History of IHS

2013

IHS acquires:

• Waterborne Data Services
• Fekete Associates
• Energy Publishing

2012

IHS acquires:

• Dodson Data Systems
• Exclusive Analysis
• Invention Machine
• GlobalSpec
• CyberRegs
• XeDAR Inc
• BDW Automotive GmbH
• IMS Research
• DisplayBank
• PartMiner CAPS
• Hild Technology Services

2011

IHS acquires:

• Purvin & Gertz, Inc.
• Seismic Micro-Technology
• Chemical Market Associates, Inc.
• CSM South America
• IHS EIATRACK
• Dyadem
• ODS-Petrodata

2010

IHS acquires:

• Emerging Energy Research
• CSM Worldwide
• Quantitative Micro Software (QMS)
• Chemical and Energy Products from Access Intelligence LLC
• Atrion International Inc.
• Syntex Management Systems Inc.
• iSuppli Corporation (includes Screen Digest)

2009

IHS celebrates 50 year anniversary

IHS acquires

• Remaining 49 percent of assets in Lloyd's Register-Fairplay (LRF)
• LogTech Canada
• Environmental Support Solutions (ESS)
• Prómiere, a service segment of Avnet, Inc.

2008

IHS acquires:

• Global Insight, Inc., a recognized leader in provider the most comprehensive global macroeconomic information, analysis and consulting services to corporations, financial institutions and governments around the world. The Global Insight acquisition – the largest acquisition to date – establishes economic forecasting and market outlook as core IHS competencies.
• JFA International
• Dolphin Software
• Environmental Software Providers (ESP)
• 50 percent of assets in Lloyd's Register-Fairplay (LRF)
• Divestco USA, Inc.
• Prime Publications, Limited
• Documental Solutions
• Reservoir Visualization

2007

IHS acquires:

• Exploration Data Services of Gulf Coast (EDS)
• PCNAlert, Inc.
• GDS
• RapiData
• Geological Consulting Services
• Environmax
• Jane’s Information Group. With more than 100 years of experience, Jane’s holds an unrivaled reputation for the reliability, accuracy and impartiality of information and advice, trusted and relied upon by business, government and military decision-makers worldwide.
• John S. Herold, Inc., founded in 1948, as an independent research firm specializing in the analysis of companies, transactions and trends in the global energy industry.
• SDG Oil & Gas
• McCloskey Group

2006

IHS acquires:

• CRC (Construction Research Consulting)
• Assets of geoPLUS
• CHD-Canadian
• Nixon Digital Logs

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 acquires:

• Content and Data Services Business from i2 Technologies, Inc. 
• ATP (American Technical Publishing)
• Jebco
• TerraBase
• Mapit

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

2004

Information Handling Services becomes IHS, Inc.

IHS acquires:

• Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) which was founded in 1983 by Dr. Daniel Yergin, as a leading advisor to international energy companies, governments, financial institutions and technology providers 
• USA Information Services, Inc.

2003

Information Handling Services acquires

• Petroleum Limited (PL)
• GeoFluids Data and Software

2001

Information Handling Services acquires Petroleum Data Services Division and Accumap Enerdata from QC Data 

1999

IHS formed as holding company for new subsidiaries

IHS expands into other markets, including regulatory and international 

1998

 Information Handling Services acquires:

• MAI Consultants
• IEDS

1997

Information Handling Services acquires:

• PI/Dwights
• Engineering Resource Center
• Engineering Sciences Data Units (ESDU)

Information Handling Services launches Engineering Resource Center, introducing several engineering databases in one centralized location online, paving the way to develop the majority of its products as online solutions

1996 

Information Handling Services acquires Petroconsultants S.A.

Petroleum Information (PI) and Dwights LLC. Merge

1995

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

1988

Information Handling Services produces nearly three million feet of microfilm and is recognized as the world’s largest commercial producer of microfilm products

1985 

Flagship VSMF continues to grow 

Information Handling Services begins producing engineering information databases in electronic format, responding to need for faster delivery as PCs become standard 

Information Handling Services produces a full text CD-ROM database

1979 

Information Handling Services acquires Global Engineering Documents

1977

Information Handling Services acquires Technical Indexes Ltd.

1976 

Information Handling Services moves to Englewood, Colorado

1967 

Information Handling Services becomes part of the Indian Head Company, founded in 1953, a broadly diversified company in metal and automotive products, producing glass containers, information technology systems and a wide variety of specialty textiles.

1959

Information Handling Services was founded by Richard O'Brien 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