| 1864 |
Reduction of furfural to furfuryl alcohol with sodium amalgam |
| 1934 |
Commercial availability of furfuryl alcohol via high, pressure catalytic hydrogenation from the Quaker Oats Company in Memphis, Tennessee. |
| 1955 |
Commercial manufacture of tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, a biodegradable water miscible solvent. |
| 1957 |
Manufacture of levulinic acid from furfuryl alcohol by Quaker Oats until 1972. |
| 1958 |
Introduction of furan resins as binders in the foundry industry with the Furan NO-BAKE process (furan-urea resins) |
| 1962 |
Furan HOT-BOX process for foundry industry. |
| 1971 |
Furan SO2-GAS CURING system for the foundry industry. |
| 1972 |
Quaker's chemical division has built an additional furfuryl alcohol production facility in Geel, nearby Antwerp (Belgium). |
| 1975 |
Expansion of the furfuryl alcohol production facility in Geel, Belgium. |
| 1978 |
Furan WARM-BOX process for foundry industry (modified furan resins) |
| 1980 |
Introduction of furfural or furfuryl alcohol modified phenolic resins as binders in the refractory and carbon industry |
| 1985 |
Furfuryl alcohol as chemical intermediate for the pharmaceutical industry. |
| 1994 |
Incorporation of International Furan Chemicals B.V. in the Netherlands by a group of people who have been involved with the highly specialized market of furfural, furfuryl alcohol and its derivatives for many years. |
| 1995 |
International Furan Chemicals USA Inc. was incorporated in recognition of the North American market. |
| 1998 |
The Belgian Furfuryl alcohol production facility becomes an independent entity - The name of the new company is TransFurans Chemicals bvba. TransFurans Chemicals is leader in furfuryl alcohol production worldwide. |
| 1999 |
Introduction of water-soluble furan resins as binders in the glass fiber industry |
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