. please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information . july 2016 ihs markit type public traded as nasdaq info industry information services founded 1959 1 headquarters ropemaker place 25 ropemaker street london ec2y 9ly 2 united kingdom key people jerre stead ceo ihs markit & lance uggla president ihs markit 3 revenue us 1.841 billion 2013 operating income us 198.204 million 2013 net income us 131.733 million 2013 total assets us 5.359 billion 2013 total equity us 1.906 billion 2013 number of employees 8 800 4 subsidiaries cambridge energy research associates global insight jane s information group prime publications limited john s. herold inc. website ihsmarkit.com ihs markit ltd. 5 info information handling services is a company based in london united kingdom . 6 ihs provides information and analysis to support the decision making process of businesses and governments in industries such as aerospace defense and security ; automotive ; chemical ; energy ; maritime and trade ; and technology . the previously announced deal to merge ihs and markit closed on july 13 2016 . 7 contents 1 history 2 supported industries and business processes 3 products and services 3.1 industry information 3.2 technical documents 3.3 custom software applications 3.4 consulting services 4 acquisitions 5 references 6 external links history edit in 1959 the rogers publishing company a publisher of technical news magazines began indexing product catalogs on microfilm . microfilming allowed catalogs to be updated without the expense of traditional publishing . in 1961 when rogers was bought by cahners publishing the catalogs division became information handling services ihs . ihs initially served the aerospace industry . 8 early clients included martin marietta and convair . the united states army missile command micom now a part of the united states army aviation and missile command amcom contracted with ihs to develop a common parts file to be used by contractors designing new products . in the 1980s with the advent of the personal computer ihs added electronic databases and full text cd roms to its delivery methods . in the 1990s ihs embraced the internet by distributing its information products through online databases . ihs also expanded beyond the aerospace and defense industries to focus on the energy industry while continuing to serve the automotive construction and electronics sectors . in 2005 ihs became a publicly traded company nyse ihs and changed its name from information handling services to ihs inc. ihs is classified as belonging to the publications industry . 9 since that time ihs continues to grow both organically and through acquisitions adding additional products and services and expanding the list of industries it serves . ihs nyse ihs and markit nasdaq mrkt announced the signing of a definitive agreement under which the companies combined an all share merger of equals to create a global leader in critical information analytics and solutions on march 21 2016 . based on the closing prices of ihs and markit common stock on march 18 2016 the implied equity value of the transaction was valued at more than 13 billion . upon completion of the merger the combined company was renamed ihs markit and the headquarters moved from englewood colorado to london uk . however certain key operations are still based in englewood colorado . supported industries and business processes edit ihs provides products and services in the following industries aerospace defense and security automotive chemical economics & country risk energy finance maritime and trade technology media & telecom healthcare & pharmaceuticals 10 products and services edit ihs offers four broad categories of products and services industry data and analyses technical documents custom software applications consulting services and industry expertise industry information edit ihs analyzes and distributes information on aerospace defense and security ; automotive ; chemical ; economics & country risk ; energy ; finance ; maritime & trade technology healthcare & pharmaceuticals to customers in more than 150 countries . technical documents edit ihs distributes technical documents such as domestic and international standards developed by standards development organizations sdos such as the telecommunications industry association 11 astm international astm esdu now owned by ihs and the institute of electrical and electronics engineers ieee . regulatory guideline information and documentation including restriction of hazardous substances directive rohs and waste electrical and electronic equipment weee . custom software applications edit ihs develops custom software applications that integrate ihs information databases with their clients in house management software applications such as enterprise resource planning erp product lifecycle management plm consulting services edit ihs provides consulting services across a wide array of industries including aerospace defense and security ; automotive ; chemical ; economics & country risk ; energy ; finance ; maritime & trade technology healthcare & pharmaceuticals drawing on expertise from acquired companies such as cera jane s herold isuppli global insight polk carfax joc and fairplay . acquisitions edit ihs has embarked on an aggressive acquisition program in the last several years acquiring the following companies among others caps computer assisted product selection electronics component database of partminer . 1996 information handling service purchases petroconsultants s. a out of geneve switzerland . this acquisition was the first of many acquisitions to provide ihs with the detailed exploraiton and production databases . petroconsultants s. a. was approximately 350 employees providing details on the worlds oil and gas wells fields basins surveys licensing economics legal fiscal and contractual terms for e and p activity globally . 1997 information handling service purchases pi dwights . this purchase provided the full united states data coverage providing well and production data . this formed a division called ihs energy group . 1998 information handling service purchases mai consultants who provided que tor software and databases to provide detailed costs data for activity around the world . 