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Columbus Iron Works makes military hardware during the Civil War.
The Lynchburg Plow Co., (INTERMET acquired its successor company, Lynchburg Foundry Company.) is organized in Virginia. Operations include a captive foundry.
Columbus Iron Works supplies cast-iron pipe for New York's burgeoning Manhattan Island water distribution system.
Lynchburg Plow Co. name changes to Lynchburg Foundry Co.
The Radford Foundry, Radford, Virginia, is purchased by Lynchburg Foundry Co. from Virginia Coal and Coke Co.
Lynchburg Foundry Co. begins shipping castings and pipe used in the construction of the Panama Canal.
Boulder Dam (now Hoover Dam) begins taking shipments of castings from Lynchburg Foundry Co.
Lynchburg Foundry Co. receives the second license ever issued from International Nickel for the production of ductile iron.
Lynchburg Foundry Co. is acquired by Woodward Iron Co., located in Woodward, Alabama.
Columbus Iron Works closes original foundry and builds new plant (now INTERMET's Columbus Foundry) five miles north. New plant begins manufacture of gray and ductile-iron castings.
New multimillion-dollar shell-molding foundry begins operations at Radford plant.
Woodward Foundry Co., with Lynchburg Foundry, merges into Mead Corp., a diversified paper-products producer.
George Mathews and other investors buy the Columbus Iron Works foundry and changes the name of the company to Columbus Foundries, Inc. The foundry went to 100% ductile-iron production.
Lynchburg Foundry Co. opens the Archer Creek plant in Campbell County, Virginia. Original investment is $24 million with subsequent expansions in 1976 and 1978, increasing plant capacity by 25%.
Columbus Foundries, Inc., builds a second plant beside current plant, bringing total yearly capacity for both plants to 65,000 tons.
New $12 million medium-castings foundry is built in Radford, Virginia, to satisfy demand for casting used for construction equipment, heavy trucks and farm equipment.
Columbus Foundries, Inc., buys foundry in Neunkirchen, Germany, from Bendix Corp. Foundry specializes in ductile-iron brake castings.
Lynchburg Foundry Co. is sold to a holding company set up by the owners of Columbus Foundries, Inc. Brings five production foundries and research foundry to Columbus Foundries.
INTERMET Corp. forms as holding company set up by the owners of Columbus Foundries, Inc.
INTERMET goes public with stock listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange trading under the symbol INMT and reported under the abbreviation IntmetC.
INTERMET purchases Northern Castings Co., Hibbing, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania Castings Corp. Both foundries specialize in ductile-iron castings.
INTERMET establishes New River Castings Co. in a joint venture with Ford Motor Co. The company is in the former Medium Castings Foundry, Radford, Virginia.
John Doddridge is named chairman and CEO of INTERMET, succeeding the retiring George Mathews. Doddridge was vice chairman and CEO of Magna International, Inc.
INTERMET purchases lost-foam aluminum foundry in Alexander City, Alabama, from Bodine-Robinson, Inc. This signals a new focus on offering products in more diverse materials.
INTERMET acquires outstanding stock of Sudbury, Inc., a Cleveland, Ohio-based conglomerate, adding about $303 million in sales annually. With this acquisition, INTERMET added significant ductile-iron casting capacity as well as aluminum and zinc die casting.
INTERMET opens Technical Center in Lynchburg, Virginia, to provide advanced design and engineering services to customers.
INTERMET purchases remaining shares of New River Casting Co. from Ford Motor Company.
Considerable ductile-iron capacity is added to European operations with the establishment of a joint venture with PortCast, a foundry company in Portugal.
Additional European capacity in ductile-iron components is added when INTERMET purchases VEGU foundry, located in Eastern Germany.
INTERMET adds significant aluminum die-casting capacity with the purchase of Tool Products' two manufacturing plants located in Minnesota and Tennessee.
INTERMET takes an even bigger step into light-metals casting with the purchase of Ganton Technologies, Inc., and Diversified Diemakers, Inc., adding six aluminum, magnesium and zinc plants to INTERMET's capacity.
INTERMET opens design and engineering center in Troy, Michigan, headquarters to further support automotive customer base.
INTERMET expands Lynchburg, Virginia, Technical Center with testing and evaluation capabilities.
INTERMET reaches the billion-dollar mark, reporting $1.04 billion in sales for the year.
The innovative Pressure-Counter-Pressure Casting (PCPC™) process developed for the production of aluminum suspension components.
Stevensville Plant in full production of aluminum steering knuckle using innovative PCPC™ technology.
INTERMET trademarks new process technologies PCPC™ and Blue Sand™, and new ferrous material MADI™ (Machinable Austempered Ductile Iron).
INTERMET begins production at second PCPC™ plant in Jackson, Tennessee.
Gary F. Ruff named Chief Executive Officer of INTERMET. Retains title of President.
Ruff named Chairman of the Board. Retains CEO title.
INTERMET emerges from a 13-month period under Chapter-11 protection as a private company.
Gil West named Interim CEO and Jeff Mihalic named Interim President of INTERMET.
