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The partnership was named after Edoardo`s wife, whose maiden surname was Attard. From day one, the organisation dealt with diversified trades. Operating from their first office in Strada Federico, Valletta, Attard & Co. were in the business of insurance, photography, Dutch chocolates, gin and matches.</p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1921</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Treaty of Berlin – US & Germany sign treaty ending WW1 for the US</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Albert Einstein awarded Nobel prize in physics</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Amelia Earhart buys her first plane</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Winston Churchill signs the Anglo-Irish Treaty</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background lazyload" style="background-image:inherit;" data-bg-image="url(https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1924_january_background.jpg)"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1924-officialrepresentativesoffotoprodotti" class="timeline-item" data-year="1924"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1924_january_background.jpg"></span> <img class="timeline__img lazyload" data-src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1924_january_preview.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 854px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 854/854;" /><noscript><img class="timeline__img" src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1924_january_preview.jpg"/></noscript> <h3 class="timeline__content-title">Official Representatives of Foto Prodotti</h3> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p>Foto Prodotti Gevaert contacts Edoardo Pellegrini Petit to become the official representatives of Fotoprodotti Gevaert here in Malta. This marked the year that Attard & Co entered the ‘photo products’ line of business. Imports in the early days consisted of photographic films, x-ray films, and photographic paper. Foto Prodotti Gevaert eventually became known as Agfa–Geveart after the merger with German company AGFA AG.</p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1924</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Mahatma Ghandi is released from imprisonment</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The birth year of George H.W. Bush, who would become the 41st president of the United States</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Sunday Express publishes its first British crossword puzzle.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Four planes leave Seattle on the first successful around-the-world flight</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1924-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1924"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Attard & Co is appointed agent for Union Assurance, later to be known as Commercial Union Assurance.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1924</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background lazyload" style="background-image:inherit;" data-bg-image="url(https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1924_may_background.jpg)"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1924-authorisedagents" class="timeline-item" data-year="1924"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1924_may_background.jpg"></span> <img class="timeline__img lazyload" data-src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1924_may_preview.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 854px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 854/854;" /><noscript><img class="timeline__img" src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1924_may_preview.jpg"/></noscript> <h3 class="timeline__content-title">Authorised Agents</h3> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p>Attard & Co becomes the authorised agent of Talens & Zoon, a leading supplier of artists’ materials based in Holland.</p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>January 1924</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">January 21: Russian Revolutionary and Premier leader Vladimir Lenin dies of a stroke at the age of 53</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">January 25: The first Winter Olympic Games open in Chamonix, France. </div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">January 29: Carl Taylor patents an ice cream cone rolling machine.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background lazyload" style="background-image:inherit;" data-bg-image="url(https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1928_background.jpg)"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1928-importationanddistributionofphotoproducts" class="timeline-item" data-year="1928"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1928_background.jpg"></span> <img class="timeline__img lazyload" data-src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1928_preview.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 854px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 854/854;" /><noscript><img class="timeline__img" src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2020/12/1928_preview.jpg"/></noscript> <h3 class="timeline__content-title">Importation and Distribution of Photo Products</h3> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p>Foto Prodotti Gevaert contacts Edoardo Pellegrini Petit to become the official representatives of Fotoprodotti Gevaert here in Malta. This marked the year that Attard & Co entered the ‘photo products’ line of business. Imports in the early days consisted of photographic films, x-ray films and photographic paper. Foto Prodotti Gevaert eventually became known as Agfa–Geveart after the merger with German company AGFA AG.</p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1928</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Frida Kahlo Joins the Mexican Communist Party</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly across the Atlantic</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Malta becomes a British dominion. The island gains independence from the United Kingdom in 1964.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Mickey Mouse appears in 'Steamboat Willie'. It is the first Mickey Mouse cartoon released, as well as the first sound film.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1932-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1932"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Edoardo Pellegrini Petit meets with Lieven Gevaert, the founder of the renowned photo firm, at the World Exhibition in Brussels.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1932</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Birth of Johnny Cash, American country singer (d. 2003).</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">BBC World Service begins broadcasting as the BBC Empire Service.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Adolf Hitler runs for president of Germany</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1945-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1945"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Joseph Pellegrini Petit, second-born son of Edoardo commences his business career and starts administering company affairs following founder Edoardo’s demise at the age of 63. Though his company was still young, the company had grown exponentially by 1945 under the prodigious direction of Edoardo.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1945</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The United Nations is founded.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Elvis Presley has his first public performance</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Annelies Marie “Anne” Frank dies in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, following an outbreak of typhus in the prison</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Second World War Holocaust: The Auschwitz and Birkenau concentration camps are liberated by the 322nd Rifle Division of the Red (Soviet Union) Army.