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Sandler among the top ten nonwovens manufacturers worldwide

17 Dec '11

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Nonwovens Industry magazine ranked the 40 largest nonwovens producers worldwide again this September. Our industry's largest and most important magazine is being read with great interest not only by nonwovens manufacturers but by companies along the entire supply chain – from equipment manufacturers and raw material suppliers to producers of finished goods. Sandler AG, too, is regularly featured in the magazine.
Since the early 1970s, Nonwovens Industry has been listing the industry's largest players, if only on a national scale during the first few years. Since 1989, our company has been represented among the largest European producers. In 1990 Nonwovens Industry published the first international ranking which rated the companies based on their turnover of the previous financial year. Ever since, this ranking has been the editorial of each September issue. Among the companies listed are renowned manufacturers such as Freudenberg, Dupont or Kimberly-Clark as well as Sandler AG. In 2009, we moved up seven positions to rank 13 of the largest nonwovens manufacturers worldwide owing to a 33% year-on-year increase in turnover in 2008. And in this year's ranking, we took yet another important step.

The companies' total sales in 2010 formed the basis for the rating. For firms that do not only manufacture nonwovens, only the sales volume in this business segment was taken into consideration. In order to have a uniform basis of comparison, the sales figures are converted into US dollar. With an annual turnover of 203 million Euros in 2010 – which represents a 21% year-on-year increase – Sandler AG managed to enter the top ten in 2011 and now ranks 10th among the world's largest nonwovens manufacturers. „This result puts us in the highest league of our sector“, says CEO Dr. Christian Heinrich Sandler. „We can be proud of this achievement.“

For Sandler AG, this ranking not only represents a recognition of our success in the industry, it is also a challenge. Because we are no longer just a market participant in our sector, other players look to us, and the capability for innovation, the development as well as the commitment which Sandler has repeatedly demonstrated in our over 130 years, will now be in greater demand than ever. Dr. Christian Heinrich Sandler is looking forward to what is to come: „With our motivated and committed team of experienced employees we will continue to work on achieving our goals. I am confident that we will be successful also in the long term.“

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