2007

 John Q. Wesley II named CEO of LINE-X Franchise Development Corporation (LFDC)
 Global Dealer Conference held in Nashville Feb. 24-26 draws record attendance
 LINE-X Xtra color application process rolled out to LINE-X dealer locations nationwide
 Highlighted in Popular Mechanics February issue in “Blast Resort” feature
 Retains No. 1 franchise ranking in ‘Miscellaneous Automotive Products and Services’ category in Entrepreneur  Magazine’s 28th Annual Franchise 500® report
 Moves up four places to #80 in annual Franchise 500® rankings of U.S. franchises by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Jumps 34 places to #71 in “America’s Top Global Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Operations expand into Papua New Guinea

2006

 LINE-X Canada opens franchises in Burlington ON, Hamilton ON, Burnaby BC, Coquitlam BC, Gatineau QC,
 LINE-X achieves 92% customer satisfaction rating (source: ConStat Attitude, Awareness and Usage Survey, 2006
 National coverage by FOX-TV in “From Pickups to the Pentagon” feature
 LINE-X application process featured on “Chop Cut Rebuild” and “World’s Greatest” syndicated TV shows
 Awarded ‘North American Bedliners Brand Leadership of the Year’ award by Frost & Sullivan
 Feature profile in USA Today’s Money section
 Featured on Discovery Channel after ranking No. 1 in blast mitigation tests
 Highlighted in National Geographic Channel’s “Outsmarting Terrorism” program
 Ranked “Number One” Miscellaneous Automotive Products and Services Franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Surpasses two million bedliner applications worldwide
 Ranked #105 as “America’s Top Global Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Ranked #28 in the Fast 55 by Franchise Times
 First North America Dealers Meeting held Feb. 9-12 in Dallas, Texas
 Earned Franchise 500® rank (#84) by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Operations expand into Estonia, Hungary, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Spain.

2005

 LINE-X Canada opens franchises in St. Johns NF, Sherbrooke QC, St Eustache QC, Kamloops BC, Kelowna BC, Ft McMurray AB, Vauldrieul QC
 Line-X year-end results: 375,000 bedliners sold
Ranked #7 in the Fast 55 by Franchise Times – fastest growing new U.S. franchises
 LINE-X applied to new high-tech “small-arms protective insert” armored plate in ballistic vests over 50,000 soldiers in service in Iraq and Afghanistan
 Scott Jewett Named CEO of LINE-X Franchise Development Corporation (LFDC)
 Martin Cortes appointed CFO
 Graham Partners acquired LINE-X from Burtin family
 Awarded Market Penetration Leadership Award for 2004 by Frost and Sullivan
 LINE-X franchise locations surpass 500
 Operations expand into New Caledonia
 Operations expand into Turkey
 Operations expand into Singapore
 Ranked “Number One” Miscellaneous Automotive Products and Services Franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Ranked #16 as “Fastest-Growing Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Ranked #51 as “America’s Top Global Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Earned Franchise 500® rank (#56) by Entrepreneur Magazine

2004

 LINE-X Canada opens franchises in Barrie On, Brampton ON, Edmonton South AB, Medicine Hat AB, Surrey BC, Montreal QC
 Industrial Poly Coatings Inc. signs Sub-master Franchise Agreement for the province of QUEBEC
 Operations expand into United Kingdom
 Operations expand into Nigeria
 Office of Naval Research achieved promising results with spray-on armor applied to Marine Corps Humvees
 LINE-X, in partnership with Bang Racing, competed in Craftsman Truck Series season opener in Daytona, FL
 Travis Kvapil and the LINE-X 24 Truck win inaugural LINE-X SPRAY-ON BEDLINERS 200" NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race at Michigan International Speedway, at Auburn Hills, MI
 Operations expand into Guam
 Operations expand into Panama
 Ranked #38 as “Fastest-Growing Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Ranked #108 as “America’s Top Global Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Earned Franchise 500® rank (#152) by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Ranked #7 as “Top New Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Blast Test completed by New Mexico Tech's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center (EMRTC) outside Soccorro, NM.
 LINE-X signs agreement with Obsession Racing for 2005 Monster Truck season
 LINE-X Toyota Tundra featured in new “NASCAR 2005 CHASE FOR THE CUP” game by EA SPORTS

