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The Kendal company history timeline

1971

Lakeland Museum opened in 1971.

1972

Recognizing its market strength and future potential, The Colgate-Palmolive Company purchased Kendall in 1972.

1982

Kendal Leisure Centre was built in 1982.

1988

In late 1988, however, a group of Colgate-Palmolive/Kendall managers, together with some outside vendors, formed Kendall International, Inc. as a holding company.

1989

Westmorland Shopping Centre opened in 1989.

1992

Although Kendall filed for bankruptcy in 1992, it restructured its organization and was able to resume the steady growth it has achieved since the beginning of the century.

1993

Likewise, net income increased to a healthy $52 million by 1993, the first positive figure since the company had secured its independence.

1994

Healthcare initiatives proposed by Congress in 1994, for example, threatened to increase cost containment pressures on Kendall's largest customers--hospitals.

In late 1994, Kendall was purchased by Tyco International Ltd. of Exeter, New Hampshire.

2001

Elephant Yard Shopping Centre opened in 2001.

2014

An unsurpassed unique lakeshore setting Listed building fully restored and opened since Spring 2014.

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