History of SIMON

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Set up in 1856 by Laurent SIMON under the name “SIMON JEUNE”, the Company specialising in boat and hydraulic mill repairs very soon turned to the manufacture of farm machinery.

Changing its name to “SIMON et ses fils” in 1886, then “SIMON Frères” in 1896, it moved to the current site back in 1906 where thousands of apple crushers, presses and continuous hydraulic presses were made for wine and cider, as well as grape crushers, etc…

Once the first dairy cooperatives came into being in 1890, the Company became interested in industrial butter manufacturing, creating industrial churns, butter machines, and continuous moulds to equip this new industry.

Purchase of SEILA in 1954 marked the start of the new continuous butter machine that was to revolutionise the dairy industry: the CONTIMAB.
SIMON Frères gradually moved on from working in wood to cast aluminium and later stainless steel.

Since 1955, over 1500 of the CONTIMAB, CONTIMALAX, MELANGEURS (mixers) and packaging equipment have been sold to 60 countries on all 5 continents.

In 1992, as part of a diversification process and on the basis of the company’s experience in butter mixing, the MXT continuous mixer was marketed in numerous sectors of the food industry.

In 2000, SIMON Frères was awarded the IPA Prize for innovation for its MXP continuous kneader used for continuous bread dough production.

At the start of 2005, the Company joined the BRETECHE INDUSTRIE Group specialising in the supply of food industry equipment, changing its name to “SIMON SAS”.