Siplec revenues
Billion Euros

Siplec maintains control over the entire import value chain.

Our industry knowledge and local presence allow us to guarantee E. Leclerc’s complete control over its international purchasing.

Our activities are both broad and diversified. They cover most of the product families within the consumer goods area. They cover most of the product families within the consumer goods area.
Siplec’s revenues passed the 6 billion euro mark in 2005.

 

Services

Siplec masters the key industry know-how relating to purchasing, transport and distribution within Europe of mass-market consumer goods:

• World-wide prospecting, mainly in Asia
• Supplier evaluation and selection
• Organisation of air, sea and ground logistics
• Ensuring products' compliance to local standards
• European customs regulations
• Stock Management
• Exchange rate risk management

Siplec also develops some E. Leclerc’s own-brand products. Favoured by consumers, these own-brand products have a substantial strategic value for the Leclerc Movement.

 

International Presence

Currently, Siplec is present in 6 countries: France, Poland, Turkey, India, Hong Kong, China.

Locations Since Activities
Paris 1978 Headquarters - Central Services
Warsaw 1999 Sourcing Eastern Europe
Ankara 2000 Sourcing Southern Europe and Middle-East
Madras 1994 Sourcing Indian Sub-continent
Bombay 2005 Sourcing Indian Sub-continent
Hong Kong 1988 Sourcing Far East
Shanghai 2003 Sourcing China

Our subsidiary Siplec International Ltd. manages the 6 local offices abroad. Some fifty staff perform the market watch, supplier evaluations and order processing functions. Relations within Europe, Africa, South America and Oceania are mostly handled from Paris.

 

Range of activities
Breakdown of sales by activity type (2005)
Energy

88,7 %

9,1 %
Manufactured
Goods
2,2% Food
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Siplec started operation at the end of the 70's trading petroleum products.

The company quickly expanded its activities to importing manufactured goods and foodstuffs.

These last two activities represent between them almost all of our 25,000 product references and present a significant competitive and growth advantage, viewed as essential by our clients (these goods cover the highest sales figures in the consumer goods market).

Their contribution to our overall sales figures, however, remains smaller than our considerable energy-related activities.