Historiek intro tekst

• 1740

  Ambrosius van Hoorebeke (founder) 1709 - 1756

  Brewery

• 1770

  Jacobus van Hoorebeke 1745 - 1809

  Jan-Jozef van Hoorebeke 1747 - 1819

  Start of trade in building materials at Langerbrugge

  

• 1842

  First import of sawn timber by sea vessel from Riga

  

• 1845

  Emmanuel-Jean van Hoorebeke 1782 - 1856

  Angelus van Hoorebeke 1821 - 1892

  

  Establishment of a sawmill at Ghent-Langerbrugge

  

• 1865

  Franz van Hoorebeke 1837 - 1875

  

  Foundation of van Hoorebeke Frères

• 1904

  Change of the company name to van Hoorebeke en Zoon

  Office building of van Hoorebeke before WWI

  

• 1914 - 1918

  Emmanuel van Hoorebeke 1840 - 1919

  

  Franz van Hoorebeke 1878 - 1936

  

  Activities shut down during WWI

  

• 1936

  Foundation of nv van Hoorebeke en Zoon

  Growth through post-war reconstruction and economic prosperity

  

• 1945 - 1970

  Paul van Hoorebeke 1903 - 1986

  

• 1980 - 1990

  Franz van Hoorebeke 1936

  

  Growth and increasing logistics possibilities

• 1999

  Pierre-Emmanuel van Hoorebeke 1973

  

  Pierre-Emmanuel van Hoorebeke joins the company

• 2000

  Nv van Hoorebeke & Zoon becomes van Hoorebeke Timber nv

• 2006

  Moving of warehouses in Ghent to the new warehouses, with planing and drenching installation at Kluizendok

  

• 2018

  Move to the new energy-neutral office building at the Kluizendok site

  

  Installation of 2 drying kilns with a drying capacity of 140m³ per kiln for Siberian Larch

  

• 2023

  van Hoorebeke Timber has been acquired by Véronique van Steenberge and Benoît Clarysse and will now be part of the European holding vS INVEST