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
