Humble beginnings
The first 15 years or so of Invicta was a process of steady but significant expansion. Starting with pallet racking systems in 1983, our Mezzanine Floors division was founded four years later, a natural extension of our work in warehouses. It wasn’t long before we moved into our offices in Margate, Holy Trinity Hall, named after a nearby church that was bombed in World War 2.
After eight years of growth throughout the UK, Invicta Mobile Shelving was born, taking our storage expertise and applying it to a new, highly efficient format. This move had taken Invicta out of the warehouse, but the next step was to be the most drastic and definitive.
In 1999, Invicta’s Durasteel division was formed, offering innovative Durasteel fire and blast protection systems. While this had some crossover with our existing experience as a specialist contractor, it was still something of a departure from our storage system origins – and a decision that would see us diversify and develop into the business we are today.
Our growing portfolio of services made the formation of two more divisions – Invicta Ceilings and Partitioning and Invicta Interiors – a natural next step. At this point, international expansion was on the cards. It was clear that doing so would require all of these constituent parts to be consolidated into a single, unified front. And so in 2007, The Invicta Group was born – six divisions offering unique & combined solutions.
That same year, Invicta opened its first foreign office in Miami, Florida. By 2008 we also had an office in Dubai, United Arab Emirates – our first in the Middle East. This would be another pivotal moment, as our presence locally undoubtedly led to the awarding of our biggest international contract to date: providing high performance Durasteel fire barriers across numerous stations for the newly-built Dubai Metro.
