Key dates
1963 Patent filed for Reinforced Earth®. |
1964-65 First structure built in Pragnière (France). |
1968 Company "Terre Armée" founded. First major structures built on the A53 (France). |
1969 First load-bearing abutment completed in Strasbourg (France). |
| 1970
Patent filed for the TerraClass® precast concrete cruciform facings. First overseas subsidiary founded: Reinforced Earth in Canada. |
1971 "The Reinforced Earth Company" founded in the USA. |
1972 "Tierra Armada" founded in Spain. |
1976 The company broke the 100,000 m² barrier in terms of Reinforced Earth® walls built around the world. |
1977 First inclined storage structure (USA). |
1979 Recommendations and best practices published in France for Reinforced Earth® structures (SETRA). |
1988 Welded wire mesh facings launched (TerraTrel®). |
1989 TechSpan® arches launched (in Spain and then Canada). |
1992 The company broke the 10 million m² barrier in terms of Reinforced Earth® walls built around the world. |
1998 Terre Armée incorporated into the Freyssinet Group, thereby expanding its product range with Freyssisol®, a process based on geosynthetic reinforcements. |
2005 GeoMega® system launched. |
2006 "Reinforced Earth India" founded. |
2008 "Slaton Brothers" acquired in the USA. |
2009 Soletanche Freyssinet created as a parent company for Soletanche Bachy, Menard, Terre Armée, Freyssinet and Nuvia. |
2013 Terre Armée celebrated the 50th birthday of the Reinforced Earth® patent. |
2014 The company broke the 50 million m² barrier in terms of Reinforced Earth® structures built around the world. |