1917 First stock sold to Butler employee John Stevens

1939 Applied rigid frame design to Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings by Wilbur Larkin

1945 Appointment of Butler Builders – Advisory council

1969 New buildings products introduced, and BUTLER^® product line evolved into a comprehensive building system

1984 Acquisition of Howmer Architectural Products – now VISTAWALL

1995 Started doing business in China & opened manufacturing plant in Shanghai

2002 Achieved great success in China market & opened manufacturing plant in Tianjin

2004 Acquired by BlueScope Steel & set up BlueScope Buildings Business Unit in China

2006 Continued expansion in China & opened its 3rd manufacturing plant in Guangzhou