1941
Company founded by Olivier LACROIX using the first letters from his daughter’s first and last name to create the company name: GIsèle LACroix
1953
1st plastic basin, 1st advertising slogan:
"Plastique GILAC - plastique miracle" (GILAC plastic – miracle plastic)
1960
Creation of the professional division.
Development of the first high-volume containers.
1969
1st Gilac TV ad campaign with wrestler Cheribibi…
1972
Incorporation of a new transformation technique: extrusion blow-moulding. Launch of a new range of containers for liquids
1989
Colour incorporated into the production process and launch of ranges complying with HACCP standards
1997
Relocation of the factory to the Verdun site (Oyonnax)
2005
ISO 22 000 certificate awarded
2007
Partnership signed with L’Institut Paul Bocuse.
2013
GILAC becomes a French SME once again. New GILAC company founded, only taking on the professional activity of the original company. The former GILAC company, with its Consumer and Gardening businesses, ceases to exist. GILAC refocuses on the conception, production commercialisation of containers especially for professionals.
2014
The original GILAC factory in Oyonnax relocates to a new site in Izernore (01 Ain region).
2015
Installation of the new company headquarters and opening of a commercial agency in Charbonnières-les-Bains near Lyon (69260). The team of multilingual market managers is strengthened in order to promote and distribute GILAC products in France and worldwide (in more than 40 countries).
2016
GILAC celebrates its 75th anniversary. To commemorate its 75 years of bold and impassioned advertising campaigns, GILAC brings its emblematic muse, Gisèle, up-to-date.
March 2017
GILAC obtains a renewal of the 2015 version of the ISO 9001 certification, a token of the company's continued efforts to improve customer satisfaction.
September 2017
GILAC launches its new website with more than 500 product references and the possibility for GILAC distributors to order products directly online.
2018
GILAC expands its bakery range with more than 75 new products including Gilame© scoring knives, dough scrapers, proofing baskets.. 
2019
As part of its approach to CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility), GILAC is putting a huge recycling operation into place, retrieving all of the market’s PE and PP plastic containers that are likely to be replaced by GILAC containers.
2020
GILAC launches the 1st ranges of products in biobased material (more than 20 products)! Biobased material comes from natural and renewable resources instead of limited resources such as fossil fuels. GILAC offers professionals alternatives to the usual materials while maintaining an optimal level of quality, in full compliance with the food safety standards in force.
2021
Extension of the Gilactiv® range including 24 products treated with Sanitized® technology, which protects the product surface against viruses ans bacteria.