The history of our company

The history of our company.

1936: Armand Deprest starts designing and manufacturing equipment for the food industry.
1939: He starts the construction of his own workshop.
1950: The first stainless steel equipment for the pharmaceutical and chemical industries is produced.
1963: Armand Deprest dies unexpectedly. His wife, Mrs. Lucille Smet, takes over daily management.
1975: Luc Deprest, the family’s youngest son, enters the company.
1988: Luc Deprest becomes the daily manager and makes significant investments. The company’s floor-area increases considerably.
1995: Deprest obtains the certificate according to the standard ISO 9001:1994 for its quality assurance system. It is extended in subsequent years (1998, 2001).
2003: Deprest obtains the quality label according to the new standard ISO 9001:2000.
2004: Extension of the ISO certificate with the standard EN 729-2 for welding.
2008: Werkhuizen Deprest plc is taken over by Peter & Karine Depraetere-De Bie, the owners of Alinco nv (www.alinco.be).
Luc Deprest remains active for a while.
2010: Werkhuizen Deprest is again ISO-certified according to the standard ISO 9001:2008
2013: Deprest is moving to the new building in the Frank Van Dyckelaan in Temse and will immediately invest in 3 important machines: a welding crane, a plasma table and a plate bending machine. Werkhuizen Armand Deprest NV has changed to Deprest NV and the logo will also change.; Deprest adds 1680 m2 to its workshop area. With a height of 18.3 metres, the additional workshop space is suitable for the vertical construction of tanks. In addition, Deprest invested heavily in additional overhead cranes with a capacity of up to 64 tonnes, and a plasma keyhole welding installation, among other machinery.; The investment programme of the past years culminates with the acquisition of a plasma keyhole welding derrick. Since 2013, Deprest has grown at a rapid pace from a workshop where hardly any investment was made for years into a state-of-the-art construction workshop for large and small boiler construction, certified welding work and heavier constructions