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