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1952-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1952"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">1952 is a significant year in the organisation’s history as it marks the occasion the company acquired offices in the country’s capital, Valletta. In post-war Malta, business was already booming and by 1952 Attard & Co was on a progressive growth path. Valletta was the main business hub at the time and under new direction, Attard & Co moved to a new and more spacious office closer to the city gate.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1952</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Elizabeth II is proclaimed Queen of the United Kingdom at St. James’s Palace.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Ann Davison becomes the first woman to single-handedly sail the Atlantic Ocean.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">"The Diary of Anne Frank” is published.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Agatha Christie’s murder-mystery play 'The Mousetrap' opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It is now the longest continuously running production of a play in history.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1954-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1954"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The first-ever photocopier to reach Maltese shores bore the Lumoprint marque. Imported by Attard’s sister firm G.D. Laferla, the technology prevalent at the time had been diffusion transfer. Gevaert “Copyrapid” sensitised papers came into widespread use in offices.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1954</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is formed in Basel, Switzerland.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The first Burger King fast-food restaurant opens in Miami, Florida.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is published</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Ernest Hemingway is awarded Nobel prize for literature</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1956-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1956"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Attard & Co is appointed agents for yet another leading brand, Wild Heerbrugg Ltd., of Switzerland, later to become Leica. Post-war Malta was developing fast, new buildings were developing on the skyline and the demand for architects and draughtsmen`s materials was on the rise. Towards the end of the year, Attard & Co. further diversifies its portfolio further and enters the surveying, microscopy, and precision instruments line for the first time as agents for Wild Heerbrugg Ltd., of Switzerland.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>December 1956</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Elvis Presley enters the U.S. music charts for the first time, with 'Heartbreak Hotel'.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Rose Heilbron becomes Britain’s first female judge.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Hard Disk Drive is invented by an IBM team led by Reynold B. Johnson.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1964-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1964"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The merger between the two giant photo firms Agfa and Gevaert is announced. Attard & Co. are appointed sole agents for all products supplied by Gevaert Photo-Producten N.V. (est 1894), Mortsel, Belgium as well as of Agfa AG (est 1867) Leverkusen and Munich, Germany.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1964</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The island of Malta obtains independence from the United Kingdom.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The House of Commons votes to abolish the death penalty for murder in Britain.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Dr Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Beatles release A Hard Day’s Night</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1965-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1965"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Agfacolor Laboratory is earmarked as one of two early colour film processing laboratories to start operations in Malta.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1965</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Winston Churchill dies</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Malcolm X is assassinated</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">'The Sound of Music' is released</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">J.K Rowling is born</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1966-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1966"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Another of Edoardo’s sons, George Pellegrini Petit joins the firm in a new administrative capacity. Next in line to his brother Joseph, George joins Attard & Co to support the growing family business.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1966</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">'Star Trek' is shown on television for the first time.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Apollo 2 & Apollo 3 missions are organised </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1969-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1969"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <img class="timeline__img lazyload" data-src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2021/09/1969-New-premises-in-Floriana-FB-004.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 460px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 460/453;" /><noscript><img class="timeline__img" src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2021/09/1969-New-premises-in-Floriana-FB-004.jpg"/></noscript> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">As the colour film processing business continued to boom, Agfacolor Laboratory moves premises to Granaries Street, Floriana. The decision to move was based on the fact that Attard & Co had purchased new, state of the art equipment which required larger premises.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1969</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper, The News of the World.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Beatles give their last public performance, on the roof of Apple Records. </div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Neil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the Moon.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1971-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1971"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">1971 – 1975 : Minolta GmbH appoints Attard and Co Ltd as their official agents in Malta.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1971</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The United Kingdom gives up its military bases in Malta.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">‘Walt Disney World’ opens in Florida.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Mount Etna erupts in Sicily, threatening several small villages on the eastern side of the volcano.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1976-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1976"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">This year marked yet another strategic turn for the company. Cesare Fiorucci S.p.A., the leading Italian label for fine processed meats, and later, cheeses, accepts Attard & Co. to represent its interest in Malta on an exclusive basis. This representation allowed the company to enter the foodstuffs line of business, further diversifying its product portfolio. That same year, the youngest two Pellegrini Petit brothers, Walter and Tonio, met with Signor D`Antona, who later became their commission agent after introducing them to Cesare Fiorucci.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1976</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The first commercial Concorde flight takes off.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Queen sends the first royal e-mail.