1959

IHS founded as a provider of product catalog databases on microfilm for aerospace engineers

Flagship product VSMF (Vendor Specs Microfilm File) indexed to locate information quickly and produced on microfilm to conserve space that was generally occupied by libraries of hard documents

1985

Flagship VSMF continues to grow

Meanwhile, IHS begins producing engineering information databases in electronic format, responding to need for faster delivery, as PC’s become standard

IHS produces a full text CD-ROM database

1988

IHS produces nearly three million feet of microfilm – and is recognized as the world’s largest commercial producer of microfilm products

1995

IHS begins marketing Internet versions of its information databases, making products easily accessible and easily “update-able”

1997

IHS launches Engineering Resource Center, introducing several engineering databases in one centralized location on the Internet, paving the way for the Company to develop the majority of its products as Internet solutions

1999

IHS formed as holding company for new subsidiaries

IHS expands into other markets, including regulatory and international

2004

IHS acquires Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA)

2005

45 years strong, IHS Inc. is a leading worldwide provider of information products, solutions and services, incorporating technical standards, regulations, parts and design guides

IHS becomes a publicly traded company (NYSE: IHS)

IHS builds on the heritage of "information" to integrate critical information and intuitive software and analysis

2007

IHS Acquires Jane’s Information Group

IHS acquires John S. Herold, Inc., a leading energy research company