History Applus+

Agbar Automotive is born as the diversification of the Agbar Group in the Vehicle Technical Inspection Centers (Spanish acronym ITVs) business

Entry into the US market, managing to become the leader in decentralized vehicle emission controls in the USA

Applus+ IDIADA's management wins, as it has first class installations and a team of experts in testing, engineering and type approval for the international automobile industry

It defines its strategic positioning and makes many investments such as: Tecinco, Agbar Certificación.

It obtains the management of the LGAI as the base for its technological and international expansion into the certification business

It acquires Vermeulen S.L., creating Applus+ Damage, Surveys & Claims

It acquires Laboratorios Cayacea and ECAL, creating Applus+ Agroalimentario

With the ASCAMM Foundation, it creates, Applus+ Materiales y Procesos Industriales

Applus+ integrates SOLUZIONA Calidad y Medio Ambiente into its structure, becoming the largest inspection, certification and technological services company in Spain

It acquires the Danish vehicle technical inspection company. Applus+ Bilsyn has 113 inspection centers and it performs 1,300,000 inspections a year. Applus+ becomes the world leader in vehicle inspections

It acquires the Dutch group Röntgen Technische Dienst (RTD), leader in inspections of the industrial and energy sector in Europe

It acquires K1, the second vehicle inspection operator in Finland. K1 performs 20% of the inspections in the country

It acquires the US company AutoLogic LLC, the leader in technology services polluting gases emission controls

Different acquisitions in Finland of ITV operators, achieving a network of 45 stations, confirming itself as the second operator in the country

Acquisition of TechnoCentrum CAD s.c.o, a company in the Czech Republic providing product design services for the automobile industry

Acquisition of Vantage NDT, a Dutch company specialized in non-destructive testing

Acquisition of PNDT, an Australian company specialized in the comprehensive management of installations, inspection and non-destructive testing

New Applus+ Shareholders: Carlyle Group (75%) and Caixa Catalunya (25%)

Leader in non-destructive testing in the United Kingdom, MBI, acquired.

JanX Integrity Group - the non-destructive testing market leader in America, acquired.

CTS in France and Ekopol in Poland, specialists in non-destructive testing, acquired reinforcing the company leadership in the sector

It acquires Technico, a Canadian company that is specialized in inspections and non-destructive testing and the business leader on the Atlantic coast of Canada.

It acquires Ambitech, an environmental laboratory located in Madrid.