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. In Europe the products are branded ''Peli''.

History

The company was founded in

in 1976 by David and Arline Parker as a

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home business. It was David Parker's desire to "develop unique and practical products for the dive market." *1976 **The Pelican Dive Float is introduced *1978 **The Pelican Protector case is introduced *1981 – 1984 **The Pelican SabreLite introduced to the dive market **Pelican products receive their first safety approvals *1989 – 1995 **Molding operations brought in-house **Company moves to their Early Avenue, Torrance headquarters *1996 – 1999 **Peli Products, S.A., their headquarters in Europe opens in Barcelona, Spain **The Pelican 1650 case is introduced *2000 – 2005 **Pelican Products, ULC in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada opens **Pelican Micro Case series launches **Pelican receives ISO9000:2001 certification **First European Safety Approvals issued to Peli flashlights **A private equity investment firm, Behrman Capital, paid about $200 million for Pelican Products *2006 – 2007 **Behrman Capital announced that Lyndon J. Faulkner was named CEO **The Pelican 7060 flashlight is introduced after being developed with the Los Angeles Police Department ** Pelican Japan and China open **Company surpasses 100 million in sales **Canadian Armed Forces contracts Pelican to build the special MOB "Mobile Operations Box" case **Their largest injection molding machine (code named "Colossus") is installed at the Torrance, CA plant **The Pelican i1010/i1030 Micro Case series is launched **Pelican's first robot (code named "T-Rex") is installed in their Torrance, CA plant *2008 **Pelican Products purchased their largest Australian distributor and opened Pelican Australia **Pelican Products makes Inc. Magazine's 5000 list for the second year ** The company purchased portable LED area lighting manufacturer Bluei UK Pelican establishes Advanced Area Lighting Group
www.fireengineering.com, 2008-06-08, Retrieved 2013-09-20. **General Peter Pace becomes Pelican's chairman of the board **The 9430 Remote Area Lighting System debuts *2009 ** Pelican Products announced the acquisition of long-time competitor, Hardigg Industries of

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, the world's largest manufacturer of rotationally molded protective cases **Pelican lands an $80 million contract to create the General Mechanics Tool Kit for the U.S. Military **The Pelican 1090 HardBack case is introduced *2010 **Pelican's chairman of the board, Peter Pace, initiates the Pelican For Patriots program, which provides cases for wounded military veterans to protect their prosthetic **Pelican sends coolers, flashlights and cases to aid in the Haiti disaster rescue and recovery **Pelican introduces Advanced Case Solutions line for custom case applications **Pelican is certified as a Sony Green Partner **Pelican introduces the 1460 EMS case for the emergency and fire safety markets *2011 **Pelican purchased Australian roto-mold case manufacturer Trimcast **Pelican India and South Korea open **Pelican wins the National Institute of Packaging Handling and Logistics Engineers (NIPHLE) 2011 Corporation of the Year award **Pelican receives the Presidential "E" award for exports *2013 ** The company introduces their consumer division, offering backpacks, lighting tools, coolers and more ** The company acquired temperature-controlled container manufacturer Minnesota Thermal Science *2014 – 2015 ** Pelican introduces the Pelican 7000 flashlight, their first to shine up to 600 lumens ** Pelican introduces Pelican Elite luggage ** Pelican acquires Cool Logistics and re-brands the combined division (Minnesota Thermal Science + Cool Logistics) as Pelican BioThermal *2016 – 2017 ** Pelican celebrates its 40th anniversary **Pelican introduces their Pelican Air Case line **Pelican introduces Pelican Traveler tumblers ** Peli BioThermal wins the Queen's Award for Innovation *2018 – 2019 ** Peli BioThermal wins the Queen's Award for Enterprise **Pelican introduces the "Vault by Pelican" line as a brand extension to its case line **Pelican launches its first e-commerce site *2020 **Pelican acquires NanoCool, a temperature-controlled packaging manufacturer. **Phil Gyori appointed the company's president and chief executive officer. Lyndon Faulkner becomes executive chairman. *2021 **

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completed the acquisition of Pelican.

References

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