ZWIJNDRECHT, Netherlands,
Sept. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group celebrates its 100-year
anniversary in 2024. His Majesty King Willem-Alexander, King of
the Netherlands, has granted the
company the designation 'Royal'. On Thursday 26 September, the
King's Commissioner Wouter Kolff
presented the Royal award to the company.
The award ceremony took place during an anniversary celebration,
held by the international steel pipe and tube distributor at its
own location in Zwijndrecht, with 300 guests from the Netherlands and abroad. The King's
Commissioner in the province of Zuid-Holland Wouter Kolff presented
the award to the Management Board. The Royal designation is only
awarded on the occasion of a special anniversary of companies that
have prestige in terms of nature, size and reliability and occupy a
leading or very prominent position in their field in the Netherlands, preferably with an
international reputation. The company must have existed for at
least a hundred years and have built up a good reputation during
that period.
Peter Rietberg, Chairman
of the Management Board: "We are proud of this recognition of
what Piet van Leeuwen once started as a one-man business and what
has grown into an international, leading company. For a family
business, continuity is one of its most important core values. As
chairman of the management board, but especially as the grandson of
the founder, I consider it a great honor that our company may carry
the Royal designation. This is literally the crowning achievement
of our work, now also visible in our redesigned logo."
Joop Sassen, Member of the
Management Board and CEO: "Van
Leeuwen has grown through innovative entrepreneurship and
the knowledge and expertise that we have built up over a hundred
years. Without our customers, suppliers and international teams, we
would never have been able to achieve our position as a globally
leading pipe and tube distributor. The Royal designation underlines
Van Leeuwen's strength and
stability."
Photo award ceremony is available via this link.
Investments
In recent years, Van Leeuwen has
invested tens of millions of euros in modernizing and expanding its
international network and machinery. This year, a monorail was put
into operation in Zwijndrecht, the largest tube sorting system in
the world with a length of 315 meters. Van
Leeuwen also opened the World Tube Center, an experience
center showcasing the company, its various market segments, and the
broad range of products, services and applications.
On the occasion of its centenary, Van
Leeuwen and its shareholders, the Rietberg family, jointly
established the Van Leeuwen Education Foundation. The Foundation is
committed to promoting equal opportunities for everyone by
supporting initiatives that enable access to quality education.
History
Piet van Leeuwen started trading in steel pipes and iron in 1924
in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands. A
century later, Van Leeuwen has grown
into a globally operating trading company. The first foreign branch
was founded in 1947 in Belgium,
after which the European network was expanded. In the 1970s and
1980s, global expansion followed with branches in North America, Asia and Australia. In the present century, organic
growth and strategic acquisitions have led to new branches and
expansions in the Middle East,
China and Central Europe. The 2019 acquisition of
Benteler Distribution, which doubled the size of the company,
provided Van Leeuwen with access to
important new markets in Europe.
Royal Van Leeuwen Pipe and
Tube Group is an international distribution company
specializing in steel pipes, and pipe and tube applications. The
family-owned company, with its head office in Zwijndrecht,
the Netherlands, was founded in
1924 and is active in virtually all industrial sectors. The Group
has 70 branches spread across 32 countries throughout Europe, the Middle
East, Asia, Australia, and North
America. Van Leeuwen's 2,400
employees have specialist knowledge of sourcing, processing,
project management, logistics and stock planning and work closely
together with customers in its markets. The combination of global
logistics and knowledge of products and customer applications makes
Van Leeuwen a leading company in its
markets.
www.vanleeuwen.com
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