The history of Oostvogels Groep BV spans nearly a century. In 1930, the entrepreneurial Oostvogels Senior, at the age of 18, started his own business in Achtmaal, Brabant. Initially focused on transporting soil to the local marsh, the company quickly expanded, replacing horse and cart with a real truck. This marked the beginning of transporting livestock and agricultural products. After the war, operations resumed with a former army GMC. Shortly thereafter, in 1960, the first new vehicles were purchased.
In 1968, Senior officially passed on his business to two of his sons. They took an aggressive approach, acquiring four new trucks and constructing a 1000 square meter warehouse. When his brother had to step down due to health issues in 1989, Johan Oostvogels continued the business on his own. As the company grew, Oostvogels Groep BV later moved to the strategically located Logistic Centre Hazeldonk-Meer industrial estate.
In the following years, the company continued to grow steadily, and in 2006, Claudia and Edwin officially took over the business from their father, Johan Oostvogels, becoming the third generation to run the company. Currently, the company operates 50 trucks and has over 120,000 square meters of storage space available in both Belgium and the Netherlands.
On January 1, 2018, Oostvogels Groep BV was acquired by Neele-Vat. Oostvogels continues to operate under its own name but is now part of Neele-Vat. Together with Neele-Vat, Oostvogels can better support its customers’ growth and anticipate innovations in areas such as digitalization and sustainability. In turn, Neele-Vat benefits from the strategic location, packaging capabilities, and the strong foundation in the feed, food, and chemicals industries of Oostvogels.
