Sioen Industries, a leading producer of technical textiles, fine chemicals and high-tech protective clothing, has shipped an entire container of tarps made by a number of its customers to Nepal, which is in need for tarps and tents to provide temporary shelter for the earthquake victims, who lost their houses.

The shelters should be large enough to provide a temporary home for around 10 persons per tent. This requirement was passed on by the company to its customers two months ago, receiving spontaneous positive reactions to that call.

Help offer

Following the company’s appeal for help, its customers from countries all over Europe produced tarps of 6x4 or 5x4 metres with Sioen Technical Fabric.

The company would like to thank Giovanardi (Italy), Trisco (The Netherlands), Bingham (The Netherlands), Zeilmakerij De Jong (The Netherlands), Chanterie (Belgium), ACSA O’Jump (France), Verholen (The Netherlands), Cabanon CGI (France), Schreiber (Belgium), Lemmens (Belgium), Becher (France), Leech (UK), Albers (The Netherlands), Oellerking (Germany), Alpin (Belgium), Van Doorn containers (The Netherlands), Stronghold (UK), SKM (Germany), and many others.

Sioen Industries

Sioen Industries has an extensive portfolio of products and activities, which include spinning, weaving and coating, manufacturing of garments, production of fine chemicals and processing of technical textiles.

Sioen believes that vertical and horizontal integration, diversification and permanent growth provide the company with a major technical advantage and better R&D.

The company’s main focuses are on customised products, high end, specialised products, recyclable/recycled products, integrated features, and intelligent textiles.

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