ROBBERECHTS

OUR HISTORY

1880

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1948

Albert Robberechts establishes a new branch in Beerse and expands the range with sturdy, high-quality office furniture, mainly intended for the Belgian government.

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1983

Yves Robberechts and Karin Verbeeck are building a new branch in Turnhout. They modernize the machinery, work together with designers and launch new ranges.

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1987

Move to an even larger building on the Steenweg on Gierle in Turnhout. The factory has 150 employees and covers an area of 23,000 m².

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In the late 1990s

In order to meet the increasing domestic and foreign demand, the shareholders decide to build a state-of-the-art factory in the Turnhout industrial zone with an area of 43,000 m² for production, storage, showroom and offices.

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2002

The Robberechts Group is taking the new factory into use and can take new commercial initiatives here and expand its sales area to all of Western Europe.

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2010

Olivier Robberechts is taking over as director.
He says goodbye to safes and shifts the focus from mass production to piece production.

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2014

Due to digitization that is becoming more and more urgent, as a result of which the demand for storage cabinets has decreased significantly, it is decided to invest in the production of our own desk frames.

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2018

Further digitization is realized through the implementation of a new ERP package, whereby a shop floor and a warehouse module are put into operation. This is a big step towards the digital factory according to Industry 4.0.

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2024

Pami and Robberechts – two of the largest office furniture suppliers in Belgium – are merging. Increasing their collaboration will further reinforce their local market position and grow internationally even under challenging economic circumstances. Read more >>