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Dematic

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Public limited companyfounded 1947active for 79 yearsKatwilgweg 3, 2050 Antwerpen, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0404.636.389
Summary

Dematic has been active since 1947 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €13.6m and a net result of -€3.8m. Equity is shrinking by about 14% per year and would, assuming unchanged policy, indicatively turn negative around financial year 2028. Its solvency ranks better than 58% of 2,436 sector peers (NACE 43, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 1.3% (low).

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Directors

Directors
4 directors, 2 in day-to-day management, no change since 2026

Board 4

Hans Rainer Buchmann
Director · since 14-12-2018
Current
Sacha Van Droogenbroek
Director · since 07-06-2021
Current
Farly Orie
Director · since 24-10-2022
Current
Eva De Caluwe
Director · since 01-07-2026
Current
8 not recently confirmed
Still in office according to the deeds, but no deed of the last six years confirms the mandate. Mandates like this have often ended since, in a deed we have not read yet.
FT en X BVBA
Director · since 19-05-2007 · Legal entity · permanent representative: Harold Vanheel
Not recently confirmed
Karen Stroobants
Director · since 19-05-2007
Not recently confirmed
Peter Op de Beeck BVBA
Director · since 19-05-2007 · Legal entity · permanent representative: Peter H. Op de Beeck
Not recently confirmed
Donald Pans BVBA
Director · since 21-05-2007 · Legal entity · permanent representative: Donald Pans
Not recently confirmed
Kris Adriaenssens BVBA
Director · since 21-05-2007 · Legal entity · permanent representative: Kris Adriaenssens
Not recently confirmed
Jeffrey Alan Moss
Director · since 15-05-2017
Not recently confirmed
Peter John Devenyi
Director · since 14-12-2018
Not recently confirmed
Jef Rymen BVBA
Director · Legal entity · permanent representative: Jef Rymen
Not recently confirmed

Day-to-day management 2

Sacha Van Droogenbroek
Managing director · since 07-06-2021
Current
Farly Orie
Managing director · since 24-10-2022
Current
2 not recently confirmed
Still in office according to the deeds, but no deed of the last six years confirms the mandate. Mandates like this have often ended since, in a deed we have not read yet.
Jef Rymen BVBA
Managing director · since 21-06-2007 · Legal entity · permanent representative: Jef Rymen
Not recently confirmed
Hans Rainer Buchmann
Managing director · since 01-03-2019
Not recently confirmed

Permanent representatives 5

Harold Vanheel
Permanent representative · since 19-05-2007 · for FT en X BVBA
Not recently confirmed
Peter H. Op de Beeck
Permanent representative · since 19-05-2007 · for Peter Op de Beeck BVBA
Not recently confirmed
Donald Pans
Permanent representative · since 21-05-2007 · for Donald Pans BVBA
Not recently confirmed
Kris Adriaenssens
Permanent representative · since 21-05-2007 · for Kris Adriaenssens BVBA
Not recently confirmed
Jef Rymen
Permanent representative · for Jef Rymen BVBA
Not recently confirmed

Statutory auditor 1

KPMG Bedrijfsrevisoren
Statutory auditor · since 18-08-2023 · permanent representative: Mike Boonen
Current
Derived from published Gazette deeds. The KBO keeps the official list of office holders; we do not read it, so the two can differ. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Mandate history

