manufacturer . the company comprises three divisions ; the coating division apparel division and the industrial applications division . the company head office is located in ardooie . history edit in 1907 sioen sabbe is founded by adolf sioen in rumbeke he is succeeded by his son daniel sioen . in 1960 jean jacques sioen founds a company for producing technical coated textiles in beveren . his wife jacqueline starts an apparel workshop in 1967 in roeselare for manufacturing heavy duty clothing for industrial use . in 1977 the company moves to a new site in ardooie after it has outgrown its buildings in beveren and roeselare . in the 1980s the company expands into other countries such as france ireland and tunisia . in 1991 the production plant in ardooie is destroyed by fire it is rebuilt in 1993 and employs 600 people . in 1996 the company registers on the brussels stock exchange and reaches a turnover of 85 million and employs 1500 people . by 2006 the company turnover has reached 339.4 million euro and employs 4687 people in 38 subsidiaries in 14 different countries . sources edit vierde sioen overname sinds nieuwjaar dutch sioen mikt op centraal europa en oekra ne dutch textream.be sioen dutch external links edit official website this belgian company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title sioen industries & oldid 735660671 categories clothing companies of belgiumcompanies of belgiumorganisations based in west flandersardooiebelgian company stubshidden categories articles with dutch language external linksall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages nederlandswest vlams edit links this page was last modified on 22 august 2016 at 07 16 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view