1917 - 1960 : Genesis 1917 : Creation of the Tivoly company in Tours en Savoie (France) by Lucien Tivoly 1934 : Drill bit patented TUVA 1940 : "Le Montagnard" Jack 1945 : Manufacture of curved needles 1960 - 1980 : Intern......1917 - 1960 : Genesis 1917 : Creation of the Tivoly company in Tours en Savoie (France) by Lucien Tivoly 1934 : Drill bit patented TUVA 1940 : "Le Montagnard" Jack 1945 : Manufacture of curved needles 1960 - 1980 : Internal development on DIY and hardware markets and industrial supplies 1961 : Jean-Michel Tivoly takes over from his grandfather as Chairman 1964 : First offering of drill bits in blister packs 1971 : "Bleu Noir" Drill 1973 : Single block conical drill TUVA 1980 - 1997 : External growth and development on industrial market 1979 : Acquisition of Deltal 1986 : Floated on stock market 1987 : Acquisition of Perfor and Cogefom 1987 : Creation of TIVOLY SPA, in Italy, a company distributing cutting tools Acquisition of Ardatz Spain 1989 : Acquisition of U.B then Creation of Tivoly Inc., in the United States, a manufacturer of HSS taps, dies and reamers. Launch of TIVOR, TIVAR and TGV drills 1993 : ISO 9002 certification of sites in France and United States 1993 : Launch of "generation X" drill. Tivoly is the first manufacturer to generalise split-point sharpening 1995 : Creation with Ardatz of NECO in Spain, 1st Spanish manufacturer of cutting tools 1996 : Launch of screw tip range 1997 : ISO 9002 certification of NECO and ISO 14001 certification of Tivoly Inc. 1998 - 2004 : European consolidation and development 1998 : Installation of joint ERP (enterprise resource planning) system in France and Spain. 2000 : Development and launch of Sirius solid carbide drill range 2001 : Development of new generation solid carbide end mills 2002 : Tivoly S.A. first French tool manufacturer to be ISO9001 v2000 certified 2003 : ISO9001 v2000 certification of all Group companies 2004 : Development and launch of new Polaris solid carbide drills range 2004 : Acquisition of Triplex Sas