| 1930's |
ShawCor evolves from a general construction company established by Francis E. Shaw in south-western Ontario |
| 1950's |
Shaw Pipe Protection Limited, a specialized pipecoating company, is formed and introduces “Yellow Jacket” polyethylene coating. |
| 1960's |
Pipecoating plants are established in Regina, Edmonton, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver; first international expansion occurs in Australia. |
| 1969 |
Shaw Pipe Industries Ltd. is incorporated in 1968 and converts to a public company on June 27, 1969; common shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. |
| 1970's |
Shaw Pipe Protection expands into the United States, participates in several international projects and introduces fusion bonded epoxy (FBE) coatings. |
| 1980 |
Corporate name change to Shaw Industries Ltd. from Shaw Pipe Industries Ltd. reflects diverse nature of the growing business. |
| 1987 |
Company enters oil country tubular markets with the acquisition of Guardian Inspection Services Ltd. |
| 1991 |
Shaw Pipeline Services is formed to commercialize internally developed ultrasonic pipeline girth weld inspection technology. |
| 1996 |
Shaw Industries enters joint venture with Dresser Industries to form Bredero Shaw, the world’s largest pipecoating business. |
| 1998 |
Canusa-EMI acquires German based DSG group of companies, expands presence in global heat shrink markets and adopts DSG-Canusa name worldwide. |
| 2000 |
Shaw Pipeline Services acquires radiographic inspection assets and business of Edwards Pipeline Services to strengthen operations in the United States. |
| 2001 |
Corporate name changed to ShawCor Ltd. |
| 2002 |
ShawCor acquires the 50% of Joint Venture with Dresser Industries that it did not already own, making Bredero Shaw the world’s largest pipecoating company now fully owned by ShawCor. |
| 2003 |
ShawCor is awarded contract to provide pipecoating for the Ormen Lange Pipeline Project, which, at 1,200 km in length, is the world’s longest subsea pipeline. |
