The renowned KIN Machinebouw was taken over at the end of 2014. This Brabant based company produces machines for various different industrial sectors, including the pharmaceutical industry, the defense sector, the food processing industry, the packaging sector, the chemical industry and the aviation sector (including parts for KLM’s Boeing 747 engines and for the JSF programme, for example for the aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Martin and the British defense organisation BAE Systems).