History

Wim van Lieshout starts a small steel construction company. In those first years, his clients are mainly farmers from the surrounding area.

The company leaves the old forge and moves to the Groenendal, located on the Uden business park.

Egbèr Smits is hired as a construction bench fitter. It is the beginning of a flourishing career: he is now director/owner of SLB Group

The demand for stainless steel is increasing. Because this needs to be processed separately from carbon steel, this operation is started up in a separate workshop.

The activities are housed in two separate companies: Machinebouw Van Lieshout BV and RVS NON FERRO Wim van Lieshout BV.

On January 1, 1993, Egbèr is appointed Manager of RVS NON FERRO Wim van Lieshout. There are four people working at that time.

Egbèr and his wife Jacqueline buy RVS NON FERRO Wim van Lieshout and separate the company from Machinebouw Van Lieshout. The plan is not to expand for the time being.

In spite of the 1995 plan not to grow, the workshop now has 20 employees. A good reason to move to new premises at Koperslagerstraat 4. Here the company continues as RVS NON FERRO.

RVS NON FERRO wants to offer more added value. This is one of the reasons why it takes over RIJKERS Procestechnologie from Veghel. All at once, twelve employees are added to the team.

The colleagues at RIJKERS Procestechnologie move from Veghel to Uden, to a new office has been added.

Against the economic climate, the growth of the company calls for expansion of the pre-treatment hall.

The growth continues, still in challenging economic times. A new assembly hall is constructed for process installations and machines.

The first steps towards a new organizational structure are made. The three subsidiaries RVS NON FERRO, RIJKERS Procestechnologie and SLB Hightech each have their own focus within the new structure.

With the new ERP system, the new organization is ready for the future.

The company has strong ambitions and expresses them. In 2021/2022, it aims to have a turnover of 10 million euros, which is necessary to continue to play a leading role.