When it was first founded in 1918, the SIMON company manufactured components for the clock making industry; it soon also included sheet metal and punched components, mirror mounts, and cabinet shelving in its portfolio of products. In 1938, SIMON created a separate area for manufacturing furniture fittings. The company has been collecting experience in creating functional fittings for many different types of furnishings ever since. SIMON Fittings Technology division has grown continuously, keeping up with quickly shifting trends in the home, bath, bedroom, and office areas. Since its inception, it has equipped generation upon generation of furniture pieces with opening and closing systems.
SIMON Beschlagtechnik prides itself on keeping up to date with the latest developments in the furniture industry. The PUSHLATCH series, for example, was developed in response to a new trend in home furnishing design: simple and clean furniture fronts are modern, no matter whether they're cabinet doors or drawer systems for chests, kitchen cabinets, or furnishings for the living room or bedroom. SIMON PUSHLATCH solution is easy to screw in or integrate into drawer systems or cabinet doors. The system fits standard hole dimensions, 28 and 37 mm, typically used in cabinet systems. The spring is specially secured against popping out of place and is also child-safe, since no individual components can come out.
SIMON develop and construct all their systems in-house, using modern technical tools like CAD, FEM, and rapid prototyping. Their own tooling shop includes a high-performance, modern development department with comprehensive experience in all of the different processing areas on offer, for instance tools for plastic injection moulding. The company’s automated assembly area uses the most modern technology available. SIMON completes a 100% inspection of all of their series products in-house, assembly and testing equipment is developed and built internally.
SD Products is proud to be the first official UK distributor for SIMON, we consider this partnership an important step forward as we continue grow our presence in the motion technologies market.
