sia Abrasives Our history Pioneer, pioneer and innovator since 1875 From the start we started and participated in the development of the abrasive. Our company was founded in 1867 - as a chemical plant. Since 1875, we have been manufacturing coated abrasives at the current Swiss site. Back to the future Already a few years after our foundation in 1867, we were able to decipher the trends of the time: The increase in quality requirements of the emerging industrial revolution gave rise to the need to design new tools p. ex. for fine sanding and surface finishing. Realizing this, we started in 1875 in the manufacture of paper and emery cloth. This was a niche market. At the time, we were the only Swiss company to produce coated abrasives. Over time, our company has grown into one of the largest manufacturers in the industry. Strong increase in staff over the past 40 years Il y a 40 ans, sia Abrasives employait moins de 150 personnes. À l’heure actuelle, l’activité Abrasifs emploie plus de 1 300 collaborateurs à travers le monde, dans la recherche & développement, la production, les applications, le conseil clients et la vente. Le fait que plus de 90 % des produits soient exportés dans plus de 80 pays démontre combien sia Abrasives pèse sur les marchés mondiaux. Avec ses propres représentants en Europe et en Outre-mer ainsi qu’un réseau mondial de représentations exclusives, sia Abrasives est proche de ses clients et très actif sur le plan international. Dates clés de l’histoire de notre entreprise 1809 Première formulation connue d’abrasifs appliqués 1875 Première fabrication « mécanique » d’abrasifs appliqués à Frauenfeld / Suisse 1914 Fondation de la société anonyme familiale « Schweizer Schmirgel- und Schleifindustrie AG », Frauenfeld 1999 Introduction à la bourse suisse 2001 Expansion dans le domaine des abrasifs non-tissés avec l’acquisition de la sia Fibral Ltd. (UK) 2005 Expansion dans le marché des éponges abrasives avec l’acquisition de la sia Abrafoam Ltd. (UK) 2008 Reprise de sia Abrasives par la Robert Bosch GmbH 2009 Décotation des actions sia à la bourse suisse 2012 Commissioning of the new Maker 5 production unit at the headquarters in Frauenfeld / Switzerland sia Abrasives Belgium NV SA Z.5 Mollem 580 1730 Mollem (Asse) +32 2 454 00 20 sia.be@sia-abrasives.com sia Abrasives - worldwide Our local partners Find a contact Privacy settings Provider Legal Notice Data protection Sitemap © 2021 sia Abrasives Industries AG. All rights reserved. Privacy settings The technically necessary cookies are set on this website in order to communicate our offers to users. A cookie that retains your current privacy settings is also set (selection cookie). Apart from the cookie which saves your current privacy settings (selection cookie), technically unnecessary cookies and tracking devices serving for example for marketing purposes or for saving user settings are used only if you have previously authorized such use: Allow functional cookies Find out more Allow marketing cookies Find out more When you click on "Save", only the cookies you have selected will be used. In yourprivacy settings, you have the possibility to withdraw your authorization at any time, with immediate effect. Accept all Save Data protection information Company Info