As the first modified bitumen system on the market, our unique StressPly membrane was soon being flattered with attempts at imitation by roofing manufacturers everywhere. The Garland Company, Inc. immediately set its sights on other product innovations, developing new products in anticipation of increasingly stringen V.O.C. regulations. The Garland Company, Inc. introduces StressPly. Garland Canada is formed. The Garland Company, Inc. expands employee ownership through the ESOP program.
Garland purchases land for additional warehouse expansion.
ISO certification is achieved. The Garland Company, Inc. celebrates 100 years of continuing growth and success. Garland is continually searching for new opportunities for development through aquisition and expansion into new markets. Under the direction of general manager Bill Bean, Garland Canada has built a solid base of 22 salesmen, with opportunities for future sales territories expansion estimated at 75. When Garland celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1995, we reported a four-hundred fold increase in annual profits since our reorganization in 1974.