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1967Ken Rowe starts Industrial Marine Products Limited.
1969IMP opens U.K. Fishing Gear Co. in Grimsby, U.K.
1970IMP buys Fairey Canada Limited consisting of two hangars at the Halifax airport and creates the Aerospace Division.
1973Holiday Inn was built.
1976IMP buys Hammonds Plains factory from N.S. Government Agency, I.E.L.
1976IMP buys Down East Aviation and enters the general aviation FBO (fixed base operation) business.
1978IMP is appointed by Shell as Airport Dealer for Gander, Newfoundland.
1978IMP Fishing Gear U.S. opens in New Bedford, Mass., U.S.A.
1981IMP buys John Leckie Inc. and Atlantic Net Rope & Twine Limited to double in size IMP's marine fishing gear business.
1983First contract with Aeroflot to fuel aircraft in Gander. This opened the door for later expansion into Russia.
1984IMP's first trip to Russia.
1987IMP buys Blanchette Freres Limited of Quebec City to expand the aviation FBO network across Quebec.
1989IMP buys Can-Med Surgical Supplies Limited in Halifax.
1989IMP buys Innotech Aviation Limited in Montreal and Toronto.
1989Joint Venture Aero imp was founded by IMP and Aeroflot to build what is to become the Aerostar Hotel in Moscow.
1990IMP opens office in Cyprus.
1991IMP buys Execaire Inc. in Montreal.
1991Moscow Aerostar Hotel opens.
1991IMP buys Amherst Aerospace from the Province of Nova Scotia and established IMP Aerospace Components Limited.
1993IMP opens IMP Fuels (home heating).
1994IMP builds new facility for IMP Aerospace Components Limited in Amherst.
1994IMP buys Forsea Fishing Gear in Moncton.
1995IMP buys Air Atlantic establishing IMP as a regional scheduled airline.
1996IMP constructs a new hangar facility at Innotech Montreal.
1997IMP buys Pacific Avionics & Instruments Limited in Vancouver.
1998IMP opens MediChair store in Halifax.
1998IMP buys Toronto-based Air 500 Limited.
1999IMP successfully competes for the U.S. Navy H3 (Sea King) helicopter maintenance support contract - the first time an entire airframe contract granted outside of the U.S.A.
2000IMP successfully competes for the Canadian Search and Rescue Helicopter In-Service Support contract.
2000IMP launches CanJet Airlines, a low-cost airline serving Eastern Canada.
2000IMP Solutions starts operations.
2001IMP buys Oak Island Resort.
2002IMP relaunches CanJet Airlines.
2002IMP constructs a new CanJet hangar at the Halifax International Airport.
2002IMP's starts up the Bathurst Call Centre operation.
2003IMP constructs Hangar # 8 at the Halifax International Airport.
2004IMP buys Med-Tech Marketing of Burnaby, B.C.
2005IMP buys Harding Medical in Halifax, Moncton, Sydney and Charlottetown.
2006IMP builds Hangar # 9 at the Halifax International Airport.
2007Moscow Aerostar Hotel is sold.
2007IMP Aerospace is awarded a $ 600M contract for Cormorant support.
2007IMP is currently constructing a new Innotech aircraft paint hangar in Montreal.
2007IMP has begun development of 2 condominium projects, one in Halifax, the other at the Oak Island Resort.

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