History of the company
1837
Incorporation of 'Society des mines et fonderies de zinc de la Vieille Montagne
1853
Creation in Spain of the Compagnie Royale Asturienne des Mines
1982
Founding of Rubitec as the exclusive reseller of Resitrix EPDM
1987
The Compagnie Royale Asturienne des Mines and Vieille Montagne join forces to become Vieille Montagne France
1993
Vieille Montagne France joins the Union Minière group and then the Umicore group
1993
Founding of I.R.S. by Renaat & Francesco Melis
1994
Creation of the VMZINC trademark
2002-2003
Btech takes over Rubitec
2012
Merge of I.R.S. and Btech into I.R.S - Btech, the largest Belgian distributor of EPDM
2017
Acquisition of VMZINC from the Fedrus International group
