Herman van Dijk takes over the Van Heck Group.

Van Heck Group has now been around for 58 years, and Jeroen van Heck has been thinking about the future of his company for a year. No successor came forward within his own family.

“I have sounded out some big companies in the market. The company could complement the work of a major dredging operation. But is that positive for Van Heck?

Continuity is a key word for Van Heck. This requires an entrepreneur at the helm, not a spreadsheet manager."

About Herman van Dijk

That true entrepreneur was found by Jeroen in Herman van Dijk. Van Dijk has been active for decades in machinery manufacturing in England, and he has also worked for many years in the land-based oil business by preserving underground piping with his company "Van Dijk Coating."

Due to this experience, working with large contractors "in the field" is not unfamiliar to Herman. After selling his company, he missed leading a team. The gentlemen Van Heck and Van Dijk have known each other for decades, and an evening of philosophizing about various technical matters over a beer is not unfamiliar to them. Jeroen already saw Herman as an ideal technical manager for his company, but he had not yet thought of a takeover. Herman saw an internship period to get to know the company well, but he quickly made a career. The rest is history; the Van Heck Group is now in the hands of Herman van Dijk. Since the acquisition, the Van Heck family is no longer involved with the company.

No changes

The company will remain based in Noordwolde, and the name will remain the same. Herman: "Van Heck remains; that is a globally recognized brand name, you wouldn't take it off the building, would you?"