47 people since 2006, 13 in office
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  • Board
  • Day-to-day management
  • Statutory auditor
  • not recently confirmed
  • began earlier
Mandates per person, with start and end dates
Name Functions and periods
Hans Rainer Buchmann
  • Director, from 14-12-2018 to date
  • Managing director, from 01-03-2019 not ended, last confirmed 23-04-2019
Sacha Van Droogenbroek
  • Director, since before 07-06-2021
  • Managing director, from 07-06-2021 to date
Farly Orie
  • Director, from 24-10-2022 to date
  • Managing director, from 24-10-2022 to date
Eva De Caluwe
  • Director, from 01-07-2026 to date
KPMG Bedrijfsrevisoren
  • Statutory auditor, from 18-08-2023 to date
Donald Pans BVBA
  • Director, until 19-05-2007
  • Director, from 21-05-2007 not ended, last confirmed 18-06-2007
  • Managing director, until 21-05-2007
FT en X BVBA
  • Director, from 19-05-2007 not ended, last confirmed 09-06-2008
Karen Stroobants
  • Director, from 19-05-2007 not ended, last confirmed 09-06-2008
Peter Op de Beeck BVBA
  • Director, from 19-05-2007 not ended, last confirmed 09-06-2008
Kris Adriaenssens BVBA
  • Director, from 21-05-2007 not ended, last confirmed 18-06-2007
Jeffrey Alan Moss
  • Director, from 15-05-2017 not ended, last confirmed 27-07-2017
Peter John Devenyi
  • Director, from 14-12-2018 not ended, last confirmed 23-04-2019
Jef Rymen BVBA
  • Director, from 21-05-2007 to 31-08-2010
  • Managing director, from 21-06-2007 not ended, last confirmed 06-07-2007
Francis De Backer
  • Director, from 14-01-2022 to 22-07-2026
  • Managing director, from 14-01-2022 ended, last mentioned 09-02-2022
Deloitte Bedrijfsrevisoren BV o.v.v.e. CVBA
  • Statutory auditor, from 23-12-2016 to 18-08-2023
Tobias Zierhut
  • Director, from 07-06-2021 to 18-04-2023
Karen Imans
  • Director, from 14-01-2022 to 31-03-2023
  • Managing director, from 14-01-2022 to 14-11-2022
Sacha Van Droogenbroeck
  • Director, from 13-11-2019 to 14-01-2022
  • Managing director, from 13-11-2019 ended, last mentioned 08-01-2020
Rainer Buchmann
  • Director, until 01-09-2021
Marc Guns
  • Director, from 21-05-2013 to 07-06-2021
  • Managing director, from 22-09-2015 ended, last mentioned 17-12-2015
Jeffrey Moss
  • Director, until 15-08-2020
Peter Devenyl
  • Director, until 15-08-2020
Frank Wilhelm Herzog
  • Director, from 15-05-2017 to 14-12-2018
James Michael Stollberg
  • Director, from 15-05-2017 to 12-11-2018
Jan Vercammen
  • Director, from 06-12-2010 to 22-05-2018
  • Managing director, from 10-12-2010 to 07-08-2015
  • Managing director, from before 22-09-2015 ended, last mentioned 17-12-2015
  • Director, until 30-10-2018
Christian Harm
  • Director, from 07-08-2015 to 15-05-2017
  • Board, until 22-05-2018
Christophe Lautray
  • Board, until 22-05-2018
Gordon Riske
  • Board, until 22-05-2018
Thomas Alfred Fischer
  • Director, from 07-08-2015 to 15-05-2017
  • Board, until 22-05-2018
Christophe Paul Bernard Lautray
  • Director, from 07-08-2015 to 15-05-2017
Gordon Erwin Riske
  • Director, from 07-08-2015 to 15-05-2017
BCV Ernst & Young Bedrijfsrevisoren
  • Auditor, from 15-05-2006 to 23-12-2016
BREVAK
  • Director, from 05-11-2010 to 07-08-2015
  • Director, until 07-08-2015
BVBA Louis Verbeke
  • Director, from before 10-06-2011 to 07-08-2015
  • Director, until 07-08-2015
Geert Stienen
  • Director, from 06-12-2010 to 07-08-2015
  • Director, until 07-08-2015
Jo Janssens
  • Director, from 06-12-2010 to 07-08-2015
  • Director, until 07-08-2015
John-Eric BERTRAND
  • Director, from 01-01-2010 to 07-08-2015
  • Director, until 07-08-2015
Jan Vercammen BVBA
  • Director, from 21-05-2007 to 06-12-2010
  • Managing director, from 21-06-2007 ended, last mentioned 26-02-2010
Emmanuël Damman
  • Director, from 16-09-2010 to 28-10-2010
BREESCH Jo
  • Director, until 31-08-2010
FTENX BVBA
  • Director, until 31-12-2009
  • Director, until 01-01-2010
Werner Poot
  • Director, from 21-05-2007 to 19-05-2008
Carlos Herman BVBA
  • Managing director, until 21-05-2007
Dirk De Meulenaer
  • Director, until 21-05-2007
Hubert Peeters BVBA
  • Managing director, until 21-05-2007
Luc Bertrand
  • Director, until 21-05-2007
Mercator Verzekeringen NV
  • Director, until 21-05-2007
See the board, name and registered office on a given date →

Owners and capital

Owners

3 owners

Chain of control

  1. DEMATIC HOLDINGS UK LIMITED 99.99%
  2. Dematic

Highest known parent: DEMATIC HOLDINGS UK LIMITED. The sources do not say who stands above it.

Owners 3

Sources: the companies' annual accounts, the acts in the Belgian Official Gazette and the LEI register. Annual accounts state the shareholders that notified the company under article 7:225 of the Code of Companies and Associations and the parent companies that consolidate it. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not include these statements in its annual accounts, or does not have to, is not listed.

Capital and shareholders

Shareholders according to the deeds
Stated in the act act of 30-09-2024 ↗

The Belgian Official Gazette names shareholders only when an act mentions them; the share register itself is not published.

Capital over the years
  1. 09-01-2026 Capital increase of €6,000,000 · in cash
  2. 13-12-2024 Capital reduction of €1,301,654 · to €1,378,345.87
  3. 14-02-2024 Capital stated in the deed · €2,679,999.87 · 106,716 shares
  4. 24-06-2015 Capital reduction of €3,710,000.13 · to €2,679,999.87 · “vermindering van de fractiewaarde van de bestaande aandelen”
  5. 16-04-2015 Capital stated in the deed · €6,390,000 · 106,716 shares

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