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Agatha Christie dies. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1983-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1983"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Compugraphic Corporation, Wilmington, U.S.A. becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agfa-Gevaert. Attard & Co. are appointed sole agents for the world’s leading brand of phototypesetters (later to become imagesetters) and takes the plunge into the world of electronic prepress technologies in the field of Graphics.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>December 1983</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister since 1979, wins the 1983 general election in a landslide victory</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space, on the Space Shuttle ‘Challenger’</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Michael Jackson’s music video for 'Thriller' is broadcast for the first time.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1988-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1988"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Attard & Co Ltd, the company as we know it today is established. The co-owners and partners of Attard & Co. set up a limited liability company by the new name of Attard & Co. Ltd.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>December 1988</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Women are allowed to study at Magdalene College, Cambridge, for the first time.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">After more than eight years of fighting in the Soviet war, the Red Army begins to withdraw from Afghanistan.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">There is the first observance of Worlds Aids Day</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1991-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1991"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Towards the end of the year, Italian coffee maker Saquella appoints Attard & Co to distribute its coffee in the local market as sole agents. The introduction of this leading brand was part of the natural progression of the foodstuffs line.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>November 1991</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">A tropical cyclone hits Bangladesh, killing an estimated 138,000 people.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Croatia and Slovenia declare their independence from Yugoslavia.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is released in the United States.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">One month after Freddie Mercury’s death, Queen re-release 'Bohemian Rhapsody'</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1992-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1992"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Company Administration is entrusted to family members belonging to the third generation. Edward Martin is designated company Managing Director.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1992</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The European Union is founded following the signing of the Maastricht Treaty.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The English FA Premier League is officially formed.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Disneyland Paris officially opens under the name “EuroDisney”.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1994-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1994"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">In March 1994, Agfa presents Attard & Co`s Graphic Division with the International trophy, a bronze cantering horse, for outstanding performance in introducing Accuset and electronic prepress systems here in Malta. This trophy of recognition bestows particular significance as a cantering horse is a champion, a symbol of strength, prestige, and elegance.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>March 1994</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Nelson Mandela is inaugurated as South Africa’s first Black president.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Brazil wins the 1994 FIFA World Cup</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1994-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1994"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Industrial business line is launched amid cautious deliberation. Diversification into yet another line of business, this arm of the company provided products and services for the support of the construction industry The overseas markets branch of Attard & Co. (Industrial) Ltd., would later emanate with the setting up of the first base on foreign soil in Tripoli, Libya. Today the group boasts a number of different and diverse subsidiary operations and looks towards extending its portfolio as industries evolve and advance.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>September 1994</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Michael Schumacher wins his first Formula One World Championship.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The first episode of 'Friends' is aired</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1996-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1996"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Attard & Co Industrial establish the Supplier Managed Inventory (SMI) Division offering 3rd party logistics to Malta’s only microelectronics manufacturer. This was a successful entrance into the services sector and a business that has shown us to be flexible, dedicated, and constant in the quality of our service.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1996</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Mother Teresa receives honorary U.S. citizenship.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">In southwest Wales, the oil tanker ‘Sea Empress’ runs aground, spilling 73,000 tonnes of crude oil that kills many birds.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1996-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1996"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Inspired by Agfa’s International trophy award of 1994, Attard Group adopts the cantering horse as its corporate logo on January 31st. During the same year, two awards for excellence are presented to Attard & Co`s Scientific Division by GBC as well as The Leica Microscopy Group respectively for excelling in sales of equipment in 1994.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>January 1996</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Bill Clinton is re-elected as president</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Porsche Boxter, Ford Ka are first produced</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1996-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1996"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Photo Division within Attard & Co. Ltd. obtains sole agency representation for Olympus Optical Co. (UK) Ltd. cameras.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>April 1996</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="1999-" class="timeline-item" data-year="1999"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Christopher Busuttil Delbridge joins the Attard & Co Industrial family under the MSES Division</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>1999</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The first version of ‘MSN Messenger’ is released by Microsoft.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The world population reaches six billion, as the United Nations declare the six billionth person is born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Boris Yeltsin resigns as President of Russia, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting president.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Cathy O’Dowd, a South African mountaineer, becomes the first woman to summit Mount Everest from both the north and south sides.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2000-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2000"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Attard & Co. Industrial is appointed exclusive agent for Buffa Srl of Sicily. A leading manufacturer for external and internal finishes, waterproofing, paints and plasters.