Duriron develops Epoxy Resin as an anti-corrosive coating for pumps and pipes.

• Laboratory Tops, in Taylor TX, begins fabricating worksurfaces

• Duriron licenses epoxy resin formulation to Durcon

• Laboratory Tops Develops its own epoxy formula and begins molding

“LabTops” epoxy resin

• Laboratory Tops moves to 75,000 square foot state of the art production

facility at 206 Allison Drive, Taylor, TX

• New laboratories being built at an unprecedented rate as post-war labs

become outdated and new equipment and increased research activity

increase demand

• Durcon adds subsidiary in Poland

• New import phenolic resin laminate material introduced

• Metapoint Partners, a Boston investment firm, purchases Laboratory Tops from retiring Harold Erbs

• Durcon in Canton, MI, purchased by its employees

• Stonebridge Partners, a New York investment firm, acquires Laboratory

Tops

• Durcon adds subsidiary in Malaysia

Laboratory Tops expands casting capacity

• Introduction of Durastone™

• Laboratory Tops acquires The Durcon Company and retains the Durcon name

• Compact laminate and commercial stone product lines introduced.

• Canton plant becomes ISO 9001:2000 certified

• Products achieve NSF product certification for food safety

• Taylor plant becomes ISO 9001:2000 certified

• Greenstone® product debuts

• Commercial Epoxy Business Unit formed

• Quad - C, a Virginia investment firm, acquires Durcon

• Durcon adds sales offices in China

• Durcon adds offices to cover India and the Middle East

• Elements line introduced to the residential market

• All domestic operations consolidated to Taylor, TX

• New Business Development Unit formed

• Durcon is acquired by Wilsonart LLC, a leading manufacturer and

distributor of high pressure laminates and other engineered surfaces

• Durcon introduces a new line of surfacing products, Solid Phenolic Compact.

• Durcon adopts a new logo incorporating the Wilsonart Brand