
Even before 1958 Kooyman maintained contact with
Bonaire and activities already took place. In that year
these contacts were formalized when the “Handelsmaatschappij
Rincon N.V.” was founded.
As soon as Bonaire received their building materials
a new market developed. Houses were built yearly and
sold with profit.
A big impact was made with the decoration of Hotel
Bonaire’s casino. The former casino-manager Bud
Sweet had the carpentry factory Kooijman fabricate all
his card tables and was utterly satisfied with the final
result. Afterwards many other carpentry orders for the
hotel followed. The government of Bonaire was also in
need of wooden furniture for their schoolrooms.
Because of growing need for building materials in 1981,
the main focus was on wood, cement, glass, paint, tools
and the need for plumbers, electricians and painters.
When in 1982 Kooyman became part of the establishment
General Store on Bonaire, everything changed. In 1991
the Kooyman Holding got ahold of all stocks. In September
2000 the name changed to Kooyman Bonaire.
Kooyman Bonaire is the largest and most complete hardware store on the island. The store carries a wide assortment of construction materials as well as home decoration, lawn and garden, plumbing and tools. Besides the store, Kooyman Bonaire also has a big yard with building materials.
On a weekly basis hardware and building materials are
also shipped from the head office in Curacao to Bonaire.
Apart from the hardware and building materials, they
have a well equipped glass department with prefab
and custom windows and glass.


Just next door: RBTT bank, supermarket Cultimara, botika
Corona and bar/restaurant 'De Tuin'.
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