Historical Timeline:
1864 - Mr. Moritz Ganzoni and Mr. Barthels start a ribbons manufacturing company in Winterthur, in the North East of Switzerland.
1920 - The company becomes "Ganzoni & Cie". The original building at Grützestrasse 44 in Winterthur still exists, and today holds the Swiss Photography Museum.
1924 - Werner and Paul Ganzoni found GANZONI ST LOUIS in France, near the Swiss border.
1958-1960 - Medical compression stockings development with Dr. Karl Sigg.
1961- Creation of a delivery center in Memmingen, Germany.
1964 - Ganzoni celebrates its 100th anniversary.
1971- Foundation of SIGVARIS GmbH in Vienna, Austria.
1974 - First exports to Asia and Australia
1981 - Foundation of SIGVARIS Do Brasil Ltda in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
1988 - Foundation of SIGVARIS Inc. in the USA and SIGVARIS Corp. in Canada.
1997 - Opening of a production facility in Peachtree City, near Atlanta GA,USA. / Creation of GANZONI France, from the merge between Ganzoni St-Louis and TEF (Textiles Elastiques du Forez).
2000 - SIGVARIS becomes the main brand.
2002 - Foundation of Ganzoni Management AG, SIGVARIS Group Headquarter, in Winterthur, St. Georgenstrasse 70, Switzerland.
2003 - Extension of Ganzoni France production site in St-Just-St-Rambert: new dyeing section and new office buildings.
2004 - Inauguration of the brand new manufacturing plant in Jundiaì, Brazil.
2007 - The new SIGVARIS corporate design is implemented. "Life for Legs" becomes the new motto.
2009 - SIGVARIS broadens its horizon and launches a new line of compression socks for sports (Performance and Recovery socks). www.sigvaris-sports.com.
2010 - Mr. Urs H. Toedtli is the new CEO of the SIGVARIS Group.
2011 - To reinforce the SIGVARIS brand, GANZONI companies in Switzerland and France change their names to SIGVARIS.
