| Year | Detail |
| 1867 |
Babcock and Wilcox was established. |
| 1884 |
The Babcock and Wilcox Company opens an office in London to pursue overseas business. |
| 1891 |
Babcock and Wilcox Limited was incorporated in Britain. |
| 1894 |
B&W established a Marine Department. |
| 1901 |
The first manufacturing facility opens in Bayonne, New Jersey. |
| 1904 |
B&W acquired the Pittsburgh Seamless Tube Company in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. |
| 1926 |
B&W acquires Fuller Lehigh Company. |
| 1956 |
B&W’s Atomic Energy Division opens a plant for fabricating nuclear fuel elements, cores, and other reactor parts in Lynchburg, Virginia. |
| 1963 |
B&W acquired the Goldie & McCulloch interests in Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie-McCulloch Ltd. |
| 1967 |
Babcock-Wilcox & Goldie-McCulloch has been changed to Babcock & Wilcox Canada Ltd. |
| 2001 |
B&W Vølund acquired DynaGrate technology. |
| 2010 |
B&W completes spinoff from former parent company McDermott International Inc. |
| 2014 |
B&W acquired MEGTEC (B&W MEGTEC). |
| 2016 |
B&W acquired SPIG SpA (B&W SPIG). |
| 2020 |
B&W moves its world headquarters to Akron, Ohio. |
| 2021 |
B&W acquired VODA A/S. |
| 2022 |
B&W acquired Fossil Power Systems (FPS). |
| 2023 |
B&W acquired Hamon Research-Cottrell emissions control technologies. |