Verder has been elected by Management Team as the number one (#1) brand in the Dutch top-100 Made in Netherlands manufacturing industry report. The first edition of the top-100 was published in 2013 and at that time Verder ranked at number three (#3). In the years that followed the company consecutively remained in the top four (#4) – but for 2018 Verder is at the top of the list!

This ranking is published annually by the Dutch magazine Management Team, listing the 100 most successful Dutch manufacturing companies with a turnover of less than 500 million Euros. Manufacturers that are financially stable, achieve healthy growth and take Dutch industry to a higher level with innovative products are chosen for this list.  

Verder was selected based on the following criteria: turnover, average revenue growth, profit growth and return on investment in the past five years. 

Verder focuses on innovation and technology and offering customer solutions. Started as a trading company in 1959, the number of own products has grown considerably over the years. In addition to expanding the product lines pumps and laboratory equipment for the Scientific division, Verder also acquired companies such as Retsch, Carbolite Gero, and the last acquisition: Qness. In 2014, the Liquids division of the Verder Group acquired the Italian company Microdos and in 2015 the pumps manufacturers Ponndorf (German) and Packo (Belgian). By creating partnerships with producers and a dynamic own R&D, Verder also gives an extra impulse to market penetration. 

The Verder Group still is a family business, based on the core values ​​which it was founded on: integrity, respect, with the emphasis on human rights, honesty and ecological sustainability. The company continues its tradition of technical excellence, finds innovative solutions to existing problems and forges new ways and anticipates to the problems of the future. 

Andries Verder, CEO of the Verder Group, said: "The lines between manufacturer and distributor will be shortened. These changes require a complete revision of the organisational structures as we have known them up to now. It also offers great opportunities for internationally organised companies.” 

Andries Verder also indicated that technology and "Industry 4.0" will play a very important role in this change process, but that the road to the way of working in the future cannot be achieved without a focus on organisational structures. “We see a clear trend where customers are better informed and look for suppliers that are objective in their selection of technologies. Our mission therefore is to have all possible know-how in niche market technologies in the field of manufacturing, in order to offer customers real solutions.”

“We are incredibly proud of this achievement, and to represent this innovative multinational organisation in Africa. This accolade is a testament to the quality and performance assurance of not only our industrial pump solutions, but our services as a completely integrated offering,” said Darryl Macdougall, Managing Director, Verder Pumps South Africa.