| 1986 |
| Static Control Components is founded in the basement of Ed Swartz’s home in Sanford, North Carolina, USA. Established as a distributor/ manufacturer of customised electrostatic protection packaging products. |
| 1987 |
| Santronics, sister company of Static Control, begins in-house manufacture of original AC Voltage Sensor. |
| 1988 |
| Production of electrostatic bags starts. The company begins shipping toner cartridge packaging products. |
| 1989 |
| The company is organised into three business units: Electro Static Discharge Division (packaging products); imaging Division (toner cartridge products); and Santronics (AC Voltage Sensor). |
| 1994 |
| The European office is established by Steve Weedon, CEO of Static Control Components (Europe) Ltd. |
| 1995 |
| ESD Division in Europe is consolidated into a separate department, headed by Phillip Fowler. |
| 1997 |
| A sales office is opened in Belgium. The company is awarded ISO 9002 accreditation. |
| 1998 |
| Static Control embarks on the development of products for colour toner cartridges. |
| 2000 |
| The FastTrack Supplies programme, supplying finished cartridges to remanufacturers, is launched. Static Control is awarded ISO 14001 accreditation. |
| 2002 |
| Static Control launches its first smartek chip. |
| 2003 |
| Static Control Components (Europe) Ltd wins the Queen’s Award for International Trade. |
| 2004 |
| The US 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favour of Static Control in the lawsuit brought by Lexmark. |
| 2005 |
| A warehouse facility is opened in Johannesburg in South Africa. The company forms a distribution partnership in Dubai, UAE. |
| 2006 |
| Recognising Static Control as the technology leader in this field, 3M® Corporation purchases the ESD Division. |
| 2007 |
| An overwhelming jury verdict affirms Static Control’s right to sell Lexmark® chips. |
| 2008 |
| Introduction of the revolutionary CTL Replenishment System™ allowing customers to reuse OEM and aftermarket drums. More than 1,000 remanufacturers now use this system. |