Samson Paper Holdings Limited
HKEx: 0731

Milestones

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)