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| 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 | |
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