Group Jansen has acquired the Dutch laboratory furniture company Vinitex.
“This is a new step in our international growth ambitions,” said CEO Nadia Jansen. “By intensively diversifying, innovating and exploring niches, we continue to build a sustainable future for our group, our 735 employees and our customers.”
Unique market position
The CEO of Group Jansen sees Vinitex as a complementary partner. This specialist in the design, production and installation of laboratory furniture is the ideal addition to Jansen Cleanrooms, a niche company of Group Jansen.
This specialist in the design, production and installation of laboratory furniture is the ideal addition to Jansen Cleanrooms, a niche company of Group Jansen
“Vinitex is an established value in the laboratory equipment market segment, in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. In the past, we have already worked together constructively on various projects. Through this acquisition, we are now further expanding our portfolio of projects and products,” explained Nadia. Both Jansen Cleanrooms and Vinitex want to strengthen and expand their unique market position with this new collaboration.
Win-win
The fact that Jansen Cleanrooms and Vinitex share more than just their professional expertise only makes the story of the future even stronger. “We are both family businesses with a similar DNA, the same business model and an absolute belief in the strength and knowledge of our own people . We are therefore convinced that the acquisition is a win-win in all areas”, Nadia said.
With Jansen Cleanrooms & Labs, as a high-performance total partner, we can offer the end user in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany a turnkey formula
Both Mark and Nicole Raaijmakers, the former owners of Vinitex, will remain on board and in their roles as Technical and Commercial Director respectively. Eric Vanhees, as the current COO of Jansen Cleanrooms, takes the activities and team of Vinitex under his wing.
The new 'Jansen Cleanrooms & Labs'
“I look forward to further expanding this wonderful company,” added Vanhees. “From January we will bring Vinitex and Jansen Cleanrooms together under the name Jansen Cleanrooms & Labs. Of course, we will not just abandon the name Vinitex, which is an absolute concept in the laboratory world. Vinitex will continue to exist as a brand name."
"With Jansen Cleanrooms & Labs, as a high-performance total partner, we can offer the end user in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany a turnkey formula. This new cooperation structure is such a good example of sustainable growth, which benefits both companies, their employees and their customers,” Vanhees concluded.
More about Group Jansen
Group Jansen is a family business with more than 50 years of experience in renovation and general contracting (class 8).
The holding company specialises in finishing and techniques based on innovative own products and services. In addition to a general contracting company, the group of companies consists of cleanroom, painting, service and technical companies. There is also its own production workshop for joinery, comfort islands, prefab elements and movable walls.
The activities extend from health & cleancare, pharma, offices, leisure, hotels and retail. To this end, the group employs 735 people at 12 locations in Zonhoven (headquarters), Oudsbergen, Heusden-Zolder, Balen, Herentals, Aartselaar, Mechelen, Brussels, Charleroi, Ghent, Sintra (Portugal) and Sint-Oedenrode (the Netherlands).
The turnover amounts to 235 million euros.
More about Jansen Cleanrooms
Jansen Cleanrooms is a 100% subsidiary of Group Jansen with branches in Zonhoven, Charlerloi and Mechelen. The company specialises in design & build of cleanrooms (turnkey) in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg.
From design/detail engineering to BIM management, from project management to construction, from automation to fine-tuning, from validation to service, for both finishing and techniques. By organising all these services in-house, Jansen Cleanrooms occupies a unique position in the sector. This results in employment for 57 people and a turnover of 30 million euros.
More about Vinitex
Vinitex is a family business with over 65 years of experience in the design, manufacture and installation of its own brand of laboratory equipment. Thanks to an extensive and flexible ranch of products (fume hoods, flexible extraction arms, storage cabinets and lab furniture), the company is able to customise each lab.
Vinitex does this from Sint-Oedenrode (the Netherlands) and Coswig (Germany), with 79 employees and a turnover of 12 million euros.