Voshol joins GreenV group

Voshol, a supplier of advanced climate control systems (heating, isolation and electrical engineering) for the global greenhouse horticulture industry, will join GreenV, an internationally operating group of horticulture suppliers, with both its companies: Voshol Warmte- en Elektrotechniek in the Netherlands and JV Energy Solutions in Canada. Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed.

For GreenV, the addition of Voshol is the next step in the growth strategy of a group that intends to become the reference in the global horticulture industry by bringing together leading and innovative suppliers with complementary capabilities and activities on multiple continents for close collaboration and mutual reinforcement.

The international horticulture industry knows Voshol as an innovative supplier (design, development, and installation) of customer-specific heating systems and electrical installations. Voshol Warmte – Elektrotechniek BV in Waddinxveen, the Netherlands (45 employees) and JV Energy Solutions Inc. in Kingsville (Ontario), Canada (9 employees) do not only possess significant knowledge and expertise in climate control systems, but they also enable GreenV to establish a foothold in Canada, where Voshol has its own service organisation that maintains a stock of essential system components from the EU and supplies them to Canadian and American horticulture clients.

Both Voshol companies will continue to operate independently within GreenV, retaining their existing identities and names. Jan Voshol, the Dutch board members Lennert Bredemeijer and Wilco Voshol, and Canada-based Field & Operations manager Henry Friesen will all remain fully active and committed to the operations in the Netherlands and Canada, respectively.

Voshol developed into the company it is today after Jan Voshol, a professional mechanic, became the co-owner of a local installation company through a management buy-out in the early 1990s. The company continued under the name Voshol Warmte- en Elektrotechniek BV and began to grow rapidly when climate control and electrical engineering were added to the service portfolio.

Jan Voshol became the sole owner of the company’s shares in 2003. The expansion of the company further accelerated as international demand increased for the complete suite of services that Voshol could offer to customers.

After several relocations and expansions, the company finally established its base in the Dutch town of Waddinxveen. Meanwhile, Voshol has been active in Canada since 2009. The Canadian branch JV Energy Solutions has grown into an essential business unit, enabling Voshol to service the increasingly important Canadian market. After transferring his shares to his son Wilco, son-in-law Lennert Bredemeijer, and Henry Friesen, who runs the Canadian organisation, Jan Voshol has continued to be actively involved with the two companies in the Netherlands and Canada. Pursuant to the transaction, Voshol’s shareholders have also become shareholders of the GreenV group.

After several successive acquisitions, the GreenV group currently encompasses Prins Group (greenhouse construction; 2020), Stolze (installation engineering; 2020), HT Verboom (internal transport systems; 2022), Prins USA (greenhouse construction; 2023), Voshol Warmte- en Elektrotechniek (2023) and JV Energy Solutions (2023).