A Brief History of Permatex
2007
- Australian Timken Pty Ltd was awarded the Distringuished Partner Award 2006-07 for the most success in the area of sales, dedicated resource to the Permatex brand, market penetration, distribution management, new product launches, promotional & communications activity, and ultimately building the brand and the business
2006
- Australian Timken Pty Ltd was awarded the 2005-06 President's Club Gold Award for International Most Successful Permatex sales region for their third year since the alliance was formed six years prior
- Australian Timken Pty Ltd became a supplier partner of AutoPartners loyalty program, rewarding automotive workshops for purchases of Timken anti-friction bearings and Permatex automotive chemicals
2004
- Permatex was acquired by ITW as a part of ITW’s Performance Polymers Group
- Australian Timken Pty Ltd was awarded the 2003-04 President's Club Gold Award for International Most Successful Permatex sales region outside of the US for a second consecutive year
2003
- Permatex re-entered the industrial market with a broad range of products
- Australian Timken Pty Ltd was awarded the 2002-03 President's Club Gold Award for International Most Successful Permatex sales region outside of the US
2001
- The acquisition of the Permatex International Business from Loctite was finalised
- Australian Timken Pty Ltd obtained Marketing and Distribution rights for the Permatex product range to the Australian and New Zealand markets
1999
- Permatex was purchased by a group of private investors and an unprecedented 50 new products were introduced
- Permatex acquired the No Touch® tire care line
- Permatex purchased the Loctite Mexican Hardware Business
- Permatex purchased the NOS® (Nitrous Oxide Systems) fuel and fluid additive and treatment product lines
1990
- Following the acquisition of DL Banite Inc, Permatex launched the Fast Orange® range of citrus hand cleaners
1980
- The Woodhill Permatex division moved to a new 175,000 square foot facility with over 100 employees
1972
- The Permatex Company was sold to Loctite Corporation and the business relocated to Cleveland Ohio and integrated with the Woodhill Chemical Company
1963
- The Automotive Warehouse Distributor's Association (AWDA) honored Pete Benoit with the prestigious Automotive Man of the Year award
- The Permatex Company built a 12,000 square foot corporate and international sales office in West Palm Beach
1962
- Company headquarters relocated to West Palm Beach
1954
- Permatex manufacturing plant relocated from Brooklyn, New York to Kansas City to take advantage of a more central shipping location
1915
- Founder Mr Constant A. Benoit Sr. attended a 24-hour endurance race at the Sheepshead Bay track, observing many cars forced to make frequent pit stops to replace blown cylinder head gaskets. The mechanic for driver Ralph DePalma's car sought Benoit's help after DePalma's car blew the head gasket for the fourth time. Benoit applied his experimental gasket cement and the DePalma car drove the rest of the 24-hour race without any further gasket problems. Thus, Permatex entered the automotive chemicals market.
1909
- Permatex sold their first product, a shellac designed to bond bicycle tires to their rims
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