1959
The Group takes shape following the acquisition of its first crushing plant to process the local maërl (detached coralline algae), whose special qualities make it the most effective soil improver for acid soils
1963
The combination of maërl and Tunisian GAFSA soft rock phosphate
1971
The first granulation plant opens in the port of Saint-Malo
1976
The feed phosphates business (Phosphea) is born
1976
Launch of the Magnesia (Terresis) animal nutrition business
1979
The Group now has 12 production plants around the world
1984
The first research laboratory is opened in Spain
1988
Start of the Packaging activity
1989
Start of the food industry activity
1997
Expansion in Brazil
2000
The acquisition of a 60% stake in Magnesitas Navarras (Spain) leads to the introduction of refractory products, where the main market is steelmaking
2003
Phosphea opens a production plant in Tunisia, and acquires and begins to operate a calcium carbonate quarry in Billy (France)
2005
Creation of the production process research centre with an integrated pilot plant that is a scale replica of a full-size production facility for use by all our plants around the world
2015
Opening of the Centre Mondial de l’Innovation Roullier in Saint-Malo, one of the few private, multi-disciplinary, central research centres, with the aim of facilitating the development of distinctively different technologies and innovative processes. This 5,000 m2 centre is dedicated exclusively to research, and includes 1,200 m2 of experimental greenhouses designed to replicate the climates and soils of different continents for up to 3,000 plants. Some of its analytical laboratories focus on plant nutrition, and others on animal nutrition
2016
The feed phosphates business changes its name to Phosphea as part of its international development trajectory
2021
TIMAC AGRO expands its presence in the USA with the acquisition of Rainbow Plant Food
2022
TIMAC AGRO builds three new production plants in Turkey, Romania and Argentina
2024
The food industry core business comes together under the single brand of Paticeo
2025
Paticeo’s Derval site is extended to increase its production capacity in support of the company’s international expansion and diversification into the foodservice market
2025
Magnesia changes its name to Terresis as part of uniting entities around a shared development ambition