| 1915年 |
Born in 1915, Brian Homersham was always a practical and inventive person; even from a young age he developed his own workshop to tinker in. |
| 1915年 |
Born in 1915, Brian Homersham was always a practical and inventive person; even from a young age he developed his own workshop to tinker in. His career began at the Christchurch Municipal Electricity Department... |
| 1939年 |
Brian’s determination to broaden his engineering experience saw him travel to The United Kingdom in 1939, despite the prospect of World War II. |
| 1944年 |
In 1944 Brian’s fiancée travelled to the UK and they were married that year. |
| 1946年 |
In mid 1946 within three months of their return to New Zealand, Brian and his wife formed the company B. R. Homersham Ltd (BRH), with a one room office at 82 Hereford Street in Christchurch. |
| 1951年 |
By 1951 the company had steadily prospered and a city property at 126 Victoria Street was purchased. The operations office housed administration as well as a workshop for assembly and limited manufacture. |
| 1951年 |
The staff expanded to eight with the hiring of Bruce McKay as the first apprentice of BRH. |
| 1955年 |
By 1955 a BRH branch had been opened in Wellington to be close to the government departments that controlled import licences. |
| 1960年 |
By 1960 BRH had additional offices in Auckland and Wellington with representation in Dunedin. |
| 1965年 |
In 1965 Brian first visited Japan in order to see firsthand if any economic benefits could be found trading with the Japanese. An association with several companies, including the Yokogawa Electric Corporation, resulted due to this forethought. |
| 1966年 |
In 1966 BRH introduced the first electron microscope to NZ. |
| 1967年 |
By late 1967 wool prices dropped drastically and unemployment grew which resulted in the government cutting import licences by 20% that year. |
| 1970年 |
In 1970 they introduced a gamma camera with computer, the latest diagnostic tool in nuclear medicine, to New Zealand. |
| 1971年 |
In 1971 the company produced an anniversary 25 Years of Progress products guide listing 83 suppliers from 11 countries, and their products. Brian's clever inclusion of 40 pages of conversion and technical tables meant the book tended stay on engineers' shelves for many years as a valuable reference volume. |
| 1972年 |
Brian would regularly take overseas visitors jet boating up the Waimakariri River gorge. Green willow sticks to hold the porterhouse steaks while they cooked over an open fire, were harvested using Brian's trademark sheath knife, from the riverbank on route. The outdoor cooking was always accompanied by billy tea, giving the visitors an experience they would never forget. |
| 1975年 |
In 1975 the company purchased two hectares of land at 155 Roydvale Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch and moved to a purpose built 1770 square metre factory where all departments could be housed under one roof. |
| 1983年 |
Brian’s death in 1983 from a brain tumour, also had a profound effect on the company. |
| 1985年 |
Staff numbers now exceed 70 and Homershams pressure laboratory was the first in New Zealand to be registered by Telarc. |
| 1997年 |
notice was received from Loctite Australia that in line with international policy, BRH’s master distributorship would cease. |
| 2000年 |
In 2000, it was decided to sell the business. |
| 2001年 |
the business changed hands in 2001 with all staff transferring. The company name became Homersham Ltd. |
| 2010年 |
In 2010 Christchurch was hit by a 7.1 earthquake |
| 2011年 |
followed in 2011 by two devastating earthquakes that resulted in the loss of much of the heritage buildings in the Christchurch CBD and 185 people died |
| 2012年 |
The company rebranded in 2012 and launched the Homersham’s e-commerce website |
| 2016年09月 |
In September 2016 Homersham Ltd was purchased by Jason Clarke who is poised to steer Homershams successfully through the next decades |
