SIG Combibloc Group

SIG Combibloc Services AG
legal form	Corporation
ISIN	CH0435377954
founding	1853/2001 (Holding)
Seat	Neuhausen am Rheinfall , Switzerland
management	Rolf Stangl ( CEO ) Jean Lemaire ( Chairman of the Board )
Number of employees	> approx. 5000 (2015)
sales	EUR 1.721 billion (2016)
Branch	Mechanical engineering , packaging material
Website	www.sig.biz

SIG in Neuhausen am Rheinfall

RABDe 500 (ICN)

SIG-P228

The SIG Combibloc Services AG (until September 2018 SIG Combibloc Group AG , to April 2009, SIG Holding AG , originally Swiss Industrial Company ) is a Swiss Neuhausen am Rheinfall Canada based industrial companies . Today it only holds shares in companies in the packaging industry .

From May 11, 2007 to March 3, 2015, SIG Combibloc Services AG belonged to Rank Group Holdings Ltd. in New Zealand. of billionaire Graeme Hart . On November 2, 2007, the shares of the then known as SIG Holding AG company of the Swiss stock exchange were Swiss Exchange retired and the company was renamed in April 2009 in SIG Combibloc Group AG. Since then the sole owner has been the private equity company Onex Corporation . Due to the company's new IPO in September 2018, Onex's stake decreased, but it should still be over 50%.

Former products and divisions

Rail vehicles

On January 17, 1853, the SIG was founded by Friedrich Peyer im Hof , Johann Conrad Neher and Heinrich Moser as a Swiss wagon factory . From around 1981, SIG, in consultation with the Schindler Group ( SWP , SWS ) and the FFA, concentrated on the manufacture of bogies and thus achieved initial successes. SIG bogies can be found in many countries. In the 1990s, SIG developed the electric tilting technology of the SBB RABDe 500 in competition with the hydraulic tilting technology of Fiat Ferroviaria . The rail vehicle division was sold to Fiat in 1995. In 2000 she came to Alstom together with the entire Fiat Ferroviaria . Also trams were produced, such as numerous followers after the model of Swiss standard car .

weapons

From 1860 the SIG manufactured weapons. SIG gained fame primarily through the production of the SIG P210 and SIG P220 pistols as well as the assault rifle 57 and the assault rifle 90 of the Swiss Army . From 1970 to 2000, SIG was also the owner of Hämmerli AG , the German gun manufacturer JP Sauer & Sohn and Blaser Jagdwaffen GmbH. This division was spun off in 2000 as SJSW Schweizer Jagd- und Sportwaffen AG (since October 2000 SAN Swiss Arms AG ) and sold to L & O Holding (Lüke and Ortmeier).

Road vehicles

In 1919 or 1921 there were attempts to get into automobile production. Martin Fischer, who previously worked for Turicum AG , developed the first model and sold the design to SIG. It was a cycle car . A V2 engine from MAG was mounted in the front of the vehicle. 82 mm bore and 103 mm piston stroke resulted in a displacement of 1088 cm³ . The wheelbase was 345 cm and the track was 110 cm. The body was made of aluminum and offered space for two people in a row. Only a few copies were made of this model.

In 1928 there was a collaboration with Martini .

Street-legal commercial vehicles with electric motors were built between 1933 and 1953 .

Automation

Between 1988 and 2000, SIG owned the German company Berger Lahr , which develops systems for positioning and automation. During this time, the products of this division were marketed under the name SIG positec . In 2000 this area was sold to Schneider Electric .

Packaging technology

In 1906 the production of packaging systems began. In 2004 Bosch Packaging Technology took over the Pharma , Confectionery and Food divisions.

The German subsidiary is SIG Combibloc GmbH in Linnich.

literature

• Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter SIG.
• Ferdinand Hediger: The history of the SIG electric vehicles. In: Automobile and Motorcycle Chronicle . Edition 9/1981, pp. 12-14.

Web links

Commons : Swiss Industry Society  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of SIG Combibloc Services AG
• Adrian Knoepfli: Swiss Industrial Society (SIG). In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Entry of "SIG Combibloc Group AG" in the commercial register of the Canton of Schaffhausen
2. ↑ Imprint of the SIG Combibloc Group AG website
3. ↑ Organization. In: www.sig.biz. Retrieved July 4, 2016 . 
4. ↑ Who we are on sig.biz , accessed on January 31, 2018
5. ↑ schweizeraktien.net: SIG Combibloc: Passable Debut on the Swiss Exchange , September 28, 2018, accessed on September 28, 2018.
6. ↑ cash.ch: What does the SIG share price mean after the stock market debut? , October 19, 2018, accessed October 21, 2018.
7. ↑ SIG history
8. ↑ Commercial register reports on SAN SWISS ARMS AG  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 1, 2013  
9. ↑ Internet excerpt for SJSW Schweizer Jagd- und Sportwaffen AG in the commercial register of the canton of Zug ( Memento of the original from May 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 1, 2013 
10. ↑ Internet excerpt for SAN Swiss Arms AG in the commercial register of the Canton of Schaffhausen ( Memento of the original dated January 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed April 1, 2013 
11. ↑ ^{a b} Harald H. Linz, Halwart Schrader : The International Automobile Encyclopedia . United Soft Media Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-8032-9876-8 , chapter SIG.
12. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Ferdinand Hediger: The history of the SIG electric vehicles. In: Automobile and Motorcycle Chronicle . Edition 9/1981, pp. 12-14.