Timeline

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1949
Establishment Industrie- en Handelsonderneming E. van der Lande

location Heuvelstraat, Veghel.

1949
1949
1949
Overhauling looms(1949 onward)
1949
Eddie van der Lande(President & CEO)
1949
1949
1949
Company started as Industrie- en Handelsonderneming E. van der Lande.
1950
Dutch Army (NLD)Rollerbelts for ammunition

cases (1950-1960)

1950
1950
1950
Renamed to Machinefabriek E. Van der Lande, relocation to NCB-laan, Veghel
1955
Landelift type A, B, C(1955-1965)
1955
1958
1958
Product range extended

mobile traffic lights
bag flatteners
spiral chutes
belt curves

1960
Speedlander
1960
1962
Butane gas filling installations (AUT, NLD)
1962
1962
1962
Deltachemie (NLD)
1963
The company became the exclusive licensee of Rapistan

for the full range of Rapistan products for The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg.

1963
1963
1963
Oil Extraction Co. Ltd. (IRQ)
1963
Joint ventures

Joint venture with The Rapids – Standard Company Inc. (United States) and Fenner Limited of HuIl (England).

1963
1963
1963
The company was renamed Rapistan Lande.
1964
Calpam (NLD)
1964
1965
1965
Oil drum palletiser
1965
Albert Heijn(NLD)
1965
1966
1966
Establishment ofsubsidiary in Belgium.
1967
Establishment of subsidiaries.

At the time of the establishment of the companies in France and Spain, the exclusive licenses for France, Spain and Portugal, were transferred to Rapistan Lande.

1967
1967
1967
AmsterdamSchipholAirport(NLD)
1967
Artillerie inrichtingen (Eurometaal)(NLD) (1967-1975)
1967
1968
1968
Verolme(NLD)
1968
Iberia(ESP)
1968
1969
1969
Shell(NLD)
1970
IBM (FRA, GER, BEL, GBR, NLD)
1970
1970
1970
Stadhuis Tilburg (NLD)
1971
La Redoute(FRA)
1971
1971
1971
Relocation administrativeand production facilitiesto the new industrial site’de Dubbelen’ in Veghel.
1972
Establishment of subsidiary in Germany.

Rapistan Lande became the exclusive licensee for Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

1972
1972
1972
Hobo Faam(NLD)
1972
In-floor towline
1972
1972
1972
TRIPLANAR
1975
Pick Car
1975
1975
1975
Large amount of projects sold

Nationale Zuivel Verkoopcentrale \(NCZ) (NLD)
Union (Unilever) (NLD)
Brocacef (NLD)
Hobo Faam (NLD)

1976
TRIPLANAR sorter
1976
1976
1976
Project portfolio grows

La Poste (FRA)
Murtalla Muhammed International Airport Lagos (NIG)
Galerias Preciados (SPA)
Bas den Hollander (NLD)
Heijden Transport (NLD)
Bauer Grossversand (GER)

1977
Colruyt (BEL)
1977
1977
1977
Establishment of a branch office in Great Britain.

Rapistan Lande became exclusive licensee for Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia.

1978
Projects won

Philips (NLD)
NMPP (FRA)
Düsseldorf Airport (GER)

1978
1978
1978
Fenner Limited sold its participation in Rapistan Lande

Fenner Limited sold its participation in Rapistan Lande to Rapistan Inc. and they thereby became a majority shareholder in Rapistan Lande.

1979
Rapistan Inc. was sold to Lear Siegler Inc.

Rapistan Inc. was sold to Lear Siegler Inc. (United States), a large industrial conglomerate and thereby Rapistan Lande became a part of Lear Siegler.

1979
1980
1980
Projects won

Cairo International Airport (EGY)
Office Commercial Pharmaceutique (OCP) (FRA)
Wehkamp (NLD)
HEMA (NLD)

1981
Rein van der Lande (President & CEO)
1981
1982
1982
First highspeed sorter(5000 p/h)
1982
Projects won

Apetito (GER)
Milchhof (GER)

1982
1983
1983
Projects won

La Blanche Porte (FRA)
Portals (GBR)
Hiram Walker & Sons (GBR)
Volkswagen (GER)

1984
Projects won

Securicor (GBR)

1984
1985
1985
Projects won

Littewoods (GRB)
Stavanger Airport (NOR)
IBM (NLD)

1986
Establishment of subsidiary in Hong Kong.
1986
1986
1986
Projects won

Van Gend en Loos (NLD)
Kai Tak Hong Kong(CHN)

1986
TRUXORTER
1986
1986
1986
Lears Siegler acquired

Lear Siegler was acquired by means of a leveraged buy-out by US private equity firm Forstmann Little

1988
Management Buy-out

Rapistan Lande separated from Rapistan through a management buy-out and became an independent Dutch corporation.

Shareholders: NPM Capital 30%, ABN Beurs Introductie Fonds B.V. (ABIF) 26.75%, Management team 24.25%, private investors 14%, Employee’s Trust Fund 5%.

