Impreglon Canada was incorporated in 1974 as SR Metal Protection Ltd. Founded by Dal Adam and two partners, operations were located in a 4,000 square foot facility in Edmonton, Alberta. With a growing staff, a 16,000 square foot facility in south Edmonton, and a strong client base that includes all of the major petroleum producers and oilfield service companies in Western Canada, Impreglon Canada has built a reputation for providing the highest levels of quality and customer service.
1974 |
Dal Adam, incorporates SR Metal Protection Ltd. |
1975 |
IMPREGLON® name trademarked by SR Metal Protection |
1976 |
Dal Adam buys out partners and becomes sole owner of SR Metal Protection |
1978 |
IMPREGLON® 260 introduced as a low-torque coating for ball valve internals |
1982 |
SR Metal Protection expands to 6,000 square feet at 5812 – 87 Street, Edmonton, AB |
1985 |
ENC (Electroless nickel) plating line added to service offering |
1987 |
Addition of a 34’ oven for coating full-length tubing joints |
1992 |
An electrical fire destroys part of the building |
1993 |
Following 2 years of development work with Alberta Research Council, IMPREGLON® 222M is introduced as a next-generation corrosion coating for specifically designed for oilfield service |
1993 |
First order of tubing joints internally coated for Husky Oil Rainbow Lake in order to prevent asphaltenes deposition |
1996 |
SR Metal Protection and Alberta Research Council are co-beneficiaries of an Alberta Technology Transfer for their work on developing IMPREGLON® 222M |
1998 |
IMPREGLON® 410M introduced as a coating for high H2S environments on ANSI valves and fittings |
1998 |
SR Metal Protection internally coats two vessels with a non-stick coating for a Joffre, AB polyethylene processing plant. According to DuPont, these vessels are the second largest items ever coated with Teflon®, the largest being a component coated for the space shuttle program |
1999 |
After establishing a successful career in sales, Barry Adam returns to the family business in the role of Sales and Marketing Manager |
2000 |
Barry takes over as President of SR Metal Protection Ltd. |
2004 |
SR Metal Protection focuses exclusively on the petroleum industry |
2005 |
SR Metal Protection re-branded as Impreglon Coatings to better reflect its position as the sole provider of IMPREGLON® coatings in Canada |
2006 |
Barry (current owner) takes over company |
2010 |
4000 sq.ft. added to accommodate the new production line |
2012 |
All-time record year for production |
2013 |
Broke production record from previous year |
2015 | |
2016 |
Coating R&D Project to apply PEEK coating to large diameter line pipe with Victrex LLC UK and Chevron International |
2018 |
Advanced to ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Certification |