1824 |
Johann Nepomuk Reithoffer was officially granted a concession to produce waterproof clothing from woollen fabrics |
1852 |
Construction of a factory in Wimpassing |
1890 |
Initial listing on the Vienna Stock Exchange |
1900 |
The company name Semperit was used for the first time |
1912 |
The Semperit Group is established following the merger of different manufacturing plants |
1920 |
Start of latex glove production |
1985 |
Tire production sold to Continental |
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Restructuring of the company with a focus on four clearly-defined strategic business segments |
1989 |
Founding of the first glove factory in Thailand in cooperation with the joint venture partner Sri Trang Agro |
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Acquisition of a 100% shareholding in the French conveyor belt company SFBT |
1996 |
Start of hydraulic hose production in Thailand |
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First Semperit factory (handrails) commences operations in China |
1998 |
Acquisition of Europe’s largest hose factory, located in the Czech Republic |
1999 |
Opening of a handrail plant in New Jersey, USA |
2000 |
Acquisition of a conveyor belt factory in Poland |
2001 |
Acquisition of a majority stake in an Indian conveyor belt facility |
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Purchase of an Italian hose factory |
2007 |
Opening of a new hose factory in China and transfer of handrail production to the new facilities in Shanghai |
2009 |
Acquisition of a conveyor belt plant in China |
2010 |
Construction of a new examination glove plant in Thailand |
2011 |
Founding of Formtech, production of moulds for gloves production, Malaysia |
2012 |
Acquisition of Latexx Partners Berhad, Malaysia |
2015 |
Acquisition of Leeser, Germany |
2016 |
Expansion of gloves production in Kamunting, Malaysia |