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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