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Zareba Systems history
Zareba Systems company history timeline
Established in 1952, North Central Plastics pioneered a better insulator for electric fencing with its manufacturing efforts.
The Zareba Systems brand began in 1960 when Flo-Tronics, Inc. was founded on January 25th in Minnesota.
Flo-Tronic's path to a future global leader in electric containment would begin with the acquisition of the Hol-Dem brand from Electric Service Systems and Electro-Line and Blitzer brands from Northern Signal Company in 1961.
Fi-Shock was founded in 1968 by Tom Boyd in Knoxville, TN. Boyd brought nearly ten years of experience working in electric fence system manufacturing from his past employment experiences working with brands such as Electro-Line and International.
In 1973, Rutland Electric Fencing was started by Les Dickinson of Rutland, United Kingdom.
The International and Dyna-Charge brands were welcomed into the Water Instruments’ brand family in 1981 when the company acquired the Chicago, IL-based International Electric Company.
However, by 1982, Dickinson had developed his own product line of energizers calling the brand, Electric Shepherd.
Hol-Dem brand joined Waters Instruments' electric fencing brand line-up in April 1983 with the purchase of Introl Corporation's electric fence controller business.
In 1985, Waters Instruments shipped nearly 9,000 solar-powered fence controllers that year.
Also around this time, the color of Red Snap'r insulators was changed from red to black in 1985 after customers reported hummingbirds and Northern Orioles being electrocuted when they were attracted to the red color of the insulators.
In 1990, Water Instruments, Inc. changed the name of their electric fencing brands division to American Farmworks to provide a more uniform identity to the company’s recognized brands including BullDozer, Hol-Dem, Dyna-Charge, and Blitzer.
By 1998, the division had expanded its sales efforts establishing a presence in Canada.
Previously the company had sold its non-electric fencing divisions in 2001 and acquired two companies in the electric containment business.
Rutland Electric Fencing moved to new headquarters in 2002.
Shortly after the headquarters move, Rutland Electric Fencing Company and the Electric Shepherd brand were acquired by Zareba Systems in September 2004, expanding the company's international presence.
In 2005, Waters Instruments made the move to change the company name yet again, this time to Zareba Systems.
Additionally in 2005, Woodstream Corporation acquired the Fi-Shock brand.
In January 2010, Zareba Systems announced a definitive agreement to become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Woodstream Corporation.
In February 2012, Woodstream added another feather to its cap by becoming the exclusive worldwide provider of Nova Scotia-based Electrobraid Fence, the number one choice electric horse fence in North America.
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