CHRONOLOGICAL GROWTH
1969 Mr & Mrs Lombard and son Claude start in Box Hill garage, 20 sq mt
1970 Susan Lombard joins the company
1970’s Move to Collingwood, 200 sq mt
1976 Move to Northcote, 1,200 sq mt
1980 Move to Brunswick, 4,000 sq mt
We were the first in our industry to employ a female sales representative
1987 Move to Flemington, 8,000 sq mt
Start opening our Retail Chains
Danielle Lombard joins the company
1988 Selected to market the Bicentenary. 54 million products distributed
1989 Survive Australia’s recession
1994 Anouk Lombard joins the company, we secure AFL Licence
1995 Open QLD Branch
Michelle Lombard joins company
1996 Andrew Kevill joins the company
We secure Spring Racing Carnival, NRL and Grand Prix Licences
1999 Open NSW & WA Branch’s
2000 Sydney Olympic Games
LOMBARD The Paper People was the natural choice for this huge undertaking, with 120 million products distributed in 40 days. No other company has ever had exclusive distribution rights to the total requirements of an Olympic Games. We distributed all the toilet paper, towels, disposable packaging, garbage bags, detergents, and decorations for this event.
2004 12 November fire destroyed Flemington site. Back in business next day
2005 Occupy temporary premises in Tullamarine
2006 In August, move to new purpose built Head Office, Keilor Park, Victoria, 15,000 sq mt.
Win exclusive rights to Commonwealth Games
2008 Survive global financial crisis
2009 Unprecedented Growth 20%
2010 Business now run by “Family Board”
2011 Open first stand alone retail outlet in NSW at Kotara