1803:
| Family Lankhorst started a local factory manufacturing ropes. |
1930: | Lankhorst began to mass-produce binder twine for use in self-binding harvesters. |
1960: | Sisal twines became the mainstay of the production within the Lankhorst spinning mills. |
1964:
| Lankhorst started extrusion of polyethylene and polypropylene. |
1965: | Family Gramaxo established their factory for ropes and netting; The holding of Lankhorst Sneek was founded, with four operating companies. |
1983: | Lankhorst Taselaar was established, distributing an entire product range for yachting. |
1989: | Lankhorst started a co-operation with the Portuguese rope and net maker Grupo Euronete. |
1992: | Lankhorst Touwfabrieken was divided into three independent operating companies: - Lankhorst Touwfabrieken: fiber rope, twines and wire rope
- Lankhorst Indutech: industrial yarns
- Lankhorst Recycling: products made from recycled plastics | Substantial divisions of the Dutch firm Verto, which had gone into bankruptcy, were acquired. | A joint venture named LASH vof., a plastic pallet producing company, was established. | Worldwide distributing network for fishing markets was established. |
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1998: | Merger of Lankhorst Sneek and Euronete into the Lankhorst Euronete group bv |
2000: | A company, named EKON, was acquired. | Eurorope Performance Rope Producers, a rope producing joint- venture in Greece, was established. | The activities of Lankhorst Euronete group bv are concentrated into three groups: - Ropes, Twines, Yarns - Fishing - Recycling and Yachting |
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2003: | Her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands granted the
predicate “Royal”. The full name of the company was changed into Royal
Lankhorst Euronete group bv. |
2004: | The activities of Lankhorst Euronete group bv are concentrated into four groups: - Ropes, Twines, Yarns - Fishing - Recycling - Yachting |
2007: | Foundation of the fifth division Lankhorst Pure Composites. | Foundation of our Representative Office in Beijing, China. | Recycling division changed into Engineered Products Division. | Acquisition of Quintas & Quintas Offshore Mooring Systems in Portugal. | Lankhorst Indutech bv changed into Lankhorst Indutech Cerfil bv.
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2008: | The rope, twines and yarns activities of the group were split into two divisions, resulting in the foundation of Maritime & Offshore Rope Division and the sixth division called Yarn Division. |
2009: | Quintas & Quintas Offshore Mooring Systems changed into Lankhorst Euronete Ropes, S.A.
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2010:
| Start of new factory near Rio de Janeiro, Brasil |
2011: | Foundation of Lankhorst Ropes Middle East in Dubai, UAE
| Royal Lankhorst Euronete Group acquires Le Drézen, Guilvinec, France
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