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History

1945

Mr. Georges Meersschaert starts with the company FA Georges Meersschaert. The activities are mainly related to the design and assembly of jacquard harnesses and renewing the Jacquard.

1953

On October the 15 the BVBA Heule punch carding starts up with the managers of the brothers George and Anthony Meersschaert.

1964

Dissolution of Heule punch carding BVBA.

1965

Mr. Georges, Roger and Johan Meersschaert, start with the BVBA Meersschaert GRJ. There are both jacquard harnesses, Jacquard machines and weaving carts manufactured.

1970

Acquisition of the company Giropan based in Ieper with activity of the construction of the new Jacquard machines.

1971

The company moved to Giropan Heule in the MelleStreet. This is the start for Guy Meersschaert responsible for Giropan.

1973

Company Meersschaert and Giropan move to the Warandestreet in Heule. The 2 companies are housed in 1 building.

1982

The bankrupt company Marcel Dewaele from Harelbeke is taken over and Meersschaert begins with the construction of wirelooms.

1986

Group Meersschaert builds his own wire loom with the name METEX (which stands for: Meersschaert Textiles)

1989

Transformation BVBA Meersschaert to Meersschaert G.R.J. nv.

1991

Meersschaert G.R.J. nv settled in the new buildings (one hectare) in Kuurne, Noordlaan 35-37.

1993

Startup CAD/CAM Textile Office

1995

BVBA Giropan becomes NV Giropan. MR. Johan Meersschaert gets out of the company which is further led by Roger and his son Guy Meersschaert.

1997

Building an additional hall of 5000m ²

2003

Group Meersschaert takes over the group Deman specializing in the processing of wire articles for the textile industry. Presentation of the new flexible multi-purpose wire looms "WireFlex" exhibition at ITMA 2003 in Birmingham, England.

2007

Production of bobbin racks. Presentation at ITMA 2007 of the latest jacquard machine "UNIVAL 100" from manufacturer Staubli on a modernized wire loom "Metex WireFlex" and inserting in the yawn of two wires on top of each other and confirm the performance of the new wire loom "DobbyFlex". Investment in 2 paint cabs with dry oven as objective the supply of parts with a maximum length of 10 meters and a maximum weight of 10.000 kg.

2010

Group Meersschaert G.R.J. nv takes over Vererfve nv from Belgium with activities: cardpunching - textile harnesses - textile CAD/CAM.