Company History
Pilbara Gold NL
Australian company Pilbara Gold NL incorporated.
17 December 1980IMDEX Limited
Pilbara Gold NL changed name to IMDEX Limited.
21 July 1985ASX Listing
IMDEX Limited listed on the ASX.
24 September 1987AMC
Formation of Australian Mud Company.
1988Surtron Technologies and Ace Drilling Supplies
Acquisition of Surtron Technologies Pty Ltd and Ace Drilling Supplies.
1997RTE
Joint venture formed with IMDEX and Rashid Trading Establishment (RTE) in Saudi Arabia.
2001Sale of IMDEX Minerals
Sale of IMDEX Minerals.
1 July 2005Samchem
Acquisition of African based company Samchem.
1 August 2005REFLEX and Chardec
Acquisition of Swedish based REFLEX Group of Companies and United Kingdom based company Chardec.
1 August 2006Flexit
Acquisition of Swedish based company Flexit.
1 May 2007Ace merged with REFLEX
IMDEX finalised the sale of its interest in IMDEX Arabia to RTE. Acquisition of Canadian based Poly-Drill and a 75% interest in Kazakhstan based Suay Energy Services.
1 July 2007Surtron Technologies
Sale of Surtron Technologies.
31 October 2007Southernland
Acquisition of Chilean based company Southernland.
1 November 2007System Entwicklungs
Acquisition of German based company System Entwicklungs.
1 January 2008Suay Energy Services
Acquisition of the remaining 25% of Kazakhstan based Suay Energy Services.
1 July 2008Wildcat Chemicals Australia
Acquisition of Australian based company Wildcat Chemicals Australia.
1 September 2008Minerals and Oil & Gas Divisions
New regional structure implemented and business reporting streamlined into Minerals and Oil & Gas Divisions.
1 July 2010Fluidstar and Ecospin
Acquisition of Australian based companies Fluidstar and Ecospin.
1 September 2010Mud-Data
Acquisition of German based company Mud-Data.
1 March 2011DHS Services
Formation of DHS Services joint venture.
1 July 2011Australian Drilling Specialties
Acquisition of Australian based company Australian Drilling Specialties Pty Ltd.
1 July 2011System Mud Indústria e Comércio Ltda
Acquisition of Brazilian based company System Mud Indústria e Comércio Ltda.
1 August 2011VES
Acquisition of Vaughn Energy Services (VES) by IMDEX's DHS Services joint venture.
1 January 2012ioGlobal
Acquisition of ioGlobal Pty Ltd, ioAnalytics Pty Ltd and ioGlobal Solutions Inc. (together ioGlobal).
1 November 2012VES International
DHS Services and Vaughn Energy Services rebranded as VES International.
1 December 20122iC
Acquisition of 2iC.
1 September 2014Suay Energy Services
Divestment of Suay Energy Services.
30 June 2015AMC Oil & Gas
Divestment of AMC Oil & Gas.
2016Flexidrill
Option to acquire Flexidrill Limited and Flexidrill Construction Limited (together Flexidrill).
January 2018Flexidrill
Completed acquisition of Flexidrill.
January 2020AusSpec International
Completed acquisition of AusSpec International.
July 2020