Founder-CEO Tim Dawson leads Lauxes Grates into global expansion after establishing an Australian business success story.
With over 2000 distributors Australia-wide and almost 50 employees, the 12-year-old company led by Dawson is taking its award-winning product onto the global stage – now selling in 7 different countries and growing.
“My business success is a result of all the mistakes I made. In former businesses when I was younger, I didn’t appreciate people the way I do now. I kept a lot of secrets and it didn’t serve me well. I was broken when I went bankrupt. Without that bankruptcy experience behind me, I wouldn’t be here,” says Dawson.
Lauxes Grates was established in 2010 with over 1000 product lines. By later focusing on just one product, the company has thrived. This Australian business has come a long way from its original 24 distributors when the decision was made to focus on linear grates, to now being available at over 2000 distributors in Australia and New Zealand, with the product quickly becoming the new market standard.
“We’ve quickly become a popular builder’s choice for durability, functionality and affordability,” says Dawson, who was born and bred on the Gold Coast, and is passionate about basing the business and building the company’s global presence from right here on the sunny Gold Coast.
“People think of the Gold Coast as being a sleepy town – far from it! This is a phenomenal hub for business and we want people to know we’re a local success story.”
With relationships already established in Europe and the US, the global expansion is in full swing. Recently opening a new global headquarters in Ashmore, just 5 minutes down the road from the Australian headquarters in Molendinar, Dawson and his team are gearing up to take this company to the next level and continue building their global empire.
