The central production-unit of HAVENS Horsefeed on the Meuse-river in Maashees (in the south-east of the Netherlands).
Over 150 years of experience
Feedmillers since 1845
1845 is considered to be the start of todays HAVENS-company, as it was in this year that Mr. Godfried Kaanen, ancestor of todays directors (Mr. Han en Mr. Joris Kaanen) bought the Vierlingsbeek Watermill in the South-East of the Province of Noord-Brabant (The Netherlands).
Due to its location close to the Peel marches, the watermill was never short of water and could work all-year-round. In those days, this was a big advantage, compared to other water- or windmills.
In 1923 Mr. Godfried Kaanen jr. (grandson of the founder of the company) and his half-brothers Mr. Harrie and Martin Havens started a cereal-trade on the Meuse river in Maashees, after the river was kanalised. The company was named after their (step)father: "J.P. Havens Graanhandel NV".
Later in the 1930ies, a large state-of-the-art grain-storage-silo was built, so larger ships could moor with ingredients from overseas. The first was destroyed during WWII in oktober 1944.
HAVENS in 1951, (after rebuilding the company thanks to "Marchall-help".
With the growing animal-feed business in the Netherlands, HAVENS started to grow. In 1970 a second storage-silo was completed.
And over the years, the Maashees production unit has been modernised constantly, to meet all quality demands.
In 1990 the company acquired another storage silo in the port of Venlo/Blerick, located on the Maas river (see picure on the left). Since 1995 HAVENS Venlo not only handles feed commodities and cereals, but also fertilisers.
The big foto, at the top of this page, shows the HAVENS-factory as it is today (in 2007).
All HAVENS-feeds are produced according to GMP+-, QS- and HACCP-rules; international standards for feed- and food-production. Moreover, all HAVENS-feeds are 100% natural and exclusively composed of vegetable ingredients.
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