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BioLab Inc. was established in the USA in 1955 and began as a small family business. Initially it made cleaning agents and disinfectants for the poultry industry. But, Founder/CEO Leon Bloom, soon realised the products could be used for other industries.
As early as 1962, Atlanta-based BioLab had expanded and BioGuard’s pool and spa maintenance products were created. Now BioGuard products are sold in over 500 stores across Australia and New Zealand, making us one of the largest retail networks in pool and spa chemicals in Australia.
Key Milestones
| 1955 | Self-taught chemist, Leon Bloom, founds BioLab Inc in Georgia, Atlanta USA, creating quaternary ammonium algaecide. |
| 1950s | Bloom targets burgeoning USA poultry industry, developing a system to use his algaecide to cleanse eggs and sanitise chicks’ drinking and bathing water. |
| 1962 | Bloom establishes BioGuard range of swimming pool and spa chemicals, creating the 3-step system (sanitise, oxidise, algaecide) to optimise water chemistry. |
| 1979 | Bloom sells his pool chemical business to Swedish chemical supplier, Lonza Group. |
| 1980 | BioLab becomes the leading manufacturer and marketer of pool and spa chemicals throughout the world. |
| 1983 | Swim Chem (BioGuard) launches in Australia. |
| 1993 | BioGuard brand launches in New Zealand. |
| 1996 | Great Lakes Chemical Corporation purchases BioLab from Lonza Group. |
| 2004 | BioGuard Poolside retail stores launched. |
| 2005 | Great Lakes Chemical Corporation merges with Crompton Corporation to form Chemtura. |
| 2007 | BioLab office moves from Melbourne to Adelaide |
| 2013 | KIK Consumer Products (Canada) acquires BioLab from Chemtura, expanding its pool and spa treatment business within the United States, Canada, Europe, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. |
| 2015 | BioLab Founder, Leon Bloom, dies aged 96. |
| 2019 | KIK Consumer Products (Canada) acquires Natural Chemistry Brands, pioneers of naturally-based enzyme technology. |
| 2020 | BioGuard Retail Lynx launched – pool store platform comprising instore water testing, pool servicing app, point of sale and accounting. |
| 2023 | Celebrating 40 years in Australia and 30 years in New Zealand. |
BioGuard Poolside stores are not only run by pool and spa industry experts, they stock the largest range of premium products, including market-leading brands like BioGuard and Hayward.
What’s more, BioGuard Poolside stores offer world-leading innovative technology, with the fastest, most accurate computerised water analysis methods available.
No wonder BioGuard Poolside has been voted Best Pool and Spa Shop by the Swimming Pool and Spa Association (SPASA) each year since 2004. This means you can expect the best products, service and shopping experience in every BioGuard Poolside store.
