Our world of plastics
SIMONA AG is a manufacturer of thermoplastic products, with production facilities and sales offices around the globe. Its team of more than 1,200 employees brings together best-in-class expertise and an unrivalled passion for customer service, while its portfolio of 35,000+ items represents one of the most extensive and diverse product ranges worldwide. Annual production exceeds 100,000 tonnes. SIMONA AG is a stock corporation listed in the General Standard of the Frankfurt stock exchange. The company's registered office is in Kirn, Rhineland-Palatinate (Germany).


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Diversity, quality and service
The company's product portfolio includes semi-finished products, pipes and fittings as well as finished parts. The range of semi-finished products consists of sheets, rods, profiles and welding rods. Displaying superior resistance to aggressive chemicals, these products are used for a wide range of applications, with particular emphasis on chemical tank and equipment engineering. Other key areas in which SIMONA's high-performance plastics are used include mechanical engineering, automotive applications, life sciences, structural engineering and advertising.

SIMONA pipes and fittings are mainly deployed within the utility and waste disposal industry as well as in the field of landfill engineering. In addition, our piping systems have become highly sought after as solutions for cutting-edge industrial applications.

Product diversity, quality and best-in-class technical service have been inextricably linked with the SIMONA name for the last 150 years. Beyond our comprehensive range of standardised products, we also develop customised solutions tailored to the requirements of virtually any application imaginable. Committed to excellence, our finely honed logistics and global distribution network ensure that SIMONA solutions are delivered to customers wherever and whenever they are required.  

The principal materials processed by our company include polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), polyethylene terephthalate (PETG), polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and ethylene-chlorotrifluoroethylene (E-CTFE). Additionally, we use a range of specialist materials designed for specific purposes, such as orthopaedic applications.


Delivering added value
SIMONA is committed to an international growth strategy that includes achieving a number of ambitious goals:

-  We want to improve people's quality of life in a sustainable and resource-efficient manner by providing
   high-calibre products and services in a range of different areas, e.g. environmental and energy technology,
   life sciences and the utilities sector.
-  We want to generate global sales revenue of EUR 500 million by 2012, through organic growth
   and acquisitions.
-  We want to penetrate new regional growth markets, particularly in Eastern Europe and South America.
-  We want to position ourselves as a premium supplier within the global arena, while drawing on and further
   extending the unique strengths of the SIMONA brand: quality, diligence and reliability.
-  At the same time, we want to maintain our independence from others, an essential pillar of our
   corporate success.
-  We want to develop our team worldwide and recruit high-achievers from our own ranks and beyond.


Commitment and responsibility
Our success is based to a large extent on the efforts of our high-calibre staff and their unwavering dedication. Indeed, professional development and personal advancement form an integral part of our day-to-day activities – and this applies not only to our employees. We also offer our clients a range of highly targeted training programmes, implemented either at our Technical Service Centre or at the customer's premises.

SIMONA is committed to delivering cutting-edge solutions to address some of the most pressing issues facing our society in the future. Plastics are predestined for applications within the field of environmental protection, energy provision, mobility and water supply. We have formulated a corporate strategy that is targeted closely at these areas of business. SIMONA is a pioneer in environmental protection. For decades, we have been producing PVC sheets without hazardous lead stabilisers. 95% of the waste produced during operations is recycled.

Committed to its social responsibilities, SIMONA supports a number of aid projects, educational facilities and other initiatives throughout the region and beyond. In 2007, Anita Bürkle, widow of Dr. Wolfgang Bürkle, who was SIMONA AG's CEO and later Chairman of the Supervisory Board for many years, established a foundation by the name of "Dr. Wolfgang und Anita Bürkle Stiftung". The shares in SIMONA AG bequeathed to Mrs. Bürkle by her late husband were transferred to this foundation. Its objective is to support and promote worthy causes in the town of Kirn and the region as a whole.


Quality, diligence and reliability
SIMONA has established a track record spanning more than 150 years, built on its commitment to quality, diligence and reliability. Established in 1857 as a leather processing business, Carl Simon Söhne soon evolved into a company of international renown, reaching its zenith in the first decade of the 20th century. However, the two world wars that followed resulted in the total collapse of the European leather industry – precipitating SIMONA into a full-scale crisis. The company sought out new lines of business – and found them in the plastics industry. Since then, SIMONA has flourished and grown, establishing itself as a leading player within the field of plastics manufacturing. Displaying energy and dynamism, we intend to pursue our ambitious goals and meet our customers' exacting standards. Around the globe. With total commitment. And always one step ahead of others.  


Investor Relations
SIMONA AG shares are traded in the General Standard of Deutsche Börse, Frankfurt, as well as in Düsseldorf. Approximately 15% of our stock is held in free float, i.e. by the wider public. We are committed to a consistent and stable dividend policy. For the last ten years, SIMONA shares have been consistent in generating attractive dividend yields.


As at: January 2010