In 1999 James Gibbs and his family immigrated to from South Africa and brought his injection machinery to Albury NSW. After obtaining Australian citizenship in 2002 he set up Proform Manufacture, Import and Export and developed the well known Scorpion Wall Plug and manufactured other specialised products for the diving industry. In 2010 he moved the manufacturing plant to Moss Vale and he renamed the sales and administration division to Proform Alliance and set up the sales and distribution centre in Caboolture, just North of Brisbane.