1988
1988
1988
Projects won

DPD (GER)
Bodo Airport (NOR)
Wurth (NLD)

1988
BAGTRAX
1988
1989
1989
Piece Sorter POSISORTER
1989
Projects won

Van Gend & Loos (NLD)
DPD (GER)

1989
1989
1989
The company name Rapistan Lande changed into Vanderlande Industries
1990
Airport de Paris (FRA)
1990
1991
Hoogenbosch (NLD)
1991
1992
1992
VERTISORTER
1992
Compaq Distribution Centre Europe (NLD)
1992
1993
1993
DHL projects won

DHL (BHR)
DHL (UAE)

1994
Hong Kong International Airport (Chek Lap Kok) (CHN)
1994
1994
1994
Oslo Gardermoen (NOR)
1994
Co-operation agreement with Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Japan).
Co-operation agreement with Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Japan). – 555
1994
1995
1995
HELIXORTER
1995
Nike (BEL)
1995
1996
1996
TUBTRAX
1996
Gradual sale of all of the outstanding shares

Daifuku and the shareholders of Vanderlande Industries reached agreement regarding the gradual sale of all of the outstanding shares of Vanderlande Industries to Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Japan).

1996
1997
1997
Acquisition of Gambit GmbH

Acquisition of Gambit GmbH, Dortmund (Germany).

1997
Establishment of subsidiary in South Africa.
1997
1997
1997
UPS (FRA)
1998
Partnership Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (NLD)
Partnership Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (NLD) – 211
1998
1998
1998
TVH (BEL)
1998
Termination of the Share Purchase Agreement of 1996

Daifuku and the shareholders of Vanderlande Industries reached agreement to terminate the Share Purchase Agreement of 1996. Existing shareholders, management and employees will purchase the shares sold by Daifuku.

1998
1999
1999
Establishment of Vanderlande Industries Beleggingsmaatschappij

Establishment of Vanderlande Industries Beleggingsmaatschappij (VIB). Employees and management participate in VIB and thereby become (indirectly) shareholders in Vanderlande Industries.

1999
Bakker Hillegom(NLD)
– 266
1999
1999
1999
Establishment of subsidiary in United States.
2000
First two projects Amazon

First two projects Amazon (GER and GBR). Laying the basis of Amazon worldwide (2011)

2000
2000
2000
UPS, world’s largest air hub (USA)
2002
GamBit GmbH was split into Vanderlande Industries Logistics Software GmbH and GamBit Automation GmbH.
2002
2002
2002
CROSSORTER
2002
London Heathrow T5(GBR)
2002
2002
2002
Peter Gerretse(CEO)
2002
NPM Capital and ABN AMRO Beurs Introductie Fonds bought the remaining shares from Daifuku.
2002
2003
2003
Projects won

Leipzig Halle (GER)
Littewoods (GBR)
Argos (GBR)
Barcelona El Prat Airport (ESP)
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, DTS-D-Pier (NLD)

2003
World premiere, scanning baggage in tubs
2003
2004
2004
Vanderlande Industries Logistics Automated Systems (Shanghai) Co. Ltd. was established.
2005
Shareholders as per January 2005:

VIB 21,81%,
NMP Capital 30,57%,
ABN AMRO Beurs Introductie Fonds B.V. (ABIF) 28,10%,
private investors 19,52%

2005
2008
2008
Establishment of subsidiary in India.
2009
Michiel Peters(CEO)
2009
2011
Amazon (worldwide)
2011
2012
2012
Acquisition of Beewen GmbH & Co. KG(Germany).
2014
The company name Vanderlande Industries changed into Vanderlande.
2014
2014
2014
ADAPTO
2014
Projects won

Albert Heijn (NLD)
E. Leclerc (FRA)
Deutsche Post DHL (GER)
Avenida (ESP)

2014
2014
2014
Acquisition of Ferdar Automation Technology B.V. (The Netherlands) and Smatec (Germany).
2015
Acquisition of Dinamic (Spain).
2015
2015
2015
Govert Hamers (CEO)
2016
Istanbul Airport (TUR)
Istanbul Airport (TUR) – 190
2016
2017
2017
Woolworths (AUS)
2017
Acquisitions

Acquisition of software company Optosecurity (Canada) and Sentec Software GmbH.
Vanderlande obtained a minority shareholder interest in development company Smart Robotics.

2017
2017
2017
Opening new Manufacturing and Distribution Center in USA.
2017
Toyota Industries Corporation (TICO) acquires Vanderlande.
2017
2017
2017
Remo Brunschwiler (CEO)
2018
Strategic partnership with Fizyr (The Netherlands) to develop artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
2018
2020
2020
Walmart (CAN)
2021
Arrow Electronics (NLD)
2021
2022
2022
Austrian Post (AUT)
Austrian Post (AUT) – 198
2024
Andrew Manship (CEO)
2024