{"id":1258,"date":"2018-10-16T11:34:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T09:34:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kela.health\/?page_id=1258"},"modified":"2025-01-17T16:35:02","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T15:35:02","slug":"historiek","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.kela.health\/nl\/over-kela\/historiek\/","title":{"rendered":"Historiek"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_section full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; content_placement=&#8221;top&#8221; el_id=&#8221;cat-landing-2&#8243; el_class=&#8221;cat-landing about-landing&#8221;][vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;3\/12&#8243;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_wp_custommenu nav_menu=&#8221;13&#8243; el_class=&#8221;sidebar-small&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/12&#8243;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;6\/12&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1>Historiek<\/h1>\n<h3>Sterke Belgische verankering<\/h3>\n<p>Kela werd in 1941 opgericht en richtte zich initieel op de productie van humane farmaceutische producten. Onze productiefaciliteiten in Belgi\u00eb werden ernstig beschadigd door zware bombardementen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog. De volharding in het DNA van Kela hielp het jonge familiebedrijf echter om zijn fabrieken snel opnieuw op te bouwen en te herstellen en de productie te hervatten.<\/p>\n<p>1952 was een belangrijke mijlpaal voor Kela omdat we van start gingen met de productie van veterinaire farmaceutische producten. Achteraf gezien was dit een echte stimulans voor de verdere ontwikkeling van Kela. Omdat ons bedrijf groeide, verhuisden we naar een pas gebouwde en ruimere industriesite in Hoogstraten, Belgi\u00eb en in 1976 richtten we onze hoofdkantoren op in dezelfde gebouwen. Onze focus was doelgericht op expansie van ons bedrijf en in 1981 namen we een participatie van 50 % in Wolfs NV. Onze eerste acquisitie betekende een grote stap voorwaarts in onze toegang tot het verkoopsapparaat van humane farmaceutische producten. We namen de resterende 50 % over in 2004 waardoor we het bedrijf volledig konden integreren en onze portfolio konden uitbreiden. Ons bedrijf bleef verder groeien en 1990 was vooral gekenmerkt door de bouw van een nieuw magazijn en aanverwante kantoren voor onze humane en diergeneeskundige distributie in Sint-Niklaas, Belgi\u00eb. Een jaar later, in 1991, verwierven we de volledige eigendom van Phenix Pharmaceuticals en breidden we daarmee ons gamma in veterinaire farmaceutische producten uit.<\/p>\n<h3>Wereldwijde expansie<\/h3>\n<p>Onze sterke Belgische verankering is de voedingsbodem voor de volgende beslissende stap in onze historiek: wereldwijde expansie als producent en verdeler van diergeneeskundige gezondheidsproducten. Terwijl onze humane farmaceutische producten gericht bleven op de Belgische en Luxemburgse markten, bracht onze veterinaire activiteit ons op wereldniveau. We namen Anupco over in het Verenigd Koninkrijk in 2004 en verstevigden onze activiteiten in diergeneeskunde. Na een strategische reorganisatie in 2002 richtten we onszelf ten volle op het vervaardigen en het verhandelen van onze huismerken Kela en Anupco. Tien jaar later bevestigden we onze wereldwijde reikwijdte met de oprichting van onze joint-venture-onderneming GPMK in Algerije (2012, 49% eigendom). De oprichting van Kela de las Americas volgde in 2013 en gaf ons rechtstreeks toegang tot distributie in Mexico. In 2015 richtten we Kela Thailand op. En terwijl we tijd en middelen investeerden in het uitbreiden van ons wereldwijd exportnetwerk, werd 2016 een cruciaal jaar voor onze veterinaire business. Onze joint-venture met Vetop China (50% eigendom) gaf ons toegang tot de productie en de distributie van veterinaire farmaceutische producten in deze regio. Onze overname van Biagral Belgium (80% eigendom) gaf Kela toegang tot het vervaardigen van mengsels van aromatische kruiden voor diergeneeskundig gebruik.<\/p>\n<p>Kela Pharma, de Human Health-divisie van Kela nv, werd in december 2024 overgenomen door Ceres Pharma nv, een Belgische, farmaceutische onderneming actief in Women\u2019s en Family Healthcare. Deze overname markeert een belangrijke mijlpaal in de verdere groei van Kela Pharma en biedt nieuwe kansen om de Human Health-producten verder te versterken en uit te breiden.<\/p>\n<p>Bij Kela nv blijven we ons volledig richten op onze kernactiviteiten: de Animal Health-divisie en onze activiteiten als Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO). 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