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| 1952 |
The company is founded by Rudolf Spring. |
 1965 |
 The company expands into its first own laboratory building
dedicated to the micronizing of diamond powders. |
 1970 |
 Invention of the first stable diamond suspension. |
 1974 |
 Kurt Spring joins the company, which he will lead for
the next 25 years. |
 1987 |
 As the first micronizer worldwide, Microdiamant implements
an ISO 9000 certified quality management system. |
 1990 |
 The companies of the Spring Group are united in the
Spring Holding company. |
 1995 |
 Microdiamant moves to its new headquarters in Lengwil,
Switzerland, more than doubling its production capacity. |
 1995 |
 Invention of GAF (guaranteed agglomerate-free) Liquid
Diamond. |
 1997 |
 Total Quality Management is implemented. |
 1999 |
 Acquisition of the Mypolex polycrystalline diamond business
from DuPont, USA, the inventor of polycrystalline diamond. |
 1999 |
 Third-generation Daniel and Martin Spring take over
Microdiamant AG. |
 2002 |
 Rudolf Spring AG renames to Microdiamant AG. |
 2002 |
 Microdiamant celebrates 50 years of “diamond fever”. |
 2003 |
 Invention of GAF (guaranteed agglomerate-free) process
for water-free, oil-based slurries. |
 2004 |
 Introduction of the DiaBoost CMP additive for CMP
(chemical-mechanical planarization) processes. |
 2005 |
 XP cluster diamond pushes the limits in high-tech applications. |
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