Information Handling Services (IHS) "was founded in 1959 as Information Handling Services to provide information for aerospace engineers through microfilm databases".
In 2023, S&P Global announced that it sold its engineering division, including the original IHS, to KKR & Co. The business was renamed Accuris.
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