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Our Milestones

Since 1997 we have developed from a small local co-packer into one of the largest co-packers in Europe. But we still are a fully driven family business with absolute entrepreneurs in charge. A Supervisory Board advises the executive board and supervises the development of the company.

2022

Special year
  • 25 years in the business
  • Opening of External location in Ede
  • Personal Care expanded by 13,000 m2
  • Jeroen van Herpen COO and board member

2021

Continued expansion and certification
  • EcoVadis Silver certification

  • Expansion of Petfood capacity

2020

New shareholders
  • Acquisition of shares by Van de Ven family
  • Second generation in shareholder role
  • Expansion of Personal Care: second gift set line with Emmeci and automated fill line

2019

Innovation Plastic Free packaging from a reel

2018

Vetipak Personal Care
  • Establishment of Vetipak Personal Care (Landweerstraat Zuid, Oss)
  • Introduction of rigid box technology
  • Capex investments of 6 million euros (capacity and technology)

2017

Robotisation
  • Start with robotisation in combination with vision technology
  • Skall certification for External location Zeewolde

2016

Assignment of the Supervisory Board
  • Marcel de Bruijn joins the executive board as Chief Operations Officer
  • Start of Governance policy
  • Assignment of the Supervisory Board: Harrie ten Have, Wim van de Wetering and Patrick Esselaar
  • Remediation of dosing and packaging of powder product

2015

Vetipak External & Bakker Logistiek Groep
  • Start of Operational Excellence programs

  • Strategic cooperation with Bakker Logistiek Groep & Vetipak External (transfer of all co-pack activities, VAL)

  • Scale up to 9 production locations

2014

Introducing Vetipouch
  • Own innovation to produce contour pouches from a reel on existing machines

2013

Introducing Vetibox

2012

Vetipak Petfood
  • Establishment of Vetipak Petfood
  • Opening of co-manufacturing pet food factory (Veghel)
  • Start of External location in Tilburg (consumer electronics and food)
  • First FSSC 22.000 certification
  • Skall certification for location Menhirweg Oss
  • First robot in production

2011

Co-manufacturing factory
  • Opening of high-tech co-manufacturing factory for food and confectionery (Menhirweg Oss, 11.000 m2)
  • Start of External location in Breda (consumer electronics)

2010

Establishment of Vetipak External B.V.
  • Start of dosing and packaging of powder products
  • Start of strategic cooperation with Schenker Nederland (takeover of co-pack activities)
  • Establishment of Vetipak External B.V.

2009

ECPA
  • Co-founder and member of European Co Packer Association (ECPA)
  • Start of Vetipak External: contract packaging on location

2008

Expansion of executive board
  • Expansion of executive board to three members: Arno van de Ven, Mark van der Burgt and Johan Verbruggen
  • Sedex membership (socially responsible entrepreneurship)

2007

Veghel opening
  • Opening of high-tech production facility in Veghel, confectionary (Doornhoek, 10.000 m2)

2003

Expansions
  • Expansion to 6000 m2 Landweerstraat Zuid, Oss
  • First BRC certification
  • Start of cooperation with IBN (people with a distance from the employment market disability)

2000

Start of packaging of open/naked products

1999

Relocation
  • Relocation to Oss (Landweerstraat Zuid, 2.000 m2)
  • Scaling up to standard production in (at least) two shifts
  • Introduction own ERP system

1998

Joining shareholders
  • Joining the family Den Otter and the family Van de Westelaken as shareholders in support of various investments and growth

1997

Establishment
  • Founding of Vetipak by Arno van de Ven and Hans Timmers (Heesch, 500 m2)