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AUSTRALIA DAY 2005

132 Years Of Service To Australia

Queen Street Brisbane was a dirt road with hitching posts and horse troughs and one room shacks. Adelaide Street a wide track with deep gutters either side with wooden planks to cross them and reach the private homes on both sides of the street. The first Victoria Bridge was under construction and James Swan was the twelfth Mayor of Brisbane. In this, the year 1873, Mr. Samuel Smith decided that Brisbane needed a first-class manufacturer of rubber stamps. 

132 years later, from that first one-room business, (that site now occupied by the AMP building) the Smith family carries on the tradition of quality manufacture. Now, the fifth generation, family owned and managed, company has grown to become Australia’s largest signage manufacturer. 

The company’s growth from 1873, then known as Smith & Sons Pty Ltd., later as Albert Smith Signs, and today known as Albert Smith Group, has been achieved by the Smith family’s commitment to manufacturing excellence, continued investment in research and development, and their strong desire to build a solid future for both their family and staff. 

Quality systems and procedures were introduced in the Albert Smith workplace long before it was fashionable. The demand for Albert Smith’s quality products grew both locally and internationally, developing into successful export to Asia. Many of the standards and technologies within the sign industry today were pioneered by Albert Smith Signs. 

Today, the Albert Smith Group is lead by Samuel Smiths great grandsons Rodney Smith, Managing Director, and Mitchell Smith, General Manager. The company proudly boasts manufacturing facilities in eight countries and their customer base reads like the who’s who of the corporate world. This Australian family proudly carries on the tradition of their forebears and continues to run the business from the head office in Brisbane. 

For more information call their Customer Service Centre on 07 3395 9888 or visit their website www.albertsmithgroup.com.au