1914...............
DDD Export set up
1917...............
Business moves to No. 3 Fleet Lane, London (hence Fleet Laboratories).
1951...............
Company moves to Watford Rickmansworth Road site and sets up a dedicated pharmaceutical production site
1964...............
Joint venture with Blistex Inc established
1988...............
Dendron occupies a separate site
1991...............
Ibuleve launched as the UK’s first OTC topical NSAID, in partnership with Dermal Laboratories
1994...............
Acquisition of the Astral moisturising brand from Unilever
1997...............
Dedicated hormone suite and microbiology lab built
2001...............
Acquisition of Pulmo Bailly from Roche
2003...............
Dendron moves into new premises with more space for expansion
2005...............
Distribution begins of Fenjal and Mum on behalf of Doetsch Grether of Basel, Switzerland.
2007...............
New laminar-flow dispensing booths installed at Rickmansworth Road
2009...............
Two new distribution partners for Dendron: Boehringer Ingelheim and Combe International
...............1912
DDD Ltd founded by the DDD Co, Chicago to sell Dr D Dennis’s DDD Prescription. First year profits were £738. 1s. 8d.
...............1916
DDD acquired by Joseph Halsby (great-grandfather of the current Managing Director)
...............1943
Dendron becomes a subsidiary of DDD
...............1959
Agreement to represent Dentinox Baby Care products in the UK
...............1980
Fleet Laboratories established as a separate contract manufacturing business
...............1990
Nigel Halsby appointed managing director
...............1992
New controlled environmental filling rooms
...............1996
Installation of new MRP system
...............2001
Self-managing team concept established in both Dendron and Fleet
...............2002
New state of the art QA and Product Development laboratories built to handle increasing NPD work.
...............2004
Nigel Halsby retires to the role of non-executive Chairman. Tom Horner, his nephew, takes over as General Manager
...............2005
Distribution begins of Dentyl pH on behalf of our long-standing business partner, Blistex Inc.
...............2008
Launch of Iglu
...............2010
Acquisitions of Snufflebabe and Nasosal