History
Kooyman B.V. is a family business, founded in 1934 by Adrianus Kooijman. His firstborn son, Bastiaan Kooijman, started working in his father’s company in 1968. During seven years, he became acquainted with every aspect of the company and then proceeded to become the managing director in 1975. Along with his brother and sister, Bas Kooijman is shareholder of Kooyman B.V., which has remained a true family business after all these years.The grandchildren of Ad Kooijman are a part of this family business. A few of them hold positions in the company. After being the face of the company for almost forty years, Bas Kooijman withdrew himself from his CEO position in 2007 and is now chairman of the executive board. Herbert van der Woude, former CFO, is now Bas Kooijman’s successor as the company’s general manager. Read more...
Kooyman is celebrating his 70 years anniversary this year. A business focusing on building materials and hardware. Antil N.V. was the subsidiary of Kooyman active on the Aruban market.
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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.
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On 31 October 2002 Kooyman Mega Store -which is both main store and head office- opened its doors to the general public. Kooyman proved once more that, despite the economic situation, they had the courage to invest in the island of Curaçao.
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On May 18th 2006 Mr. Bas Kooijman held a press conference on Sint Maarten to announce the opening of a new Kooyman establishment, the first on the island of Sint Maarten. It was the first time Kooyman went ‘windward’ (bovenwinden). This was the next step in development of the company in the
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