History of the company
![vieille-montagne](/getmedia/56601065-3a44-4d3a-a612-a56d18f5eddd/vieille-montagne.png)
1837
Incorporation of 'Society des mines et fonderies de zinc de la Vieille Montagne
![Creation-in-Spain-of-the-Sotthiannie-Sevilines](/getmedia/983d7e88-db80-43a8-a89d-6c6f634f7fde/Creation-in-Spain-of-the-Sotthiannie-Sevilines.png)
1853
Creation in Spain of the Compagnie Royale Asturienne des Mines
![Incorporation-of-Rubitech,-later-Btech](/getmedia/e1492d71-1e69-4bec-b52d-8879d0e43233/Incorporation-of-Rubitech,-later-Btech.png)
1982
Founding of Rubitec as the exclusive reseller of Resitrix EPDM
![The-Compagnie-Royale-Asturienne-des-Mines](/getmedia/a628f85f-dc83-4714-9e8b-426ed28bab54/The-Compagnie-Royale-Asturienne-des-Mines.png)
1987
The Compagnie Royale Asturienne des Mines and Vieille Montagne join forces to become Vieille Montagne France
![vielle-montagne](/getmedia/9ffbaeb1-dca7-448d-8ed5-7a4f37afb35a/vielle-montagne.png)
1993
Vieille Montagne France joins the Union Minière group and then the Umicore group
![LOGO_IRS](/getmedia/8356bb39-630f-4969-af49-d690a6e38c62/LOGO_IRS.png)
1993
Founding of I.R.S. by Renaat & Francesco Melis
![VM-ZINC_Q](/getmedia/f9248c24-e12a-4ac2-a29d-16d7b6969ecf/VM-ZINC_Q.jpg)
1994
Creation of the VMZINC trademark
![](/getmedia/9e115c9b-8d72-417e-90c2-aca18850c905/LOGO_BTECH.png)
2002-2003
Btech takes over Rubitec
![EPDM](/getmedia/b9b00ed6-6faf-450c-8ac7-92e46892c683/EPDM.png)
2012
Merge of I.R.S. and Btech into I.R.S - Btech, the largest Belgian distributor of EPDM
![VMZINC_LOGO-quadri](/getmedia/8a253b1d-fad5-4238-8937-7cde37f87504/VMZINC_LOGO-quadri.png)
2017
Acquisition of VMZINC from the Fedrus International group
![LOGO_VMBSO_BLUE](/getmedia/7108b75a-2e8c-44cd-a874-ca4aa364c1a0/LOGO_VMBSO_BLUE.png)