1998 information handling service purchased ieds a uk based company that had a detailed far east database and research as well as emerging research in other regions around the world . their research and leadership were leveraged in the emerging global integration of research by combined companies . 2001 information handling service purchases petroleum data services which provided detailed log services to the usa data compilation . this provided much more deep data within north america . 2001 ihs purchases accumap enerdata which provides the detailed canadian exploration and production databases . 2003 ihs purchases international petrodata ltd. providing canadian well bore data . 2003 ihs purchases imonitoring from luna innovations which provided real time monitoring of production using cellular technologies . this was later resold to another entity ferguson beauregard 2003 ihs purchases geofluids data and software from rakhit petroleum consulting 2004 ihs purchases cera cambridge energy research associates a company founded by pulitzer price author dan yergin . 2004 ihs purchases central marketing and advantage programs which provided canadian seismic data details 2006 ihs purchases canadian hydrodynamics which provided dst research 2006 ihs purchases geoplus the company that had petra software for doing geologic interpretations 2006 ihs purchases nixon digital data logs which provides log data for south texas 2007 ihs purchases john s. herold who has detailed information on the valuation strategy and performance of over 350 public ally traded companies as well as the most comprehensive transaction database covering the upstream exploration and production . 2007 ihs purchases three north american companies providing interpreted well top information which provides the most comprehensive database of interpreted tops . companies purchased included exploration data services gcs and gds . 2007 ihs purchases rapidata which provided detailed canadian well test pressure and completion data . 2007 ihs purchases sdg oil and gas a boutique consulting group . 2007 ihs purchases global insight the world s largest economics organization serving over 3 800 clients in industry finance and government worldwide with revenues of over 95 million in 2006 and employing more than 600 economists and other staff in 23 offices in 13 countries . 2007 ihs purchases jane s information group a global information provider to the aerospace and aero defense industries and to government agencies . jane s publishes the renowned jane s fighting ships and jane s defence weekly . 2007 ihs purchases mccloskey group a leading coal markets research firm . . 12 2008 prime publications limited which owns fairplay magazine and 50 percent of lloyd s register fairplay limited a leading source of global maritime information . 13 2009 the remaining 50 percent of lloyd s register fairplay was acquired from lloyd s register the division was renamed ihs fairplay . march 17 2010 detroit based automotive forecasting firm csm worldwide ; the purchase price is approximately 27 million . 14 may 5 2010 quantitative micro software developer of eviews for approximately 40 million . 15 september 7 2010 the chemical and energy products from access intelligence . 16 november 2 2010 technology research specialist isuppli and london based media research company screen digest for 95m . 17 april 18 2011 market intelligence company ods petrodata 18 may 4 2011 cmai chemicals industry information csm south america automotive industry information and eiatrack environmental regulation information 19 august 11 2011 seismic micro technology . 19 november 11 2011 energy consultants purvin & gertz . 19 march 22 2012 ims research 20 july 11 2012 invention machine a leader in semantic search technology . 21 july 12 2012 globalspec inc. engineering data specs 22 april 5 2013 fekete associates reservoir engineering software and services company . june 20 2013 pfc energy global consulting firm specializing in the oil and gas industry . 23 july 15 2013 r.l. polk & company owner of carfax ; information and analytics provider for the automotive industry . november 6 2014 displaysearch and solarbuzz . 24 november 11 2014 joc group the journal of commerce the world s leading supplier of u.s. seaborne import and export trade data 25 december 16 2014 infonetics an international market research firm that serves the global communications technology market 24 april 20 2015 rootmetrics an industry leader in wireless network analytics company 26 february 10 2016 opis oil price information service one of the world s most comprehensive sources for petroleum pricing and news information . 27 references edit about us . ihs.com . 2014 09 29 . retrieved 2015 05 05 . https ihsmarkit.com contact us.html https ihsmarkit.com about us.html ihs completes acquisition of rootmetrics . headquartered in englewood colorado usa ihs is committed to sustainable profitable growth and employs about 8 800 people in 32 countries around the world . harden mark 11 july 2016 . ihs markit shareholders ok 13b merger . denver business journa . retrieved 13 july 2016 . http www.markit.com company about markit . headquartered in london ihs markit is committed to sustainable profitable growth . missing or empty title help http press.ihs.com press release corporate ihs markit rings opening bell nasdaq unveils new logo ihs inc. business information profile and history company million services and product jrank articles . companies.jrank.org . 2005 11 11 . retrieved 2015 05 05 . ihs inc class a . nyse.com . retrieved 2015 05 05 . multi client studies and market research get insight on key questions and challenges facing the life sciences industry . ihs.com . retrieved 2015 05 05 . 1 archived november 6 2011 at the wayback machine . ihs acquires mccloskey group a leading coal markets research firm . press.ihs.com . retrieved 15 january 2015 . ihs all news releases ihs online pressroom . ihs.com . retrieved 15 january 2015 . 2 dead link 3 archived november 21 2010 at the wayback machine . access intelligence ihs acquires chemical and energy products from access intelligence llc . accessintel.com . retrieved 15 january 2015 . ihs acquires isuppli in 95m deal . mrweb . retrieved 3 november 2010 . ihs acquires ods petrodata . press.ihs.com . retrieved 15 january 2015 . a b c acquisitions ihs online pressroom . press.ihs.com . retrieved 15 january 2015 . ihs acquires ims research . press.ihs.com . retrieved