1968: Creation of ORAPI (Office de Recherche et d’Application de Produits pour l’Industrie) ORAPI marketed only special lubricants
1993: Factory built in Lyon (France) and R&D lab created
1995: International division established
1998: Acquisition of Canadian company RELEASALL based in Montreal
Implementation of a strategy aimed at setting up distribution subsidiaries throughout the world
2000 : Orapi Group stock becomes publicly listed
Acquisition of British company PRONATUR and the SPECTRACOLOR brand
2002: Acquisition of the DEGRYP-OIL brand and aerosol packaging technology
Acquisition of the Scandinavian (Finnish-Swedish) company NORMAX
2003 : Pursuit of ICG’s integration in Atlanta (USA)
ICG takeover in Singapore
Creation of ORAPI Italia
2005: Acquisition of Lyon-based companies LUPROTEC and Laboratoires MEYSSOL
2006: Acquisition of the APPLIED CHEMICALS Group entities in Asia (Singapore and Malaysia) and in Europe Belgium, Netherlands, Spain and Norway)
2007: Acquisition of the UK factory GRAMOS APPLIED (Smethwick, Birmingham)
Acquisition of DACD (Valence-France)
2008: Acquisition of CHIMIOTECHNIC (Lyon-France)
Acquisition of Laboratoires GARCIN BACTINYL
Acquisition of the PROVEN Group (Nice-France)
2010: Acquisition of PHEM Technologies (Paris – France)
Acquisition of CREST (Toronto-Canada)
2011: Acquisition of TOP HYGIENE (France)
Acquisition of the TRANSNET brand (France)
2012: Acquisition of ARGOS HYGIENE (France)
2013: Acquisition of Raynaud Hygiène and Caral (France)
2014: Acquisition of Hexotol (France)
2015: Acquisition of Pro Hygiène Service (PHS - France)
2018: Acquisition of Justinesy
2019: Divesture of DACD.
