Odysseo Oceanarium Mauritius.

The Odysseo Oceanarium Mauritius was designed, delivered and promoted by Clear Reef International. This company chose Advanced Aquarium Technologies to manufacture and install all of the aquarium’s acrylic windows and tunnels.).

Business of the Year 2021.

At the 2021 Business Awards on Australia’s Sunshine Coast, AAT was thrilled and humbled to receive recognition as the region’s top Export business, top Building & Construction (Large) business and overall Business of the Year. 

Image: Tim Eldridge, Head of Corporate Affairs & Marketing (left) receives awards on behalf of AAT from Sunshine Coast Mark Jamieson at the 2021 Sunshine Coast Business Awards

AAT Opens USA Operations.

At just under 20,000 square feet, our Houston building provides ample space for acrylic warehousing and USA-based fabrication works while enabling us to service customers throughout North and South American directly from Texas.

Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia –  Corporate Member.

In January we joined the Zoo and Aquarium Association Australasia (ZAA) as a corporate member. ZAA is the peak body and collective voice of leading zoos, aquariums, sanctuaries and wildlife parks across Australasia.

Each year, ZAA members “…connect 22 million visitors with nature, educate 1.1 million students about wildlife, support 629 conservation programs and contribute over $20 million to conservation”.

Xplore Entertainment Centre at the Golden Hall Shopping Centre, Athens, Greece.

Xplore is a 4,500 square meters multi-zone kids edutainment space featuring an 1,200 square meters interactive Ocean section including an aquarium with 2,000 fish, 140 species and 20 exhibits.

Pairi Daiza, Hainaut, Belgium.

One of Europe’s oldest and most prestigious privately owned zoo and botanical gardens launches the Land of the Cold exhibit, featuring a 9.3-meter- long acrylic tunnel plus domes and viewing windows manufactured by AAT Acrylics, installed by Advanced Australian Technologies (AAT).

The Sea Shell, Vinpearl Land Resort, Phú Quốc, Vietnam.

AAT Acrylics signs first order for over 500 tonnes of acrylic with Vinpearl Land’s new Sea Shell marine life experience. Working in collaboration with Legacy Entertainment, out of California, AAT delivered fast-tracked design services allowing the client to continue with their accelerated project delivery time-frame.

Daydream Island Resort & Living Reef, Whitsunday Islands, Australia.

$100 million refurbishment relaunches a stunning tropical island resort severely damaged by a cyclone. As part of the Daydream Island renovation project, AAT installed a swim reef, a 8-meter x 3-meter x 150-millimetre-thick acrylic window weighing eight tonnes and several smaller FRP tank exhibits.

Whitsunday Airport Heart Reef Aquarium, Cannonvale, Australia

AAT designs, manufactures and installs an aquarium located in the Arrivals & Departures lounge of the Whitsunday Coast Airport.

Dolphin Discovery Centre at Bunbury, Western Australia.

In collaboration with lead contractor Perkins Construction, AAT builds and installs 12 Fibre-Reinforced Polymer (FRP) tank exhibits – complete with acrylic panels and a new LSS – as part of a $12.9 million makeover. The Dolphin Discovery has a long history of dolphin conservation, care and education near Koombana Bay.

Relocating Beluga Whales from Shanghai to Iceland – by air.

AAT designs and builds a customised transportation tank to transfer two beluga whales from an aquarium in Shanghai to Iceland, for ‘retirement’. (Read related article.)

SEA LIFE Malaysia Aquarium, LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort, Johor, Malaysia.

AAT begins design work on the Sealife Aquarium project in 2017, and it is completed in 2018.

AAT Acrylics Production Commences

AAT Acrylics commences production of ACRYLITE® acrylic, ending AAT’s dependence on capacity-constrained 3rd party manufacturers.

Cairns Aquarium, Queensland, Australia.

AAT designs and manufactures 40 aquarium exhibit tanks including rockwork, theming, artificial corals, acrylic panels, skimmers and flow ports. The $54 million Cairns Aquarium is dedicated to respecting, protecting and conserving the Great Barrier Reef and the Queensland’s tropical rainforest.

Underwater World, Sunshine Coast, Australia.

John Langmead appointed Technical Operations Manager for Underwater World Aquarium.

SeaLife Sydney’s New Penguin Exhibit.

AAT delivers a new penguin exhibit for SeaLife Sydney, continuing the long-held relationship with Merlin.

Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia

AAT starts 5-year operational contract for 130,000 L cylindrical aquarium at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital, which was opened by HM The Queen 26 October 2011. The two-storey-high tanks provides an engaging and welcome distraction from illness for the young patients.

S.E.A. (South-East Asia) Aquarium, Resort World Sentosa, Singapore.

140 40ft containers of equipment and the world’s largest panel (36.6m x 8.3m) installed at Resorts World Sentosa.

Crocosaurus Cove, Darwin, Australia.

AAT installs the Cage of Death, an interactive, underwater acrylic cage experience exhibit for thrill-seeker visitors. The exhibit becomes Crocosaurus Cove’ signature exhibit and is extensively used for visitor-attraction marketing.

MEGA Shopping and Leisure Centre Aquarium, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Having endured minus 30-degree temperatures, AAT delivers Kaunas Mega Mall Aquarium.