INTRODUCTION TO SIGMA PHARMACEUTICALS
Issuer Code SIP
Securities
Official Listing Date 30 October, 2002
GICS Industry Group
Health Care Equipment & Services
Exempt Foreign? No
Internet Address http://www.sigmaco.com.au/
Registered Office Address 3 Myer Place, ROWVILLE, VIC, AUSTRALIA, 3178
Head Office Telephone (03) 9215 9215
Head Office Fax (03) 9215 9188
Share Registry LINK MARKET SERVICES LIMITED
LEVEL 1, 333 COLLINS STREET, MELBOURNE, VIC, AUSTRALIA, 3000
Share Registry Telephone 1300 554 474 Source: Australian Stock Exchange (2014)
Overview
Sigma Pharmaceuticals Limited (SIP) is an Australia based company with its head office located in outer suburbs of Melbourne city. They
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Church and Leete were made Sigma’s provisional directors with four others.
First objective of Sigma was to manufacture its own proprietary lines for its shareholder pharmacists, which for first two years were manufactured at Leete’s Malvern pharmacy. Just three years after Sigma was established, James Barnes, a chemist from Horsham informed his potential customers that he had been consigned the ‘Sigma remedies’. The concept of manufacturing and distributing proprietary lines to pharmacies was so new that it was described as ‘Sigma movement’. In 1913 company open sales for its non-member pharmacies which lead to wider expansion of company but it halted due to the First World War because of resolution passed by government for not importing anything from the enemy countries. This led to shortage and high prices of raw material. In 1915 two small offices at Walker Street behind the Castlemaine Brewery were opened, a move to help Sigma in wholesaling other company products along with its own products.
Due to the impact of world war company faced the shortage of raw material, pharmacy stocks and cash which aroused the need of restructuring. In mid-1917 old company was liquidated and new Sigma incorporated which allowed the directors to issue more debentures and raise fresh cash. This brought back the company into solid position by 1919 and it bought the ‘Batman’s Chamber’ building on Flinders Lane for establish
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The company’s roots go all the way back to 1973 and the company has since grown to have pharmacies around the UK, but also elsewhere in Europe and even Brazil. It has won a number of awards in recent years.
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The most important strategic initiatives for Sigma are personnel strategies, succession plans and sustainability. Making sure that Sigma personnel continues to be well educated and skilled will help to determine whether the company continues to grow or starts to decline in the long term. Succession of leadership goes along with the strength of the personnel. Once Mike retires, there will need to be a smooth transition of leadership. This transition will affect the entire company from the vision to client relations. If done properly there will only be minimal adjustments and continued growth of the company. Otherwise this transition can be the company’s downfall. Sustainability is another vital issue. With many companies going green trying to reduce their carbon footprint, Sigma must continue to find ways to reduce theirs also. Companies with these environmental
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