Historical Milestones

  
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
 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
  Acquisition of a 100% shareholding in the French conveyor belt company SFBT
1996 Start of hydraulic hose production in Thailand
  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
  Purchase of an Italian hose factory
2002 Takeover of a factory for vinyl (PVC) gloves in China
2007 Opening of a new hose factory in China and transfer of handrail production to the new facilities in Shanghai
2008 Aquisition of a Brazilian sales and distribution company for medical gloves
2009 Aquisition of a conveyor belt plant in China