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2000</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Microsoft releases Windows 2000.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2000-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2000"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">On February 29th 2000, Attard & Co Foodstuffs becomes the third business group to be spun off as a separate entity. Attard & Co. Ltd. remains the parent company and now holds vested interests in 3 subsidiaries: Attard & Co. (Photolabs) Ltd., Attard & Co. (Industrial) Ltd. and Attard & Co. (Foodstuffs) Ltd. Yet a fourth subsidiary would be formed in 2002.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2000</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Vladimir Putin is elected President of Russia.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2001-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2001"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Waters Inc. and Millipore Inc. are among the first big brands awarding business partner status to Evolve, setting the scene for high-quality brands and service.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2001</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">George W. Bush succeeds Bill Clinton, becoming the 43rd President of the United States.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The September 11 Terrorist atacks take the life of 2,977 people</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2001-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2001"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">In June 2001 the Foodstuffs Business Group begins to trade in wines and spirits as it widens its brand and product portfolios by obtaining jurisdiction over a variety of fine wine labels and liquors such as Michele Chiarlo, Sella & Mosca, Guigal, Vigna San Pedro, Simonsig and Peter Lehmann.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2001</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The United States invades Afghanistan</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Sherpa Temba Tsheri becomes the youngest person to conquer Mount Everest, at the age of just 16-years-old.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2001-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2001"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">On December 28th 2001 Attard & Co. Ltd. vacates its Valletta offices in South Street after 50 years of corporate activity and inaugurates its new premises at Canter House, Marsa, which becomes its official seat. By 2001 Attard & Co. Ltd. employed a total of 100 persons. The decision was made to move to a much larger premises in Marsa, an ideal location on the main arterial roads between the airport and Valletta. Once again inspired by the recognition trophy of the Cantering Horse, the new premises was given the name Canter House, later to be known as Canter Business Centre.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>December 2001</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">‘Ocean's Eleven’ directed by Steven Soderbergh, starring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon and Julia Roberts premieres in Westwood, California</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2002-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2002"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Management responds to new perils in Graphics and forms a new enterprise Attard & Co. (ImageExcel) Ltd. for the purpose of offering Computer-to-Plate services to printing establishments.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2002</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The deaths of Princess Margaret and the Queen Mother are announced</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The final piece of debris from The World Trade Centre is removed from Ground Zero.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Apple Introduces Complete Redesign of iMac</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2003-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2003"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p>Attard & Co. Ltd. unveils its first presence on the World Wide Web</p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2003</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">U.S. forces seize control of Baghdad, ending the regime of Saddam Hussein.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The United Kingdom records its highest ever temperature; 38.5°C (101.3°F) at Brogdale near Faversham in Kent</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Concorde makes its last commercial flight</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Apple's iTunes Music Store opens, selling 1 million songs in its first week.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2004-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2004"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">World Express Logistics Ltd. was established to offer freight and logistics services for worldwide destinations.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>February 2004</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook from his Harvard dormitory room</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The United States lifts a ban on travel to Libya, ending travel restrictions to the nation that had lasted for 23 years</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2004-newchairman" class="timeline-item" data-year="2004"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <h3 class="timeline__content-title">New Chairman</h3> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p>Michael Scerri CPAA appointed as the new Chairman for the Attard & Co Group</p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>July 2004</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Maria Sharapova becomes first Russian player to win Wimbledon, beating defending champion Serena Williams </div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Martha Stewart is sentenced to five months in prison plus five months in home confinement for lying to federal investigators</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2005-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2005"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">IIM Business Consultants Ltd was established to offer a range of services which would facilitate business ventures in Malta, the Mediterranean basin and North Africa.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>April 2005</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Internet site ‘YouTube’ goes online</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Bulgaria and Romania sign accession treaties to join the European Union</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">New Zealand's first civil union takes place</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2006-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2006"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Evolve Ltd. is established to meet the requirements of laboratory-dependent organisations through innovative and well-adapted products and services. The organisation is today one of the local leaders in laboratory set ups and high tech equipment sourcing.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>June 2006</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Montenegro declares independence after a referendum held on 21st May</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">North Korea claims to have conducted its first-ever nuclear test</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Peugeot produces their last car at the Ryton Plant, signalling the end of mass car production in a city that was once a major centre of the British motor industry; Coventry.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2006-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2006"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">On the 2nd June 2006 Attard & Co. Imaging is established in order to focus on the provision of specialised imaging services to the printing industry in Malta.