1965 |
Founded Samson Company in Hong Kong by Chairman Sham Kit Ying |
1981 |
Incorporated Samson Paper Company Limited |
1989 |
Acquired Computer forms printing company Multiform (HK) Limited, and later renamed as Burotech Limited |
1990 |
Incorporated Shun Hing Company Limited to expand product line and serve broader range of customers |
1994 |
Established Beijing representative office to enter the PRC market |
1995 |
Launched IPO and listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as Samson Paper Holdings Limited
Expanded sales network to Shenzhen, China to support rapid growth in mainland China |
1997 |
Expanded sales network to Chongqing, China |
1998 |
Established company in Tianjin as Sino Development (Tianjin) International Trading Company Limited
Expanded sales network to Foshan, China |
1999 |
Established company in Yantian, Shenzhen as Sky (Shenzhen) International Trading Company Limited |
2000 |
Expanded sales network to Guangzhou, China |
2002 |
Expanded sales network to Shanghai, China Acquired Hypex Engineering Pte. Ltd. In Singapore Acquired United Pulp & Paper Company Limited, Singapore’s leading paper manufacturer |
2004 |
Established a transportation company in Yantian, Shenzhen as Shenzhen High Flyer Transportation Company Limited to develop logistics services Diversified into aerospace hardware trading with the establishment of United Aviation (Singapore) Pte Ltd. in Singapore |
2005 |
Expanded sales network to Malaysia and Wuxi, China to expand market share in Asian pacific area |
2007 |
Expanded sales network to Xiamen, Nanning, Nanjing and Shenyang, China Founded Prospec Pte. Ltd. in Singapore Acquired greenfield paper mill in Nantong, Jiangsu, and named as Jiangsu Yuan Tong Paper Company Limited |
2008 |
Expanded sales network to Qingdao and Hangzhou, China Acquired brownfield paper mill in Shandong, China and later renamed it as Universal Pulp and Paper (Shandong) Company Limited |
2009 |
Expanded the sales network to Harbin, China |
2010 |
Expanded the sales network to Jimo (Qingdao), China |
2011 |
Expanded the sales network to Jinan, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Shijiazhuang, Yantai, Dalian and Changchun, China |
2012 |
Formed strategic alliance with Japanese leading trading conglomerate Kokusai Pulp and Paper Co., Ltd. (KPP) |