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Developing and investing in new technologies, attracting and keeping the best people, leading markets and competing freely: innovation drives everything we do and has since we started in 1938.
1938
Rolfes family starts manufacturing lead chrome pigments
1970
Production of organic pigment commences
2001
Acquisition of New Heights 390
2005
Annual revenue of R100 million
Acquisition of ChemPoint Chemicals
Acquisition of Eggo Sand (renamed Rolfes Silica)
2007
Black ownership reaches 25,1% Listing on AltX
Acquisition of Leather-Chem
2011
Acquisition of AgChem Holdings
Acquisition of Amazon Colours
Listing on the main board of the JSE
2012
Annual revenue surpasses R600 million
2013
Acquisition of Tetralon Chemical Consultancy and PWM Group of Companies
Acquisition of Rolfes PWM Anticor
2014
Acquisition of AgChem Property
Annual revenue surpasses R1 billion
2015
Disposal: Acacia Speciality Chemicals, Introlab Chemicals
Purchase remaining shares in AgChem Holdings
Black ownership surpasses 50%
Acquisition of Bragan Chemicals
2016
Cessation of production of lead chrome pigments and closure of plant
2017
Back to basics for the group
2018
Re-establishing the foundations to position the group for sustainable growth