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UGN company history timeline

1986

UGN, Inc. was founded in 1986 as a partnership between Nihon Tokushu Toryo Co.

The Globe CEO was the UGN president from 1986-95, with manufacturing managed by Jim Christopher, marketing by John Christopher, and Peter Anthony as lead salesman.

1992

When Peter Anthony joined UGN as a sales and marketing manager in 1992, he had a vision.

1993

Nicolas began his career with Autoneum in Europe after receiving his master’s of engineering and research in 1993.

1995

In 1995, Globe Industries and its 50 percent ownership of UGN, owned by Kingdon Gould and Robert Christopher, was sold to Rieter Holding AG, a major acoustic products supplier in Europe.

1998

Vice President of Information Systems Esther joined UGN in 1998 as an IT Manager dedicated to improving UGN’s Information systems, optimizing technology architectures, and updating IT policies and strategies to support and successfully achieve UGN’s business objectives.

2002

Since 2002, our leader, Peter Anthony, has reconfigured the manufacturing strategy to enhance profitability and lower cost.

2005

Vice President of Sales and Marketing Grant joined UGN in 2005 as a business development manager.

2009

He joined UGN in 2009, after spending more than 15 years at UGN parent companies in Europe, the United States, and Japan.

2010

Emmanuel joined UGN in 2010 as a Product Engineering Manager, managing product lifecycle from design and prototyping through validation, engineering, launch, promotion, and adoption into customer accounts.

2013

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, 2013: https://ugn.com/peter-anthony-entrepreneur-of-the-year-finalist-video/

2014

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, 2014: https://vimeo.com/98959754

2015

The EMS System is designed to adhere to ISO 14001:2015 standard.

2016

Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, 2016: https://ugn.com/ugn-president-ceo-peter-anthony-named-ey-entrepreneur-of-the-year-award-finalist-for-third-time/

2017

Vice-President of Human Resources Kevin joined UGN in 2017 as vice president of human resources.

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