Opened production facilities in New Brunswick, Canada.
1947
Opened production facilities in Manitoba, Canada.
1964
Opened production facilities in Maisonnette, New Brunswick.
1974
Sold to S.B. McLaughlin Associates, Ltd.
1979
Opened satellite plant and analytical soils laboratory in Anderson, South Carolina.
1993
Sold to Macluan Capital Inc. and renamed “Sun Gro Horticulture, Inc.”
1995
Sold to Madison Dearborn Capital Partners II LLP., Sun Gro Horticulture, Inc. becomes a wholly owned subsidiary of Hines Holdings, Inc.
1998
Acquired Lakeland Peat Moss, Ltd., Pacific Soils, Inc. Hines Horticulture, Inc. completed IPO and was listed as HORT on NASDAQ.
1999
Acquired Pro Gro Products, Inc. and acquired Strong-Lite Products Corp.
2000
Completed an agreement with the East Prairie Metis Settlements (EPMS) of Alberta that will allow Sun Gro to begin development of new bogs on EMPS lands.
