Sioen Industries is a Belgian

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 textile

Textile

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 manufacturer. The company comprises three divisions; the Coating Division, Apparel Division and the Industrial Applications Division. The company head office is located in Ardooie

Ardooie

Ardooie is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Ardooie proper and Koolskamp. In 2006 Ardooie had a total population of 9,147. The local inhabitants are called Ardooienaren.-Sights:* St...

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History

In 1907 Sioen-Sabbe is founded by Adolf Sioen in Rumbeke

Rumbeke

Rumbeke is a town in the Belgian municipality of Roeselare in the province of West Flanders. It is most known as the location of Rumbeke Castle....

, he is succeeded by his son Daniel Sioen. In 1960 Jean-Jacques Sioen founds a company for producing technical (coated) textiles in Beveren

Beveren

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. His wife, Jacqueline, starts an apparel workshop in 1967 in Roeselare

Roeselare

Roeselare is a Belgian city and municipality in the Flemish province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Roeselare proper and the towns of Beveren, Oekene and Rumbeke....

 for manufacturing heavy duty clothing for industrial use.

In 1977 the company moves to a new site in Ardooie, after it has outgrown its buildings in Beveren and Roeselare. In the 1980s the company expands into other countries such as France

France

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, Ireland

Ireland

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 and Tunisia

Tunisia

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. In 1991 the production plant in Ardooie is destroyed by fire, it is rebuilt in 1993 and employs 600 people.

In 1996 the company registers on the Brussels Stock Exchange and reaches a turnover of 85 million and employs 1500 people. By 2006 the company turnover ahs reached
339.4 million Euro

Euro

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and employs 4687 people in 38 subsidiaries in 14 different countries.

Source

• Vierde Sioen-overname sinds nieuwjaar (Dutch)
• Sioen mikt op Centraal-Europa en Oekraïne (Dutch)
• SIOEN (Dutch)