1908 – Officine del Gottardo is founded in Switzerland
1917 – First SyntheticGraphite production
1924 – Acquisition of Officine del Gottardo by LONZA Ltd.
1989 – Stratmin Graphite Inc. starts operations in Canada partially owned by French IMETAL Group
1994 – LONZA G+T is acquired by IMETAL and becomes TIMCAL Ltd.
1996 – Acquisition of Stratmin Graphite by IMETAL
1999 – IMETAL changes name to IMERYS; TIMCAL and Stratmin are combined into TIMCAL Group
2002 – Stratmin becomes TIMCAL Canada; new Terrebonne plant opens in Canada
2003 – TIMCAL acquires the Carbon Black activities in Willebroek (Belgium)
2007 – TIMCAL completes the acquisition of 85% of the shares of the natural processor Baotou Jing Yuan Graphite Co. Ltd. inInner Mongolia (China)
2008 – TIMCAL proudly celebrates 100 years of production in its Swiss plant and begins another century of innovation and excellence
2014 – TIMCAL changes name and becomes Imerys Graphite & Carbon
2015 – Imerys Graphite & Carbon opens a Research & Development Center in Japan
2015 – Sale of the «Lubricants for Hot Metal Forming» business
2017 – Acquisition of Nippon Power Graphite (NPG) in Japan, for the production of anode materials from graphite
2017 – 100 Years of Graphitization Excellence in Bodio, Switzerland