VAN AARSEN EXPORT AWARD
[BIZ: Panheel, September 17] The award was made for the fourth time, this time by Deputy Jos Hessels of the province of Limburg. This took place on an L1 TV program at Hauzer Techno Coating in Venlo, which won last year. The award brings with it a prize of EUR 10,000 and a piece of sculpture by the Roermond artist, Dick van Wijk. Second and third place receive a check worth EUR 500 for participation and a foreign business trip. Van Aarsen International from Panheel has developed from a small-scale milling company to a global supplier of cattle feed installations. The jury was very much under the influence of the rapid international expansion and of the customer-focus of the company. Van Aarsen supplies 20 European and 16 non-European customers, including those in South America and the Middle East. More than 75% of the revenue of EUR 32m in 2008 was achieved abroad. Around two hundred people work for Van Aarsen, 145 in the Netherlands and 60 in Slovakia. Van Aarsen International was founded in 1949 in The Netherlands, a country with a long agricultural tradition. Through more than 55 years of experience in several industries, Van Aarsen has built up a broad knowledge and wide experience in every area of various process industries and has developed into one of the world’s leading companies in process technologies. The Van Aarsen machines are produced in the Netherlands, guaranteeing reliability and good quality. We couple our combined knowledge and proven expertise with an innovative manner of thinking and working. In this regard, we keep the entire technical process in mind, which can then be adapted to every client-specific situation. This is Van Aarsen’s main strength.
Van Aarsen International BV from Panheel has become the winner of the Limburg Export Award for 2009. Wier Minerals from Venlo was second and Rimas Systems from Beringen was third.
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