From the start in 1910, Draka has grown significantly over the years. Below you will an overview with the main achievements in the past 96 years.
| 1910 |
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Draka was founded by Jan Teewis Duyvis, under the name: Hollandsche
Draad & Kabel Fabriek (Dutch Wire & Cable Factory) |
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| 1970 |
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Draka was acquired by Philips N.V. and became part of the division
Wire & Cable |
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| 1986 |
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Draka Holding N.V. became independent via a buy out financed by
Parcom and Flint Beheer |
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| 1988 |
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Acquisition of Boston Insulated Wire (USA & UK) |
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| 1989 |
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Acquisition of Kabelwerke Wagner 50% (Germany) |
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| 1989 |
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Acquisition of Communication & Control engineering (UK) |
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| 1990 |
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Acquisition of Chromatic Technologies (USA) |
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| 1991 |
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Acquisition of Industria Cunha Barros 50% (Portugal) |
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Listed on the stock market (Euronext Amsterdam) |
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| 1992 |
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Acquisition of NEK (USA & UK) |
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Acquisition of Sindutch Cable Manufacturer (Malaysia) |
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| 1993 |
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Acquisition of Philips Optical Fibres & Yangtze Optical Fibres 37.5%
(NL & China) |
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Acquisition of Coquesa (Spain) |
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Acquisition of Ralocar (Spain) |
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| 1994 |
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Acquisition of Kabelwerke Wagner remaining 50% (Germany & Turkey) |
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Acquisition of Höhn (Germany) |
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Acquisition of Suzhou 60% (China) |
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Acquisition of NKT 70% (Denmark) |
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Acquisition of Kabelwerke Reinshagen (Germany) |
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| 1995 |
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Acquisition of White Holding Group 70% (NL & UK & France) |
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Acquisition of White Insulated Cable 28% (NL) |
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Acquisition of Associated Cables 48% (India) |
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| 1996 |
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Acquisition of Draka NKT remaining 30% (Denmark) |
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Acquisition of White Holding Group remaining 30% (NL & UK & France) |
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Acquisition of White Insulated Cable remaining 72% (NL) |
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| 1997 |
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Acquisition of Gifi (France) |
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Acquisition of Cedegalsa (Spain) |
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Acquisition of Suzhou Draka Cable remaining 40%
(China) |
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Acquisition of Oman Cable Industry 34.7% (Oman) |
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Disposal of BIW Connectors (USA) |
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Acquisition of Tamaqua Cable (USA) |
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| 1998 |
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Joint Venture NK Wuhan Cable (China) |
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| 1999 |
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Acquisition of MCI Cable Co. 64% (Thailand) |
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Acquisition of Delta (UK) |
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Acquisition of Republic Wire & Cable (USA) |
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Acquisition of NKF (NL) |
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Acquisition of the cable activities of ABB (Norway & Sweden) |
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| 2000 |
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Joint venture of Draktel 50% (Brasil) |
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Acquisition of Telcon 28% (Brasil) |
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Acquisition of NK RF Brasil 78% (Brasil) |
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Acquisition of ANK remaining 50% (Brasil) |
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Acquisition of rubber cable activities from Felten & Guilleaume
Kabelwerke (Germany) |
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| 2001 |
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Disposal of Industrias Cunha Barros 50% (Portugal) |
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| 2003 |
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Acquisition of Atlas Metal Works (USA) |
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| 2004 |
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Draka & Alcatel form Draka Comteq B.V.; Draka owns 50.1% and Alcatel
49.1% |
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Change in organisational structure: Draka divided its activities
into two groups: Draka Cableteq & Draka Comteq |
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Disposal of the copper datacommunication cable activities (USA) |
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| 2005 |
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Disposal of NKF Electronics (NL) & NK Networks & Services (Germany) |
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Acquisition of Oakwell Engineering 29.9% (Singapore) |
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| 2006 |
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Acquisition of insulated cable activities from International Wire
Group (USA) in Cebu, (Philippines) and Durango (Mexico) |
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Acquisition of Cornelia Thies Kabeltechnik (Germany) |
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| 2007 |
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Draka acquires full ownership of Draka Comteq B.V. |
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| 2008 |
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Acquisition of DeBiase Lift Components s.r.l. in Milan (Italy) |
