03 Jun The Ai Team Continues to Grow
Tony Oliver and Angelo Pisano joined the Ai team....
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03 Jun Mark Hill Joins Ai
Mark Hill, known to Jim from his Comalco days, joined Ai in early 2002, Mark took on an all-purpose sales role and was Ai’s first full-time employee....
03 Jun Second Braeside Location
Ai moved to Industrial Drive in Braeside in 2001. It was a larger premises with better facilities. However, the company and the team continued to grow and this site was quickly full, too....
03 Jun Sally Cordell joins Ai
Ai continued to grow. Sally Cordell joined Ai on a casual basis, getting the accounts in order. She initially worked one day per month....
03 Jun Ai Supplies Sydney Olympic Games
The Sydney Olympic Games brought Ai an order of about 200 new flagpoles. Jim and Greg filled the order with help machining from Vincent Caia....
03 Jun Braeside Warehouse
Ai’s first location was a serviced office in Moorabbin with shared receptionists directing calls for Ai. Jim made logos, designed brochures, and created the Ai flag. In 2000, Ai moved into a small warehouse in Braeside. Operations expanded and Ai started storing pre-cut metal extrusions....
03 Jun Ai Founded
Aluminium Industries of Australia began in late 1996, when Jim Gallagher launched it as a sole trader. Initially, Jim wore all the hats – sales, customer service, marketing, product design, procurement, installation, and delivery....