About ERIKS
ERIKS group nv is the Dutch holding company of a group of technical distribution companies and is listed on the Official Market of the Euronext Amsterdam Share Exchange (‘Euronext N.V.’)
Sales of EUR 543.3 million were achieved in 2006 with an average workforce of 2,434 people. The net result in 2006 amounted to EUR 27.8 million.
ERIKS made a number of major acquisitions during the second half of 2006. The pro forma sales of all the companies currently in the ERIKS group amounted to approximately EUR 875 million in 2006, and at the end of the year we had 4,358 full-time employees.
The ERIKS group procures, stores, processes, sells and distributes a wide range of high-quality mechanical engineering components and provides a highlydeveloped range of related technical and logistics services.Its operations are based on a broad and deep knowhow of market developments, product properties, product applications, product processing, logistics and a corresponding modern infrastructure. Our ability to offer these six know-how domains means that the ERIKS group is ideally placed to make a positive contribution to its customers’ and manufacturers’ business operations.
The ERIKS group has become a leading, innovative supplier to defined segments of industry, fulfilling the twin roles of specialist and total supplier.
The ERIKS group supplies over 90,000 industrial customers (business-to-business), markets a range of over 600,000 articles, purchases worldwide from over 1,000 qualified suppliers and manufacturers and sends out approximately 3 million shipments every year.
The ERIKS group currently consists of over 50 group companies with branches in 13 countries. The geographical focus of the group’s activities is in Western and Central Europe, where 94 percent of its sales are achieved. ERIKS also has branches in the USA and South-east Asia (Singapore and Malaysia).The ERIKS group is pursuing a leading market position in Western and Central Europe. The ERIKS group also wants a direct or indirect presence in the USA and South-east Asia if this is conducive to its position in Europe.
The current range of products is divided into eight core activities:- Sealing technology
- Power transmission
- Flow technology
- Industrial plastics
- Tools and Maintenance products
- Electromechanical services and Condition monitoring
- Tolerance rings and Tire technology
- Technical and logistics services
We provide technical and logistics services as a core activity linked to the product groups contained in our core activities and six know-how domains.