History
We began in 2002 as a private company specializing in the design, development and marketing of real-time ultrasound scanners for use in both human and animal medicine.
In February 2004, we were listed on the TSX Venture Exchange through a reverse take-over. Later the same year, we acquired our then principal competitor, the French company S.A.S. E.C.M. (“ECM”).
Over the following four years, we completed several further acquisitions in order to grow and diversify into an international business focused primarily on the medical and environmental fields.
In April 2006, we acquired Bolduc Leroux Inc. (“BLI”), a company specializing in steel processing and distribution. BLI also held the intellectual property rights to an antimicrobial filtration technology for filters and face masks, which were subsequently transferred to Noveko Inc. As a result, we were able to penetrate the environmental and personal health protection markets related to our antimicrobial filtration technology.
In 2007, we acquired Laboratoire SyMa Inc. ("SyMa"), a company specializing in the commercialization of hand sanitizers then marketed under the AzuroTM brand - now sold under the Microban® brand name, whose activities have since been integrated with those of Noveko.
During 2008, we acquired Magnum Pharmaceutics Inc. (“Magnum”) and Unitam International Management Corporation Inc. (“Unitam”), since integrated into Magnum, a management marketing services company. Through the acquisition of SARL Noveko Algérie, we have also expanded our sales and distribution platform.
We also acquired Epurair Inc. ("Epurair"), formerly Groupe Conseils Micron-Air Inc. (“Micron-Air”), a designer and manufacturer of air quality systems targeted to the commercial and residential market. One of the objectives of this acquisition was to develop products combining characteristics specific to Epurair’s products with Noveko’s antimicrobial filtration technology.
In August 2008, we acquired Purer Life Technology Co., Ltd. (“Purer Life”), a Taiwanese manufacturer that already acted as our supplier of filtration fabric. In addition to its patented 3-D filter technology, Purer Life holds an extensive portfolio of intellectual property rights with numerous potential applications.
In late 2008, we set up Noveko Taiwan Co., Ltd. ("Noveko Taiwan") to facilitate our sales and distribution capabilities in Asia. In the last quarter of 2008, we created Noveko Trading which will support the distribution of Noveko products in international markets.
Reflecting the growth in our business since going public in 2004, our shares ceased trading on the TSX Venture Exchange and were listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in July 2008.
| 2002 | Noveko founded |
| 2004 | Listing on TSX Venture Exchange Acquisition of ECM |
| 2006 | Acquisition of Bolduc Leroux The start of our antimicrobial filtration technology |
| 2007 | Acquisition of Laboratoire SyMa |
| 2008 | Acquisition of Magnum Acquisition of Unitam Acquisition of Noveko Algérie Acquisition of Epurair (Micron-Air) Acquisition of Purer Life Listing on the TSX |