Door Ingrid den Hartog - Take over of the Fluid Power division of Anbuma.

Van Leeuwen Buizen Belgium N.V. took over Anbuma’s fluid power activities on 1 June. Anbuma, a subsidiary of the DH-group NV and based in Lokeren, is one of Belgium’s leading distributors of pipes and fittings. 

Anbuma serves customers in Belgium, France and the Netherlands. The takeover of Anbuma’s fluid power activities involves, among other things, the stocks in Lokeren and the sales team. It also represents a further strengthening of Van Leeuwen’s market position in the fluid power sector in Western Europe. Thanks in part to its outstanding range of stock products, its knowledge of materials and of technical applications, Van Leeuwen has succeeded in acquiring a healthy position in the hydraulics market.

André Renders, the Managing Director of Van Leeuwen Buizen Belgium, says, “The acquisition of the Fluid Power division of Anbuma means a further expansion of our teams’ knowledge and skills in relation to these activities. This will result in an even wider and deeper range, a higher level of service and a more closely-knit network for fluid power customers in Belgium, France and the Netherlands.”

Fluid power
The most important customer groups in the fluid power sector are cylinder manufacturers and producers of hydraulic systems. Knowledge of materials and applications in this sector is essential. Van Leeuwen supplies a complete package of materials such as cylinder pipes, hard chromed bars, plated tubes, transport pipes, rod ends and other products for hydraulic applications, like crane arms on ships and cylinders for construction and agricultural machines. The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group is a leading player in the fluid power sector in Western Europe, and is growing strongly in Central Europe. 

Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group
The Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group is an internationally operating trading company that maintains stocks of steel tubes, tube components and valves. The company is active in almost every industrial sector. The origins of the company were laid in 1924, since which time the Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group has become an international trading organization with forty branches across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North America. 

For further information, please contact:
Van Leeuwen Pipe and Tube Group, Corporate Communications, Ingrid den Hartog, telephone +31 (0)78 625 23 32, e-mail cc@vanleeuwen.nl, www.vanleeuwen.com