FMS migrates the Johannesburg Agent’s Head Office import process to the New Back Office System
Lance Rowan celebrates 25 years with FMS
Justin Davis celebrates 15 years with FMS
Richard Pilkington celebrates 10 years with FMS
Dr. Justy Range celebrates 5 years with FMS
Mario Peters celebrates 25 years with FMS
Carol Trollip celebrates 30 years with FMS
Siya Botya celebrates 10 years with FMS
Lesotho opened a fresh produce market, and implemented FMS commission system solution on the market
FMS migrates the Subtropico Head Office, DW Fresh and Protea Market Agents to new Back Office System
Dave Larkan and Dot Bailey celebrate 30 years with FMS
Deon Craytor joins FMS as COO
Janane O’Reilly celebrates 5 years with FMS
Momelezi Tanana celebrates 10 years with FMS
Christo Raath celebrates 15 years with FMS
FMS is awarded a contract to assist DALRRD with their Risk Assessment for Land Reform Farms and State-owned Land
FMS develops and deploys AgriReg – an agricultural producer registry
FMS installs full trading and payments solution for ZambiaFresh Lusaka Market
FMS upgrades the Back Office System from Pick to Legend for Mthatha Market
Launch of new Ticketing System
Matthew Davis celebrates 5 years with FMS
Nkalimeng Lekonyana celebrates 5 years with FMS
Joburg Market interface to Back Office system upgraded to new interface
FMS and Green Network (GROW) started working on a direct trade solution for the company, tailored to their needs
FMS upgrades the Back Office System from Pick to Legend for Klerksdorp and Cape Town Markets
Janet Pitcher celebrates 20 years with FMS
Ilse Theunissen celebrates 15 years with FMS
FMS office moves from Norvia House in Vincent to Infinity Place Beacon Bay
Founder of FMS, Gunther Johannsen, celebrates 80th Birthday and the main Boardroom is named ‘The Gunther Johannsen Boardroom’ in his honour.
Migration from Pick Sales / Back Office to REFRESH / Back Office for George Market and RSA Market Agents Joburg
FMS upgrades the Back Office System from Pick to Legend for Durban, Pretoria and Mpumalanga Markets
Lance Rowan celebrates 20 years with FMS
Justin Davis celebrates 10 years with FMS
Richard Pilkington celebrates 5 Years with FMS
Dr. Justy Range Joins FMS as Business Development Officer
Dot Bailey emigrates to the UK but remains an employee and continues her duties as a Director
FMS upgrades the Back Office System from Pick to Legend for Pietermaritzburg, Vereeniging, Welkom and Witbank Markets
Mario Peters Celebrates 20 years with FMS
After 3 years of development the new BACKOFFICE system is installed at East London.
Dave Larkan and Dot Bailey celebrate 25 years of service with FMS.
Mooketsi regional market opens and installs REFRESH.
FMS is awarded Honorary Membership of IMASA.
Revolutionary new Web Services product installed at Tshwane Market.
FMS is awarded a 5 year contract with Cape Town Market and installs REFRESH.
Rietpol regional market opens and installs REFRESH.
Sebata Municipal Solutions, a MicroMega Group company acquires a 55% stake in FMS.
Witbank and Garden Route Express markets upgrade to the REFRESH system.
October – FMS move to new office premises.
FMS announced as a finalist for the IITPSA “Employer of the year” award.
REFRESH is installed in Mpumalanga, Vareeniging and Klerksdrop
Namibian markets projects starts
Mpumalanga, Vereeniging and Klerksdrop markets upgrade to the REFRESH system
REFRESH is installed in Welkom, Pretoria and Kimberley
Carol Trollip celebrates 20 years with FMS
REFRESH is installed at East London and Durban
Dave Larkan and Dot Bailey celebrate 20 years with FMS
Gabarone market (Botswana) install the REFRESH
REFRESH is installed at Umtata, Bloemfontein and Springs
Appleco becomes the first site running REFRESH
Development of project REFRESH begins
Mr Mtheza Buya is appointed as Chairman of the Board
In a BEE transaction Sthathu Equity Investments acquire 30% in FMS
Alice Market opens and installs the Freshmark system
BKCOB recognizes FMS with a “Long Service Award” for 16 years uninterrupted membership
Phillipi (Cape Town) market opens and installs Freshmark system
Ugu (Port Shepstone) market opens and installs the Freshmark system
Mpumalanga Market opens and installs the Freshmark System
FMS is recognized as a Proudly South African company
FMS training division opens
Uitenhage market installs Freshmark system
Umtata market is built and installs the Freshmark System
FMS wins the CFI outsourcing contract and opens its Cape Town office
Cape Fresh International outsource the operations and management of the Trading System to FMS
Botha Roodt, Marco and Subtropico agents at Jhb market install the Freshmark System.
The Freshmark system is install at 3 new markets in Botswana – Francistown, Bobonong & Shakawe
FMS co-founded Technofresh (Pty) Ltd with RSA market agents
FMS opens Johannesburg offices
Sees the introduction of integrated off server applications for market agents: Electronic banking, automated faxing, SMS and Document archiving systems
FMS receives Top Solutions Partner Award for Southern Africa from Raining Data – USA
Dave Larkan presents an ICT paper at the World Union of Wholesale Markets
Founding member Mr Gunther Johannsen retires
George market opens and installs the system
FMS guides each and every client without hassle through the dreaded Y2K
RSA market agents the largest on the Johannesburg market install the Freshmark System. The system is adapted to import data from an Oracle system
In a once off project FMS supplies the IT services for the Daimler-Chrysler recruitment project in East London. In excess of 45000 applications are processed in just 6 weeks.
Management buyout of FMS from ITI Holdings
FMS receives award as 3rd best VAR for Pick Systems Africa.
FMS installs the first Linux based system on a market.
North end market in PE installs the system
Dave Larkan assumes role of Managing Director at FMS
FMS is bought by iti Holdings and placed in their Agri focused division – Agrihub
Lobatse market in Botswana install the system
Kimberley market installs the system
The South African Excellence Foundation (SAEF) business performance monitoring model is adopted and implementation begins.
Butterworth market opens and installs the system
King Williams Town market opens and installs the system
Dot Bailey becomes a partner.
Move from original rented premises to “Freshmark House”
Pietersburg market opens installs the system
Founding GOLD member of Fresh Produce Marketing Association (FPMA)
Dave Larkan becomes a partner at FMS
Pretoria market installs and becomes the biggest market using the system.
Nelspruit market opens and becomes the first private market to install the system.
Witbank market installs the system running it on Universe.
Pietermaritzburg market installs the system.
Dave Larkan & Dot Bailey leave ELCB to join Gunther at FMS.
FMS breaks away from ELCB
The East London Market system is converted onto an IBM machine running the Pick RDBMS.
Vereeniging market installs the system
Cape Town market installs the system
Durban market install the system
Welkom market installs the system
Klerksdorp market installs the system.
Bloemfontein market installs the system.
Springs market becomes the second market to install the Freshmark solution.
Port Elizabeth market installs the system.
FMS adopts the Pick Post Relational Database Management System (DBMS).
The new improved integration modular market management system is installed at the East London Market
Freshmark Systems C.C. is registered. Continues as a division of ELCB
FMS installs the first IBM running AIX system on a market.
