Production facilities and certificates
Sioen fully owns all its worldwide production sites all over the world. For the full process of designing, manufacturing and testing the garments, production facilities in 7 countries are utilised. Find out more about our production facilities and the certificates.
Own production facilities
The Sioen headquarters are located in Ardooie, Belgium. That’s where the garments are developed and designed by our R&D department and dedicated designers. It is also where they are tested in our in-house laboratory. The quality control takes place in Mouscron at our logistics platform. There are also two distribution centres located in Belgium, one in Mouscron and the other in Ghent.
In France, more specifically in Graulhet, Sioen owns a production facility that incorporates a washing unit. The garments are not only washed and decontaminated, but also inspected and repaired if needed. An after-sales service is available. This facility employs around 20 people.
In Romania, Tunisia, Indonesia and Myanmar, we have production facilities, where the firefighter suits are sewed, the striping and seams are welded and the garments are packaged. We have approximately 350 employees in Romania, 750 in Tunisia, 1400 in Indonesia and 1050 in Myanmar.
The contact details of our production facilities can be found on our corporate website.
Our certificates
ISO 9001 - Quality Management
ISO 9001 is the international standard for quality management. It is a widely known standard in nearly all sectors and it is a benchmark for transparency, reliability and quality.
ISO 14001 - Environmental Management
ISO 14001 sets out the criteria for an environmental management system. It provides a framework that a company or organisation can follow to set up an effective environmental management system.
STeP - Sustainable Textile Production
Sustainable Textile Production (STeP) is the new OEKO-TEX® certification system for brands, retail companies and manufacturers from the textile chain who want to communicate their achievements regarding sustainable production to the public in a transparent, credible and clear manner. Sioen was the first P.P.E. manufacturing company to receive a STeP certification. The audit revealed that Sioen complies with the highest requirements of STeP by the OEKO-TEX® standard level 3 in regard to our structures, processes and management systems.
WRAP - Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production
Our Indonesian production facility Sioen Semarang has received the gold certification, which is the WRAP certification level awarded to facilities that demonstrate full compliance with WRAP’s 12 principles. Being WRAP Gold certified, ensures that garments are being produced under lawful, humane and ethical conditions.
OHSAS 18001 - Health & Safety
Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series. The health and safety of employees is influenced by, among other things, physical strain, physical conditions, psychosocial workload and machine safety. This occupational health and safety management system identifies and evaluates hazards and risks and then reduces them.
BSCI - Supply Chain Management System
Sioen participates in the Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI). It is a leading supply chain management system that supports companies to drive social compliance and improvements within the factories and farms in their global supply chains. Our Romanian and Indonesian production facilities have already been audited.
More information
Do you want to learn more about the Sioen Group certificates?
Sioen has received several certificates on quality, working conditions and sustainability. To learn more about the certificates the Sioen Group has acquired, go to our corporate website. There, you can also download the certificates.