Company’s history

07.1919- agreement of 35 entrepreneurs for the construction of a match production plant

09.1919 – authorisation issued by the Board of the People’s Council of the Duchy of Cieszyn for the establishment of the Stock Society for the Manufacture of “Silesia” Matches (Official Journal of the People’s Council of the Duchy of Cieszyn No. 18, of 20.11.1919, item 238)

11.1919 – purchase of land for the production of the match company

1920 – 1921 – construction of the Czechowice factory

09.1921 – production of the first crates of matches

1925 – Act (of 15.07.1925) on the creation of a Match Monopoly in Poland

1927 – sale of the Society for the Manufacture of “Silesia” Matches to the Joint Stock Company for the Exploitation of the National Match Monopoly

1939-1945 – factory’s operation under the compulsory administration of occupational authorities

1951 – Order of the Minister of Light Industry of 01.01.1951 concerning the creation of a national company under the name Czechowice Match Manufacturing Plant

1970-1980 – modernisation of the machinery park

1993 – initiation of large-scale export

1997 – implementation of the European standard EN 1783:1997:SAF

2007 – commercialisation of the Czechowice Match Manufacturing Plant and transformation into the “Czechowice” S.A. Match Factory

2010 – implementation of the ISO 9001 standard

2011 – acquisition of the FSC certificate

2011 – signing of an agreement for the sale of shares between the Treasury of the Republic of Poland and PCC Consumer Products Sp. z o.o. as well as PCC SE located in Duisburg

2014 – implementation of the ISO 14001 standard

2014 – change of the factory name to PCC Consumer Products Czechowice S.A.