Information Handling Services (IHS)[1] "was founded in 1959 as Information Handling Services to provide information for aerospace engineers through microfilm databases".[2]
In 2016,Englewood, Colorado-based IHS and London-based Markit merged.[5][6] Jerre Stead was chief executive of the pre-merger IHS Inc. from 2006 to 2013 and from 2015 until the merger with Markit.[2]
On 30 November 2020,S&P Global and IHS Markit released information about a definitive all-stock deal[clarification needed] for around $44 billion, a deal which would be the largest of the year globally, according toDealogic data.[16][17] On September 9, 2021,GlobalData announced its purchase of the Pricing and Reimbursement dataset from IHS Markit.[18] In December 2021, the IHS Markit announced its intention to sell Base Chemicals toNews Corp for a reported $295 million as part of an effort to alleviate concerns about competitive effects.[19] The purchase by S&P Global was finalized on 28 February 2022.[20][21]
10 October 1996: IHS Group purchased oil exploration companyPetroconsultants following the death of its founder and president Harry Wassall in November 1995.[22][23] This acquisition was later followed in January 1998 by the IHS Group acquiring the North American oil exploration company Petroleum Information / Dwights LLC.[22]
18 September 2008: IHS Inc. agreed to purchase the economics forecasting organizationGlobal Insight for $200 million.[24][25]
10 June 2013:R.L. Polk & Company, a provider of auto-industry data including used-car history company Carfax, for $1.4 billion.[26]
26 September 2017: automotiveMastermind Inc., a provider ofpredictive analytics and marketing automation for the automotive industry.[27]
26 September 2017: Macroeconomic Advisers, an independent research firm forecasting the US economy.[28]
3 August 2018: Ipreo, software solutions and data provider in global capital markets.[29][30]
10 October 2019: Novation Analytics, a specialist provider of software solutions, data analysis and advisory services.[31][32]
2019: AcquiredInforma's Agriculture Intelligence in exchange for most of IHS Markit's Technology, Media and Telecoms division (includingScreen Digest).[33]
1 May 2020: Catena Technologies Pte Ltd, a global regulatory trade reporting firm based in Singapore.