2003

 LINE-X Canada opens franchises in Abbotsford BC, Cambridge ON, Nanaimo BC
 LINE-X completes phase one of Bomb Blast Protective coating application at the Pentagon
 Ranked #61 as “Fastest-Growing Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Ranked #30 as “Top New Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Earned Franchise 500® rank (#391) by Entrepreneur Magazine
 LINE-X named Spray-On Bedliner of Choice for new Toyota/Yamaha Concept Truck dubbed "The Yamahauler”
 Operations expand into Denmark
 Operations expand into Tahiti
 Operations expand into Mexico
 Operations expand into Malaysia

2002

 LINE-X Canada opens franchises in Sudbury ON, Windsor ON, Wetaskiwin AB, Toronto ON, Regina SK, Oshawa ON, Lloydminster SK, Kingston ON
 Canadian Poly Coatings Ltd signs Master Franchise agreement For Line-X in Canada
 LINE-X awarded Pentagon contract for blast mitigation
 Racing legend Mario Andretti becomes LINE-X customer with applications to trucks and trailers
 Awarded Market Engineering Award for Competitive Strategy for 2001 by Frost and Sullivan
 Nationwide Lifetime Warranty unveiled
 Operations expand into Portugal
 LINE-X sponsors “OBSESSION” Monster Truck
 Earned Franchise 500® rank (#461) by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Ranked #44 as “Top New Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine
 Ranked #31 as “Fastest-Growing Franchises” by Entrepreneur Magazine

2001

 LINE-X Canada opens franchises in Newmarket ON
 BASF acquisition of Burtin Urethane
 LINE-X named the "Official Bedliner" of Four Wheeler Magazine and of the Top Truck Challenge Event
 LINE-X polyurea elastomer coating was the only product approved of 27 tested by U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for Bomb Blast Protection
 Named “Official Bedliner” for Circle Track and Stock Car Magazines
 LINE-X rated in Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies by INC Magazine
 Recipient of the Crystal Award in the Video/Film/Multi-Media Productions category of The Communicator Awards

2000

 LINE-X Canada opens franchises in Courtenay BC and Drayton Valley AB
 LINE-X applied non-skid protection to topside of U.S. submarine for future MILSPEC approval
 LINE-X Sponsors 2000 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
 Operations expand into Australia
 Title sponsor of the Line-X 225 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series Race in Portland, Oregon
 Primary sponsor of Tina Gordon in the NASCAR All-Pro Series
 J.B. Burtin appointed third president of LINE-X, focusing on developing brand image
 LINE-X rated in Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies by INC Magazine
 LINE-X tested by U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory for Bomb Blast Protection
 LINE-X rated in Top 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies by INC Magazine

1999

 LINE-X Canada opens franchises in Viking AB and Ottawa ON
 Scott Jewett joins LINE-X to launch National Franchise Program

 

1998

 Line-X Canada opens shop in Winnipeg MB and Brooks AB

1997

 Central Alberta Polycoatings is awarded the Line-X Distributorship for Canada

1995

 Line-X Shops open in Saskatoon SK and Calgary North AB

1994

 Claudio Burtin named second president of LINE-X
 New license program initiated
 Line-X Shops are opened in Lethbridge AB, and London ON

1993

 LINE-X becomes division of Burtin Urethane Corporation on April 2nd
 Carlos Burtin, founder, becomes first president of LINE-X
 October Line-X is introduced in Canada
 Line-X shops are opened in Red Deer AB, Calgary AB, and Edmonton AB

1992

 United States Department of Agriculture approved two coatings to apply to surfaces coming into contact with meat and poultry food products

1990

 United States Coast Guard utilizes spray-on application for lifeboats and other buoyant apparatus

1988

 Industry’s first spray elastomic coating invented

1983

 Alliances formed with key suppliers: Dow, DuPont, BASF

1982

 Burtin Urethane Corp. established in Santa Ana, Calif.