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Polish Society of Mechanical Engineers and Technicians (SIMP) - an organization of social utility associating engineers and technicians of all specialties and related professions.

History
The beginnings of SIMP date back to 1926, when on 28 June a group led by professor Henryk Mierzejewski led to a meeting of the Association of Polish Mechanical Engineers. In terms of organization, SIMP consists of 48 branches and 25 sections and scientific and technical associations of an industry nature.

Calendar of major events in SIMP
8 April 1926 - Constitutional Meeting of the Association of Polish Mechanical Engineers, at which SIMP was established 13 August 1926 - By order of the Ministry of the Interior, the statute of the Association was entered into the register of associations and unions under number 1617. 19 December 1927 - I General Meeting of SIMP. 5 November 1953 - Decision of the Presidium of the SIMP ZG on the establishment of regional branches of the SIMP. 17 December 1970 - Notarial takeover in perpetual usufruct of the Rydzyn Castle by SIMP. 6 April 1970 - Establishment of the Team of ZODOK-SIMP Personnel Improvement Centres. 1 January 1974 - Establishment of the Team of Centres of Expertise and Organizational and Technological Progress SIMP. 1981 - Celebration of the 100th birthday anniversary of the founder of SIMP, Prof. Henryk Mierzejewski. 1 December 1982 - Establishment of the Team of SIMPTEST Product Quality Qualification Centres. 1 June 1984 - Establishment of the agenda - SIMP Technical Progress Centre. 8 August 1985 - Establishment of an export agency for technical services - SIMPEX Export Centre. 1992 - First franchise agreement signed, beginning of restructuring of SIMPu's business activity. 19 October 1996 - adoption of the Ideological and Programming Declaration of the Association of Polish Mechanical Engineers and Technicians SIMP 2000. November 9, 2001 - Central Jubilee Session on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of SIMP. The celebrations were held under the patronage of Aleksander Kwaśniewski, President of the Republic of Poland. 19-20 October 2002 - The 20th General Meeting of SIMP Delegates took place at the SIMP XXX Castle. 28 April 2006 - Jubilee Session on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of SIMP. Honorary patronage over the Jubilee was taken by Lech Kaczyński - President of the Republic of Poland. During the session, the President of the Office of Technical Inspection presented a certificate confirming the implementation and application of the Quality Management System compliant with the PN-EN ISO 9001÷2001 standard in SIMP. On 8 June 2011, the Jubilee Session on the occasion of the 85th anniversary of SIMP and 130th anniversary of the birth of the founder of SIMP, Prof. Henryk Mierzejewski under the Honorary Patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland Bronisław Komorowski, took place in the Warsaw House of Technology NOT. 30 May 2012 - On the grounds of the Poznań International Fair during the International Trade Fair Innovation - Technology - Machines, the first Mechanics Day was held, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the association of Polish mechanics, which took place in Kraków, on 12-15 September 1912 during the Congress of Mechanics Technicians. 23 January 2014 - the Polish Society of Non-Destructive Testing and Technical Diagnostics SIMP Branch was established at the Naval Academy in Gdynia. 25 November 2016 - in Warsaw's Dom Technika NOT took place the Jubilee Session on the occasion of the 90th anniversary of SIMP. The celebrations were held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Poland Andrzej Duda.

Presidents of SIMPs

 * 1926-1929 - Henryk Mierzejewski (born 6 November 1881 in Radom, died 28 June 1929) - Polish engineer, founder of the Association of Polish Mechanical Engineers and Technicians;
 * 1929-1934 - Czesław Mikulski
 * 1934-1937 - Witold Kazimierz Wierzejewski
 * 1937-1939 - Władysław Kozłowski
 * 1939-1946 - Stanisław Piotrowski
 * 1946-1948 - Ludwik Uzarowicz
 * 1948-1950 - Marian Wakalski
 * 1950-1952 - Zbigniew Muszyński
 * 1952-1953 - Ryszard Gdulewski
 * 1953-1957 - Zygmunt Keh
 * 1957-1961 - Ignacy Brach
 * 1961-1963 - Zbigniew Muszyński
 * 1963-1965 - Sobiesław Zbierski
 * 1965-1969 - Zdzisław Nowakowski
 * 1969-1975 - Sobiesław Zbierski
 * 1975-1977 - Alexander Kopeć
 * 1977-1980 - Kazimierz Oczoś
 * 1980-1987 - Jan Kaczmarek
 * 1987-1990 - Aleksander Kopeć
 * 1990-2000 - Kazimierz Rajzer
 * 2000-2014 - Andrzej Ciszewski
 * 2014-Next - Piotr Janicki

SIMP branches
The statutory activity of SIMP, which focuses on NOT technician's houses and mechanic's houses, is supported by a network of more than 80 business centres carrying out engineering work, mainly in the field of mechanics.

SIMP's branches are located in the following cities: Biała Podlaska, Białystok, Bielsko-Biała, Bydgoszcz, Chełm, Ciechanów, Częstochowa, Elbląg, Gdańsk, Gliwice, Gorlice, Gorzów Wielkopolski, Jelenia Góra, Kalisz, Katowice, Kielce, Konin, Koszalin, Kraków, Legnica, Leszno, Lublin, Łódź, Olsztyn, Opole, Ostrołęka, Piła, Piotrków Tryb.., Płock, Poznań, Radom, Rzeszów, Sanok, Siedlce, Sieradz, Skierniewice, Słupsk, Stalowa Wola, Starachowice, Szczecin, Tarnów, Toruń, Wałbrzych, Warsaw, Włocławek, Wrocław, Zamość, Zielona Góra[4].

SIMP-ZORPOT branches
SIMP-ZORPOT branches (Group of Centres of Expertise and Organizational and Technological Progress) were established in 1974. Within this agenda, the work is carried out mainly by verified and periodically certified SIMP experts. SIMP Valuers and Certified SIMP Valuers are verified and supervised by the Valuers Qualification Committee at the SIMP Main Board, functioning in the Association since 1964. Currently, about 2000 valuers are registered in a computer database. The aim of the Team is to provide technical services related to the scope of the Association's activities to business entities and individuals.

SIMP-ZORPOT branches are located in the following cities: Bydgoszcz, Gorlice, Kalisz, Koszalin, Kraków, Lublin, Łódź, Płock, Rzeszów, Sieradz, Starachowice, Szczecin, Tarnów, Toruń, Warsaw, Włocławek, Zielona Góra.