The company is known for being one of handful producing continuous external cladding used for the design and construction of large buildings such as airports and skyscrapers.

Its materials can be found on the Sydney Opera House; the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao; or the London Shard.

This acquisition marks the start to international expansion, first into Singapore and Hong Kong, then to Japan, China, Thailand and Malaysia.

At the end of the 1990s, the company entered the United States, first in interiors fit-out and later investing in the curtain wall market.

In 2018, the United States blocked an attempted acquisition of Permasteelisa by Chinese interior design company Grandland from its Japanese owner on unspecified security grounds.