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>June 2006</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">In 2006, Facebook opened up its social network to the world. </div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The one billionth song was purchased from iTunes</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The first ever tweet was published</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2008-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2008"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">T4B Services Ltd. was established in order to offer services in the building finishing industry. The company focuses on successfully completing buildings past the construction stage while adding value to a property.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2008</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Barack Obama is elected the 44th President of the United States</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">NASA’s “Phoenix” spacecraft becomes the first to land on the northern polar region of Mars</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Cyprus and Malta adopt the Euro</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Kosovo declaration of independence from Serbia </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2009-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2009"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The company acquires the Mriehel land – 3800sqm land. The land was bought as an investment property. </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>March 2009</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">At least ten people are killed and 25 injured during a suicide attack in Matara, Sri Lanka</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2010-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2010"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Anchor Maritime services was set up to offer ship and liner agency services.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>January 2010</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building at 829.8 m (2,722 ft), officially opens in Dubai</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Earthquake devastates Haiti, killing approximately 160,000 </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2010-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2010"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">On October 15th 2010, Prosecure was set up as a subsidiary company to Attard & Co Industrial in order to provide specialised solutions for the Defence, Security and Forensic industries.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>October 2010</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">UK economy comes out of recession</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">David Cameron becomes UK prime minister</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2011-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2011"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Evolve restructured for growth into three departments: Medical & Diagnostics Department, Scientific Department and Technical Services Department.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2011</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">A series of massive earthquakes struck north-east Japan, unleashing a 10-metre tsunami that swept buildings, vehicles, crops and debris across swaths of farmland</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2011-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2011"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">VAST Services was launched as a division of Attard & Co Industrial to offer value-added sales and technology services to the European market on behalf of Asian partners.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2011</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Osama Bin Laden killed in a secret operation</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2011-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2011"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The new Attard and Co web portal is launched to strengthen the online portfolio of Attard & Co Ltd. as a Group.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>January 2011</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Launch of DC Universe Online - a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) set in the DC Universe.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2013-newchairman" class="timeline-item" data-year="2013"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <img class="timeline__img lazyload" data-src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2021/09/luciano-mule-stagno.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 387px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 387/512;" /><noscript><img class="timeline__img" src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2021/09/luciano-mule-stagno.jpg"/></noscript> <h3 class="timeline__content-title">New Chairman</h3> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p>Luciano Mule Stagno appointed as the new Chairman for the Attard & Co Group</p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>October 2013</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Prince William and his wife Catherine welcomed their first son, Price George</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2014-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2014"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Rebranding of IIM Business Consultants Ltd which is now known as Firstbridge Services Ltd. It welcomes on board Mr Dean Micallef as a Managing Director of the company. Firstbridge offers financial corporate support through tailor-made solutions, serving as a bridge between our clients’ financial requirements and goals.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2014</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 Disappears. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2014-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2014"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Dean Micallef appointed as the new Chief Financial Officer for the Attard & Co Group </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>January 2014</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Apple caused a buzz with the release of iOS8 </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2015-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2015"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Evolve Ltd design and build of the largest independent pharmaceutical testing lab in Europe completed successfully. Evolve invests heavily in its infrastructure. ISO:9001 Quality Management System awarded to Evolve Ltd – the first in this sector in Malta. SalesForce becomes an integral part of Evolve’s operations.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2015</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Tesla rolled out its semi-autonomous Autopiliot system</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2015-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2015"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Lotusgreen Cleaning Solutions Ltd was established under the Food group offering the sale and distribution of cleaning products.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>May 2015</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Major cable companies and networks launched streaming-only plans.</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Charlie Hebdo and The Paris attacks took place</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2016-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2016"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Together with the world’s largest supplier of genetic testing equipment, Illumina Inc, Evolve installs Malta’s first Next-Generation Sequencing machine ushering in a new era of Molecular Biology for the benefit of clinicians and patients</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2016</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union in a move nicknamed “Brexit.”