b'Double safety snap hooks given 1st prize at the Dame Award- Safety tethers1984: Nouvel Economiste - Europe 1: Award for design: Folding pad eyesQuick release snap shackle Wichard blocks are added to the catalogue1980 1984 19881990 1995 1998 Development of international networkThe American subsidiary is created: Wichard incProducts: One hand sail snaps,eye bolts, saddles,Takeover of Maillard (plastic injection), who would lifeline hooks, folding pad eyes produce Wichard blocks Products: turnbuckles, U-bolts, watertight U-bolts, double folding pad eyes, Wichard blocks, safety tethers2000Wichard is taken over by a group of private shareholders - The Australian subsidiary Wichard Pacific is founded, takeover of Forginox, a cutlery factory in Thiers. All activity is brought together at one single site within an industrial estate.The introduction of a high-speed machining platform for the development of production machinery, the deployment of a new forging press, the installation of a 5-axe machining centreProducts: trigger snap shackles, roller blocks, boom brake, jacklines2010 2013 2015 2019Proline: new range ofWichard celebrated its EPTION FRANACNISOECsafety tethersSEFAN FRANAIBRICATIO100th anniversaryProducts: Proline safety tethersOffshore and Aquaterra knife ranges, maintenanceOffshore & Aquaterra products knife ranges4 I 5'