| Year/period |
History |
Interesting facts |
| 2002 |
Completion of a new 3.250 m² storage hall. |
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| 1992+ |
Continued substantial growth |
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| 1992 |
Relocation of the factory and offices to Schiedam. |
The new location is shared with MAF Magnesite and GeoCrete BV, two sister companies. |
| 1991 |
Possehl Erzkontor GmbH acquired
Van Mannekus & Co BV (1.1.1991) |
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| 1988 |
Continued growth necessitated that Van Mannekus & Co BV acquired the current Schiedam location (the Netherlands). |
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| 1975 |
Emery production, e.g. Mandurax®,
in Oudenbosch, the Netherlands |
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| 1975 |
Start import of sinter magnesite and caustic burned magnesite from the Peoples Republic of China. |
Sinter magnesite and caustic burned magnesite were earlier imported from North Korea |
| 1970+ |
Joint venture with English Abrasives
for the production of emery; a production plant was built in Oudenbosch
(the Netherlands) |
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| 1960+ |
Van Mannekus & Co BV acquired two magnesite mines (Ormylia and Karkara,
at the Chalkidiki island, Greece) |
The annual production of raw magnesite from the mines was some 4,000 tons; the mines were sold in the early seventies.. |
| +/- 1950 |
Mr. van Keulen became the owner |
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| 1937 |
Thomsen's Havenbedrijf became the owner of Van Mannekus & Co BV. |
Mr. Van Mannekus founded a mineral factory in Amsterdam, which in later decennia was owned by Norwegian Talc. Some successive owners/managers:
Mr. Lensveld (-1943) and Mr. van Lintelo de Geer (-1947). The total production was only 2,000 tons of magnesite and 800 tons of emery. |
| 1917(-1992) |
Relocation of the factory to the Keilestraat, bordering the Rotterdam harbour. |
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| 1904 |
Foundation of Van Mannekus & Co. BV
at a location that is currently in the city centre of Rotterdam. |
The factory had its own shaft-kiln and produced magnesite (from Greece), emery (from "Naxos" in Greece) and quartz
(from the "La Ferte" mines in France) Grain size: 7-18 mesh (1-2.8 mm) Cement was burned and ground in the WW1 period during the blockade of Dutch harbours. |