</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Donald Trump Elected 45th President of the United States</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2016-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2016"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">World Express Logistics undergoes re-branding exercise</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>January 2016</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Pulse nightclub shooting takes place in Orlando, Florida</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2016-newchairman" class="timeline-item" data-year="2016"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <img class="timeline__img lazyload" data-src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2021/05/kenneth-farrugia.jpg" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==" style="--smush-placeholder-width: 450px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 450/674;" /><noscript><img class="timeline__img" src="https://attardco.com/app/uploads/2021/05/kenneth-farrugia.jpg"/></noscript> <h3 class="timeline__content-title">New Chairman</h3> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p>Kenneth Farrugia appointed as the new Chairman for the Attard & Co Group</p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>September 2016</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The rise of Facebook Live</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Actress Angelina Jolie files for divorce from fellow actor Brad Pitt</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2017-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2017"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Firstbridge Services Ltd acquires a Corporate Services Provider Licence</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2017</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The rise of cryptocurrency</div> </div> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Manchester terrorist attack at Ariana Grande concert</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2017-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2017"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Firstbridge Services Ltd becomes certified licenced accountancy firm;</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2017</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">North Korea launches intercontinental missile</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2017-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2017"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Evolve continues its Internationalisation efforts in sub-Saharan Africa as they commence in earnest, following numerous successful International projects in other various geographies.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2017</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">US President Trump issues strict travel bands</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2017-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2017"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The acquisition of International Merchants Ltd under the Food group</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>July 2017</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The viral #MeToo trend against sexual abuse takes of social media platforms</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2018-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2018"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The Group launch a BI Platform in order to help facilitate the process of Financial reporting</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2018</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2018-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2018"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Oval Brands Ltd introduce the electric scooter brand Miku Max </span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2018</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2018-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2018"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">The JV Energy Max Invest was established under the Industrial group focusing on the Solar PV Industry</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>January 2018</h2> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2018-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2018"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Sale of the Mriehel Property for Attard & Co for €3.2M</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>March 2018</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The most destructive fire season in California takes place</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2018-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2018"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Firstbridge becomes a member of BOKS – a global alliance of top professionals and experts</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>June 2018</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Three lunar events coincided early in 2018 producing a rare “super blue blood moon” for the first time since 1866. </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2018-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2018"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Go Electric Ltd is established, focusing on importation and sale/lease or distribution of electric scooters</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>September 2018</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">The Supreme Court of India strikes down a colonial-era law that criminalised homosexuality</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2018-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2018"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Introduction of 4th Generation Shareholders</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>September 2018</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Meghan Markle joins the British royal family</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2019-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2019"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Evolve builds the first ever EU-GMP compliant Medical Cannabis facility in Malta.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2019</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">Fire breaks out at Notre-Dame</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2019-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2019"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">New warehouse in Qormi for T4B Services Ltd to manage buffer stock of building materials</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>April 2019</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">New Zealand tightens gun laws</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2019-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2019"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Justine Marie Dingli becomes a Director on Attard & Co in succession of Edward Pellegrini Petit</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>November 2019</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">First all-woman spacewalk takes place</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2020-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2020"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" data-image=""></span> <div class="timeline__content-desc"><p class="p1"><span class="s1">Attard & Co Food Ltd opened its new Gozo establishment</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="timeline__supporting-info"> <h2>2020</h2> <div class="timeline__global-event"> <div class="globe"></div> <div class="text">COVID-19 changes the world forever</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="timeline-item-background" style="background-image: url();"> <div class="timeline-item-container"> <div id="2020-" class="timeline-item" data-year="2020"> <div class="timeline__content"> <span class="timeline__bg_img" 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