Product History

1976	George Friedman conceives the Phillips pin-head design and begins fabrication in the basement of his home
1980	Alaina Picitelli joins her father George Tamperproof sets up shop in Valley Stream, NY Ronald Reagan elected President
1982	Tamperproof moves to its present Hicksville location at 30 Laurel Street One-Way screws are added to the product line
1983	Tamperproof Screw Company is incorporated in NYS Lew Friedman joins the company
1984	Socket Pin-Head screws are added to the product line
1985	Tamperproof expands its office and warehouse space in Hicksville
1986	Tamperproof begins exporting outside of North America Spanner nuts designed and added to the product line Metric screws are added to the product line
1987	Snake Eyes ® is trademarked
1988	Licensed Torx ® security screws are added to the product line Introduction of Tri-Wing ® screws Release of first bound catalog: Buyer’s Guide 91 George Bush elected President
1990	Release of Consumer’s Catalog ‘92
1992	Computerization Bill Clinton elected President
1995	Release of Buyer’s Guide ‘99
1996	Reverse thread Opsit ® Tri-Wing ® screws are added to the product line Addition of Six-Lobe Pin-Head Self-Drilling screws Addition of standard non-tamperproof Torx ® sheet metal screws
1997	Opsit ® is trademarked
1999	Tamperproof acquires its domain site www.tamperproof.com Addition of aluminum break-away nuts
2000	Release of Buyer’s Guide #5 catalog Launch of award-winning “Moments in Tamperproof History” advertising campaign George W. Bush elected President
2001	First website launched September 11 Tragedy seals off Long Island, leaving Tamperproof unable to ship or receive material for 5 days
2002	TP3 ® trilobular recess screws conceived and manufactured in Japan
2003	TP3 ® trademarked
2005	Tamperproof receives ISO 9000:2001 certification
2006	Launch of “Tamperproof: The Proof is in the Name” campaign Release of Buyer’s Guide #6 printed catalog and DVD
2008	Launch of current website which includes shopping-cart format Barack Obama elected George Friedman, Founder, retires at age 88