchase and business owned 100% by Bardy Group which was the start of AES Environmental.
Australian IP renamed from BTRE to AESE as required within the agreement.
Unipak Australian Trademarks 387077, 78 and 79 not maintained and become obsolete.
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.
Laminar Flow defends action against Vokes Limited.
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.