Stilon S.A. is the largest producer of textile and technical polyamide fibres, as well as engineering plastics, in Poland. Its products are used by the automotive industry and the electrotechnical industry, to name but a few. During the transitional period of Poland's economy, the Company, first established in 1951, went through a long sequence of restructuring changes- from its early status of a government-owned company, through the status of a company owned exclusively by the State Treasury (1992), its participation in the Mass Privatisation Programme (1995, the Second National Investment Fund), to its present form of a joint stock company, with the controlling interest owned by Rhodia Group, based on French and Italian capital, with the Head Office located in Paris. As early as the beginning of the 1990s, a consistent restructuring programme was initiated at Stilon. Several major changes of proprietary, organisational and financial character were introduced. As a result, the company is now able to provide work for about 1500 employees, with 400 people employed in its dependant companies. In addition to that, over 4000 people, employed in over 60 companies, work in a separate industrial zone, created around Stilon. With Stilon's entering Rhodia's international structures, the strategic position of the company has been reinforced. Stilon is gradually becoming a leading producer in all four scopes of its activity:
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Stilon's activities for the benefit of the employees and their families.
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Our
sales value for 2002 amounted to 478,4 million PLN, with 80% accounting
for export sales. Within Rhodia's sales and marketing system, Stilon
is directly responsible for the Polish market, as well as the Baltic
countries and the eastern market. The company remains the key buyer
of caprolactam from Polish chemical factories in Tarnów and Puławy.
The purchases supplied by the two account for 95% of the total purchase
of caprolactam, and the raw material is earmarked for Stilon's purposes
an for distribution to other factories in the Group. Stilon's strategic
success, enabling its existence in Poland's new economic reality,
would not be possible without the Company's staff. "The new Stilon"
remains a second home for its employees, offering a rich welfare
programme. The Company continues to occupy a central position in
the local community, through a wide external welfare programme,
financing of amateur and professional sport and consistent promotion
of Polish culture. 
New
challenges have forced Stilon to look for a new generation of experts.
That is why Stilon intends to introduce an educational programme,
beginning from 2000 and in close co-operation with Poland's leading
universities traditionally supporting Stilon with well-educated
staff. This will enable the company to hire best graduates, provide
them with additional education in Poland and abroad, and offer many
promotion opportunities to the most competent and consistent ones.
y relaxation centres in Lubniewice and Lipy at reduced
prices. Stilon's retired employees are also able to relax there.
The employees' children can relax at various summer camps (with
the employee covering only 30% of the total cost). The employees
take part in numerous events, such as department sports competitions,
family picnics and winter camps for the children