Corporate: History  
     
 

1937: The origins of the company go back to the year 1937. Benari Deceuninck, father of the present directors, started a small company in Beveren-Roeselare for the manufacture of all kinds of buttons, buckles et cetera from plastic sheeting.

1941: reorganisation of sole proprietorship to limited liability company (PVBA); production of plastic combs and boxes

1945:

  • expansion of the machinery and production of polystyrene and acetate (packaging, toys et cetera)

  • In the nineteen-sixties the firm chooses to explore a new direction in plastics production: extruding PVC granules for the manufacture of profiles for the building industry (initially, rollershutter profiles, then window profiles)
1970: establishment of French branch Plastibat Sàrl with commercial function: sales, storage and delivery

1974: PVBA "Etablissements Deceuninck" is reorganised into a company limited by shares (N.V.) through the participation of American group "City Investing"

1981: establishment of Deeplas Ltd, UK branch

1983: project for the construction of extrusion plants in France and UK

1984: establishment of Spanish branch Deceuninck Iberica S.A.

1985:
  • March: liquidation of City Investing and takeover of majority interest by institutional investors. In addition, financial and administrative
    • restructuring of Deceuninck Group realised.
  • 11.06.1985: introduction at the Brussels stock exchange

  • increase in capital to 330 million BEF

  • opening of new extrusion plant in France (Roye-Somme)

  • increase in Plastibat S.A. capital

  • construction of new offices and warehouses in Calne, UK - 120km west of London)

1993: Internationalization in Eastern Europe

1995: American expansion: Slocomb joins Deceuninck

1997: Leading producer in the U.S. with acquisition of
Dayton Technologies

1999: Acquisition of Status Systems. Deceuninck enters the UK top 5

2000: Acquisition of Turkish Ege Profil

2003: Deceuninck attains world leadership after acquisition of Thyssen Polymer

2004:

  • Deceuninck acquired a window profiles producer owned by the Turkish holding company Sabanci.
  • Deceuninck received the "Enterprise of the year 2004" trophy from HRH Prince Philippe and the Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt.