1938  Creation of the Company
1949  First sales for Exportation :Morroco, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Senegal, Egypt and Iraq
1955  Building of  the first ice tower (production of ice: 30 tons/day)
1978  Creation of FRIGOFRANCE (GENEGLACE), specialized in the design and building of ice     
          generators, creation of a freezing department
1980  Moving out of Matal premisses to Les Sorinières, close to Nantes
1987  MATAL joins GRASSO Group (NL)

1992  GRASSO joins GEA Group (D)

          GEA joins  mg technologies ag (D)
2005  GEA becomes Global Engineering Alliance
2008  Matal s.a. becomes GEA Matal s.a.  

2009  GEA Matal becomes GEA Refrigeration France S.A.S.