From a backyard shed to a 12,000m² facility
In 1988, weed-spraying contractor AJ and his brother-in-law Grant patented the world’s first remote-controlled retractable hose reel — hand-built in a backyard shed and shown at local field days.
Today, under the leadership of Grant’s daughter Fiona Dempster, that idea has grown into Quik Corp: a 12,000m² design, engineering and manufacturing facility in Coolum, Queensland, supplying fire and emergency services, councils, government and agriculture across Australia, with equipment now operating internationally.
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