18 - 12 million years ago:		Boron deposit formed
10th century AD:		First confirmed use of borax in ceramic glazes in China
8th century AD:		Regular imports of tincal (from the Sanskrit word for borax) from Far East begin along trade routes taken by Marco Polo
8th century AD:		First verifiable use of borax by Arabian gold and silversmiths
1702:		First boric acid produced
1790:		Borates discovered in South American Andes
1808:		Element boron isolated
1872:		Company founder F.M. "Borax" Smith discovers borates in Nevada
1881:		Borates discovered in Death Valley
1883:		Twenty mule teams established to haul borates
1902:		Borax Français established
1905:		Borax Benelux acquired
1923:		Wilmington refinery built
1925:		Boron deposit discovered
1963:		Borax NV (Rotterdam) built; Deutsche Borax formed
1967:		Borax acquired by Rio Tinto, one of the world's leading mining companies
1988:		Boraxo/Borateem/20-Mule Team product lines sold to Dial Corporation
1992:		Borax Italia established; Borax Espana relocates to Nules
1993:		Global headquarters move to Valencia, California
1994:		European headquarters move to Guildford, England
1996:		Global operations achieve ISO 9002 certification for excellence in Quality Management
1997:		Company celebrates 125th anniversary; Borax Visitor Center opens in Boron, California
1998:		New sales offices established in China
1999:		Twenty Mule Team's last ride in Pasadena Rose Parade, world's largest parade
2000:		Global operations achieve ISO 14000 certification for excellence in environmental management
2001:		Company forms partnership with Millennium Cell to develop safe, clean fuel alternative based on sodium borohydride
2002:		Chrysler Natrium, world's first sodium borohydride-powered, zero emission vehicle makes pit stop at U.S. Borax's Boron Operations
2003:		Global operations achieve ISO 9001 certification for excellence in Quality Management
2003:		Borax Argentina's boric acid plant begins production