Above: Kingman were major winners at the 2022 HP ASGA Awards
With more than 100 years of sign writing history, the most awarded sign company in Australia was liquidated within days.
Administrators for WA-based signage company, Kingman Signs, recommended liquidation at the second creditors meeting scheduled held on 5 March.
Kingman Signs operated for almost four decades and the employment of up to 70 employees remains unknown after the company went into voluntary administration on 29 January with John Bumbak from KordaMentha appointed.
In documents obtained by Sprinter, Bumbak told creditors on 5 March they will decide on the future of the business, but “a Deed of Company Arrangement is unlikely given that the company has creased trading”.
Kingman Visual was established in perth at one end of a horse arena at a property owned by Vernon and Dianne Kingman in 1994, but the family roots go back more than 100 years with Frank Kingman who began the family’s sign writing dynasty in 1922.
Kingman was a multi-award winning business taking out more than 55 national awards and dominating the AGSA Awards in 2020 and 2022.
The company claimed over 300 years of combined industry experience with…
