Lekkerkerker Management Group B.V.
- Type
- Food & Ingredient Manufacturer
- Location
- Lopik, Netherlands
- Industries
- Alternative proteins, Food ingredients & products
- Domains
- Ingredients, Dairy ingredients, Spices & herbs, Processed food products, Condiments & sauces, Dairy alternatives, Dairy products
- Technologies
- Power-heating technology, Platform technology, Processing, Platform & Service technologies
About Lekkerkerker Management Group B.V.
Lekkerkerker Group is a Dutch family-owned company based in Lopik, active in two closely linked areas of the dairy industry: food production and dairy equipment. The group makes cream cheese products from fresh milk and also develops a second business around dismantling, refurbishing, selling, and installing dairy processing and packaging machinery, including complete factories.
The company presents itself as an innovative, reliable, and flexible partner with a strong focus on quality, sustainability, and continuity. It serves consumers, foodservice customers, industrial buyers, and dairy companies worldwide, combining product know-how with technical expertise and a long history in cheese making and dairy machinery.
Core Values
- Quality: The group emphasizes high-quality products and machinery, positioning quality as a central part of both its food and equipment businesses.
- Sustainability: Sustainability is highlighted in its operations, from giving used machines a second life to developing plant-based alternatives.
- Innovation: The company describes itself as innovative and invests continuously in technology and production to improve its offerings.
- Reliability and flexibility: Lekkerkerker says it aims to be reliable and flexible in serving customers, supported by in-house expertise and short lead times.
- Continuity: Continuity is described as a key driver, reflected in the way the group combines food production and equipment activities to serve the market over the long term.
Unique Aspects
- Two complementary businesses under one group: Lekkerkerker combines dairy food production with dairy equipment trading and refurbishment, allowing it to serve both product and technology needs within the same industry.
- Fresh-milk cream cheese production in-house: The company states that it makes cream cheese itself from fresh Dutch meadow milk at its own facility in Lopik, which it presents as a distinctive capability in the Netherlands.
- Worldwide equipment reach: Its equipment business exports product lines and machinery to more than 150 companies in over 40 countries, showing a broad international footprint.
- Second-generation family leadership: The business was founded by Kees Lekkerkerker and is now led by the second generation, Mariska and Niels Lekkerkerker, who have been formally directors since 2014.
- Used equipment platform: UsedDairyEquipment.com gives the group a dedicated online channel for trading dairy machinery globally, including equipment that can return to production without refurbishment.