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Waterland is an independent private equity investment group that supports entrepreneurs in realizing their growth ambitions. With substantial financial resources and committed industry expertise, Waterland enables its portfolio companies to achieve accelerated growth both organically and through acquisitions. Waterland is an active investor in the financial, strategic and operational sense.
In the current dynamic business environment with an increasing number of (cross border) mergers and acquisitions, Waterland is a partner that provides entrepreneurs with a powerful position in the increasingly competitive international arena. In the meantime Waterland has made investments in over 180 companies. Waterland currently has € 1,4 billion of equity. In addition, Waterland has access to extensive leveraged finance funding.
Waterland is member of the Dutch Venture Capital Association (NVP), the Belgian Venturing Association (BVA), the European Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (EVCA) and the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association e.V. (BVK).
Waterland has offices in Bussum (The Netherlands), Antwerp (Belgium) and Düsseldorf (Germany).
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BioMCN opens largest 2nd generation biofuel plant
| 24-06-2010Delfzijl (Netherlands), June 24th 2010
Today the Queen's Commissioner of the Province of Groningen, Sir Max van den Berg, together with Rob Voncken, CEO of BioMCN, has officially opened the largest second generation biofuel plant in the world. With a production capacity of 250 million liters, BioMCN can immediately fulfill the entire Dutch biofuel obligation - a minimum of 4% blended into gasoline.
Bio-methanol is produced through an innovative process, patented by BioMCN, and is made from crude glycerin, a sustainable biomass which is a residue from industry processing vegetable oils and animal fats. The product is a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels.
In recent years, the sustainable nature of traditional first generation biofuels has come under pressure due to the alleged adverse effects such as deforestation and 'food versus fuel' implications. The emphasis in the political and public debate has shifted towards better and more sustainable biofuels - also referred to as second generation biofuels - which are not or significantly less subject to these negative effects. In comparison to regular methanol, bio-methanol reduces CO2 emissions by 78%. Therefore, bio-methanol is highly suitable to play an important and lasting role in the transition toward sustainable transportation fuels with low CO2 emissions. This is possible through the use of bio-methanol as a feedstock for other fuels or fuel additives such as MTBE, DME or hydrogen, as well as a fuel in its own right (e.g. M85).
Besides the sustainable character of bio-methanol, the concept of sustainability plays an important role in the philosophy behind the construction of the plant where the product is made. Instead of constructing a whole new plant, BioMCN took over the existing methanol installation on the chemical industrial area in Delfzijl. The former plant was built in the 1970's and has produced methanol out of natural gas for decades. When the plant closed its doors in 2005, a few visionary entrepreneurs saw their opportunity and decided to revitalize the plant. The result is BioMCN: a scalable plant with an equally sustainable and innovative product.
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Overname Basic-Fit door HealthCity International
| 17-06-2010HealthCity International en Basic-Fit maken bekend dat zij tot een definitieve overeenkomst zijn gekomen voor de overname van alle 32 Basic-Fit vestigingen 31 in Nederland en 1 in Belgie. Hierdoor wordt de leiderschapspositie van HealthCity International binnen de fitnessbranche aanzienlijk versterkt.
Basic-Fit is een landelijk opererende fitnessketen. Oprichters
Frank Dijkman, Ton Schouten en Dirk Breve hebben in korte tijd een sterke marktpositie binnen het budgetsegment van de fitnessbranche weten te bereiken. Met de sterke combinatie van de meest actuele en kwalitatief hoogwaardige apparatuur tegen een gegarandeerd laag geprijsd lidmaatschap per maand, biedt Basic-Fit een uniek fitnessconcept aan in Nederland.
De keuze voor een sterke speler als Basic-Fit is zeer logisch,
zeker in een concurrentie gevoelige markt als die van Nederland. Met de
overname van Basic-Fit versterkt HealthCity International haar
concurrentiepositie in de markt voor budgetfitness in Nederland. Tevens sluit deze overname uitstekend aan op de ambitie van HealthCity International om in iedere middelgrote tot grote stad een vestiging te hebben.
Met deze overname zet HealthCity International een duidelijke
koers in. Rene Moos, CEO van HealthCity International, verwoordt het als volgt: "Met deze overname willen wij ons duidelijker en krachtiger
positioneren in de fitnessbranche. Enerzijds bedienen we het luxere segment met ons HealthCity All Inclusive concept, anderzijds zullen we door toevoeging van de Basic-Fit vestigingen het budget segment van de markt verder gaan claimen. Onder deze twee merknamen zal onze leiderschapspositie in Nederland en België verder groeien."
Door deze transactie zal het HealthCity International team inclusief Basic-Fit uitbreiden tot 2.940 gemotiveerde en gepassioneerde
medewerkers die elke dag onze leden inspireren tot het naleven van een langdurige en actieve levensstijl!