| 1983 |
Foundation of Société Industrielle
Liégeoise des Oxydes (SILOX), a company producing and selling
zinc oxides. |
| 1997 |
SILOX acquires the Canadian company Hydro Technologies (Canada)
Inc. (HTCI), which produces zinc oxide and liquid sodium hydrosulphite-based
bleaching agents. |
| 1998 |
SILOX acquires the French company Société Nouvelle
des Couleurs Zinciques (SNCZ), the world leader in anti-corrosion
pigments and, specifically, zinc phosphates and strontium chromates. |
| 2001 |
SILOX acquires Transpek-SILOX Industry Ltd. (TSIL), a company
with four factories in India producing zinc dust and zinc oxides,
sodium and zinc sulphoxylates, sodium hydrosulphite and liquid
SO2. |
| 2002 |
SILOX acquires
Prayon's sodium hydrosulphite and sulphur dioxide business. |
| 2002 |
SILOX acquires Brussels-based Jean Goldschmidt International
(JGI), and, indirectly, its subsidiaries Hydrometal in Engis, and
Metals & Residues in The Netherlands. JGI trades in complex
residues of non-ferrous metals and processes and recycles them
using hydrometallurgy. |
| 2003 |
SILOX reaches an agreement with Clariant UK to acquire several
of its sodium hydrosulphite business assets. SILOX UK is established
and incorporates Clariant UK's Technical Service Team. |
