Milestones in our history include:

November 1998
Coretech Holdings, Inc. is founded by Doug Martin and Jim Unnerstall

May 1999
Coretech purchases The Vibratome Company, a manufacturer of tissue sectioning equipment used in laboratory research. Martin and Unnerstall's vision: to update and broaden the company's respected, but 20-year-old product line to accommodate an expanding, more sophisticated range of laboratory research needs. The company begins expanding The Vibratome product line with hundreds of new scientific instruments to market to a fragmented audience of M.D.- and Ph.D.-level university researchers.

November 2000
Vibratome's "classic" vibratory microtome is re-engineered and relaunched, the line expanded into a family of five models with a wide range of accessories and ancillary equipment.

January 2001
Coretech acquires a microforge business from Alcatel in France and founds the GlasswoRx Company, which manufactures precision tools used in the production of glass microinstruments.

April 2001
Coretech launches myNeuroLab.com, a vertically focused website that makes it easy for researchers to find everything they need to build and cost out a neurology lab from scratch - including Coretech's own branded products.

May 2001
Coretech introduces a new line of BENCHmarkTM steriotaxic instruments.

October 2001
Coretech introduces a patent pending line of Digital Stereotaxic Instruments.

December 2001
The company's Vibratome division introduces the UltraPro 5000 open-top cryostat for use in cutting frozen tissue in hospitals, universities and research markets.

April 2002
Coretech forms strategic alliance with Histotech of Europe to set up and support all of Coretech's businesses in Europe. The agreement includes complete management of dealer networks, repair services and marketing. The alliance creates a firm foundation for dramatically growing Coretech's European operations.

July 2002
Coretech moves into new corporate headquarters and manufacturing center in Berkeley, Missouri.

August 2002
Coretech signs an exclusive distribution agreement with Medite, a German manufacturer of tissue staining and embedding instruments. The agreement allows the company to compete aggressively in the histology market. Coretech also expands sales into Korea and India through two new distributors-Care BioMedicals, Inc., India and Essence Medical, Inc., Korea.

September 2002
Coretech is named one of the Technology Top 50, a ranking of the 50 leading technology companies in the St. Louis region

October 2002
Coretech introduces new manipulator technologies for stereotaxic instruments with its Deluxe Digital line of products. The new technology helps position the company as the premier supplier of stereotaxic instrumentation.

December 2002
INC magazine names Coretech's web initiative one of 2002's "Killer Applications" of the internet.

October 2004
Coretech launches the next generation Stereotaxic systems that incorporate microprocessor and advanced math algorithms to dramatically change the way Stereotaxic surgeries are done.

January 2005
Coretech announces the arrival of Dr. James McCormick to the company's board of directors. Dr. McCormick takes an active role as a Scientific Advisor on histotechnology tools and innovations.

July 2005
Coretech announce a joint venture called McCormick Scientific with Dr. James McCormick and Bush O'Donnel Equity partners. The new entity purchased the Paraplast product line from Tyco Healthcare.

September 2005
Coretech launches McCormick Scientific to the histology community at the National Society of Histotechnology in Fort Lauderdale.