This document summarizes information about the company Katoen Natie. It discusses that the company was founded in 1854 in Antwerp, Belgium and initially received cotton shipments. Over time it diversified its services and expanded internationally. Today it employs over 9,300 people worldwide across 28 countries and provides logistics and engineering solutions to customers in industries like petrochemicals, chemicals, and consumer goods. The company's mission is to create maximum value for customers by offering tailored and full-service global logistics solutions.

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1. Founded
2. Location
3. Mission and purpose
4. Service
5. Number of employees
6. growth

4. FOUNDED
When? 1854
Who? Katoen Natie was founded in 1854 by four working partners.
Their first activity consisted of cotton receiving. A ship was discharged in the harbor by captain
and crew, assisted by locally recruited stevedores. Once the crane brought the goods on quay,
they were received by the guild. The guild worked on commission for the buyer of the goods.
Katoen Natie [cotton guild] worked in its infancy for the cotton-processing industry. The guild
received the bales of cotton and handled their storage, weighing, sampling and distribution.
Diversification
Katoen Natie quickly diversified its range. It handled the receiving of other goods: jute, coffee,
iron, steel, fruit, tomatoes, etc. In the years following World War II, the organization started new
activities: storage in its own warehouses, transport, expediting and customs declaration.

5. 1986 Step into the water
In 1986 Katoen Natie took the step into the water with its acquisition of Seaport Terminals, a
large Antwerp stevedoring company specialized in general cargo and containers. This acquisition
was followed by that of fifteen other stevedoring companies that were all integrated into the
parent company Seaport Terminals.
1990 Specialization
In the nineties, the specialized services for the petrochemical, chemical, automobile industry
and major distribution were added.
1995 Internationalization
In 1995, Katoen Natie invested for the first time abroad with a branch in Sarralbe (France). After
Sarralbe, investment abroad rapidly expanded, with additional locations in all parts of the world.
Katoen Natie is now a global player.

6. 2000 Business Units
In 2000, the activities were divided into customer-oriented business units. Katoen Natie works
with this structure, to the great satisfaction of our customers.
2017 Katoen Natie today
Today, Katoen Natie is a global supplier of value added logistics and applied engineering
solutions.

7. Location
Headquarters 2060 Antwerp, Belgium

9. Mission and purpose
The mission of a company is simple: creating maximum added value. Katoen Natie creates
maximum value by providing tailor-made, full service logistics and engineering solutions to a key
number of customers, all over the world.
Our purpose is unambiguous. All our efforts and investments are geared towards offering better
services and smarter solutions to our customers. We will continue to enhance their performance
and reduce their cost. We use all of our knowledge, experience and inventiveness to do so.
We deliver cost-efficient, reliable, sustainable
solutions for added value in your supply chain.

12. Service
•petrochemicals
•specialty chemicals
•consumer goods
•industry
•general cargo & commodities
•port operations
•processing & projects

13. Number of employees
Katoen Natie is an international logistics service provider and port operator. The company is present in 28 countries in five continents and
employs about 9300 people worldwide. In 2009 the company had 154 logistics platforms. Its headquarters are located in Antwerp,
Belgium.–Wikipedia

15. Growth of the company from the start
until now
In the 1980s the range of sectors was expanded to include:
consumer goods and the petrochemical, chemical and automotive industries.
The 1990s marked a strong international growth for Katoen Natie. Nowadays, the company is
present in Europe, North America, South America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and Africa

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