 | 1929
Gough, Gough & Hamer Limited founded by Edgar C. Gough, Harry H. Hamer and
Tracy T. Gough, dealing in electrical goods. |
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| 1932
Secures the Caterpillar franchise from A S Paterson Limited. |
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| 1937
Harry Hamer separates the electrical goods franchises to form Hamer Electrical
Company (still in existence today). |
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| 1938
Minister of Works, Bob Semple, drives a Caterpillar RD8 tractor over a wooden
wheelbarrow to reinforce his government's pledge to reduce reliance on manual labour.
A part of the handle from the wheelbarrow is showcased at our Chch Head Office. |
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| 1939
Edgar Gough separates the electrical engineering business to form E C Gough
Ltd (now Gough Technology). |
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| 1945
The company gains the Hyster lift truck dealership. |
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| 1948
The John Deere agricultural tractor and farm machinery franchise is gained. |
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| 1958
Starts on-site servicing of Caterpillar equipment for the New Zealand and the United
States Antarctic programs. |
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| 1960s
Goughs develops Australasia’s first computerised, nationwide Parts distribution network. |
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| 1973
Goughs CAT sets up the first Scheduled Oil Sampling laboratory in Australasia. The lab
identifies abnormal mechanical wear from oil samples. |
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| 1974
Christchurch Head Office moves to Hornby from its Cashel St site in the city centre. |
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| 1986
Launch of MONARC, a totally integrated on-line, real-time computer system developed
in-house using the new LINC software. |
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| 1992
The Gough Group acquires Transport Wholesale Limited, Transport Specialties Limited, Aries
Engineering and Reyco Australia. |
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| 1993
The Gough Group is appointed New Zealand dealer for Thunderbird forestry equipment. |
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| 1994
Gough Engineering commences operation as a separate business unit. |
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| 1996
Gough Finance Limited established as a separate entity. |
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| 1998
MONARC is replaced with Caterpillar's all-encompassing Dealer Business System. |
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| 1998
The Gough Group acquires Westinghouse Air Brake Systems (Australia) and commences
purchases of CESCO Forklift Hire businesses to develop a national rental fleet. |
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| 2000
Goughs CAT launches Cat Rental in New Zealand. |
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| 2001
Goughs Institute of Training is established and is the first 100% dealer-owned Institute
in the world. |
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| 2002
Goughs CAT wins a $180M, 5yr contract to supply and support mining machinery at Macraes
in North Otago. |
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| 2004
Goughs CAT signs a preferred supplier agreement with Works Infrastructure which sees Works
commence major investment in new Caterpillar machinery. |
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| 2006
Goughs Power Systems is launched as a separate division to recognize the growing potential
in the marine and power generation markets. |
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| 2007
The Gough Group's sales arms are divided into two major Groups – the Equipment Group (Cat, Cat Rental,
Forklifts and Engineering) and the Transport Group (Transport Wholesale, Transpecs and Gough Transport Solutions {the latter being the Australian companies}). The first Full Rental Services (FRS) branch for Cat Rental is opened in Christchurch. On 13th September, the Company recognises 75 years as a Cat dealer. Formal celebrations
will be held early in 2008. |
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