Managing partner Bart Jonkman of BlueMind says that it is ‘remarkable’ that the shipbuilding and climate engineering sectors are so prominently represented in the first Fabulous 40 Industrial Markets. Also remarkable is that 15 of the 40 companies were involved in a merger or acquisition.. That high number is not surprising to Jonkman: ‘companies abroad are very interested in takeovers in the Netherlands and many Dutch industrial companies are already owned by foreign companies.’ The PT Fabulous 40 Industrial Markets also indicates that, in 16 of the 40 companies, private equity was involved as investor.
Dutch companies in the manufacturing industry still have plenty of
opportunities for growth. As long as they focus themselves on the
international market. The manufacturing companies that do this will
have the best opportunity for financing by private equity. And
capital is a condicio sine qua non for rapid growth. The strength
of Dutch industrial activities does not go unnoticed abroad. For
example, Micron Technology acquired Numonyx in 2010. A foreign
buyer was involved in approximately one third of all transactions
in the Dutch industry over the past few years. But the Netherlands
are also very welcome in abroad.
Download a copy of our Fabulous 40 – first edition (2011) here.
Ranking maritime companies
1 - Scheepswerf De
Hoop Lobith BV
2 - Veth
Propulsion BV
8 - Bakker
Sliedrecht Elektro Industrie BV
10 - VeKa Group
BV
13 - IHC
Merwede
15 - Kooiman BV
Gebr. Scheepswerf en Machinefabriek
20 - Huisman
Equipment BV
30 - Heesen Yachts
BV
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