History
American Biltrite Belgium
1966 Inauguration of Ideal Belgium by the Garfield family (garage box size operation)
1968 Ideal Tape US and its European subsidiary is sold to Chelsea Corporation
1969 Ideal Belgium to become part of list of 3000th biggest companies in Belgium
1975 Move into the new building on 'I.Z. Klein Frankrijk' industrial park
1986 Chelsea is sold to American Biltrite, Inc. turnover of 2.5 million USD
1991 Introduction of Graphical product lines: TransferRite Application Tape
1997 Launch of Automotive Car Protection system: Autowrap
2003 Inauguration of Abitalia in Civitanova Italy, a specialized shoe Tape service center adding
3 Million USD turnover to the group
2007 Launch of sophisticated building insulation system: Jacketing Tape
2008 Turnover of 25 million USD for Belgium for working area EMEA
