New Management for Dutch Solar Measurement Company

Kipp & Zonen (the Netherlands) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the company by the Amsterdam-based Rabo Capital B.V., a Dutch midmarket private equity fund, with participation of the Kipp & Zonen management team. Consequently, the company’s president and CEO, Ben Dieterink, has decided to retire after an impressive career of nearly 25 years of service and guidance to the company.

“An opportune moment for me to pull back and hand down my duties to Dr. Foeke Kuik.” said Ben Dieterink, CEO of Kipp & Zonen. “In 24 years the company has grown from a major chart recorder supplier to the leading manufacturer of measurement instrumentation of all sorts of solar radiation. With pride and satisfaction I look back on a beautiful time at one of the world’s greatest companies. The future of Kipp & Zonen is guaranteed thanks to its high quality products, but moreover thanks to its loyal employees and agile management .”

The new management of Kipp & Zonen consists of the new CEO Foeke Kuik and the COO Patrick Akkermans. They are proud to step in Ben’s footsteps to lead the company into new challenging times. According to Foeke Kuik, “Ben has done a great job in making Kipp & Zonen into what is it now, and we have taken over the responsibility to continue the business and to grow it even further. But we are really happy and proud that we can do this with the great Kipp & Zonen team behind us”.