History

Brief history of Dieseko Group

• 1974 – Founding Dieseko – Bolnes
• 1977 – Founding ICE – Amsterdam as an importer of American vibratory hammers
• 1978 – Dieseko moves to Papendrecht and  becomes a dealer of foreign vibratory hammers
• 1979 – ICE produces first vibratory hammer
• 1983 – Dieseko moves to Sliedrecht where it is still based
• 1983 – ICE equipment is used on the construction of the Delta Works
• 1985 – Dieseko focuses on its own manufacturing plant: VIP – Versluis Industrial Products
• 1989 – Dieseko launches PVE
• 1990 – ICE part of Geveke
• 1992 – Introduction of PVE 2320VM the first Variable Moment Vibratory Hammer
• 1995 – Dieseko opens a branch in the USA
• 1995 – ICE expands its dealer network to 32
• 1996 – The PVE ringvibrator is introduced
• 2001 – The huge PVE 200M is introduced and directly put to work on the construction of the Betuwelijn
• 2004 – Active Share takes over ICE
• 2005 – ICE products active in Dubai for Palm Island
• 2007 – ICE wins Gazelle award for the second time in a row
• 2008 – Founding of Dieseko Group BV – PVE and ICE merge and they join forces
• 2009 – Developing the 200M ‘twin’ for the constructions of wind farms
• 2009 – The PVE 200M active in Bard1 offshore project
• 2010 – PVE 300M, Dieseko Group once again introduces the biggest vibratory hammer in the World
• 2010 – With the establishment of ICE China in Shanghai a fully owned rental fleet comes available
• 2010 – With the Vibroflot, a new product is added to the range
• 2011 – A rental fleet is established in Brazil
• 2012 – The award for ”Best Managed Companies” is won again
• 2012 – Dieseko Group provides two sets of the PVE 300 MU upending vibratory hammer, to the prestigious Global Tech wind farm in Germany
• 2013
  – Dieseko Group introduces the variable moment into China and Brazil
  – Introduction of the modular offshore hammer PVE “Giant”
  – Introduction of a patented start-stop system
  – NPM Capital, a subsidiary of SHV acquires a majority stake in Dieseko Group
• 2014 – Dieseko Group celebrates 40th anniversary
• 2014 – Introduction of PVE 500M, the world’s biggest monobloc vibratory hammer
• 2015 – Dieseko Group acquires PVE Piling & Drilling Rigs.
• 2015 – Dieseko shows the world a new pile driving technology. In cooperation with RTI, Dieseko Group develops the Resonator.
• 2015 – PVE PDR builds the largest rig in its history: the PVE 300PD.
• 2016 – Dieseko acquires Woltman Piling Equipment and founds:Woltman Piling & Drilling Rigs
• 2017 – From april Dieseko Group is worldwide supplier of Bell Dredging Pumps and amphibious dredgers
• 2017 – The huge PVE 500M decommissioned the Lely wind turbines
• 2018 – Dieseko Group acquires majority interest in Pilequip Australia
• 2019 – Mr Dirk Smulders Chairman of the Board/CEO
• 2019 – Introduction of the Side Gripper
• 2019 – Introduction of the noise mitigation screen
• 2020 – Dieseko launches the Frog: a vibrator plate for ground improvement
  – PVE 110MU upending vibratory hammer installs 400 piles in Canada
  – Dieseko ESG program approved
  – Introduction of Dieseko Academy
• 2021 – Launching the Founding the Future campaign
  – Dieseko Group invests in a zero-emission program
  – Successful test and DNV-certification of the 500MU Upending/lifting Vibratory Hammer.
• 2021 – Dieseko Offshore has secured a contract with Saipem for the supply of the 2000MU Vibratory Hammer used  to install
  the monopiles on the Calvados Offshore Wind Farm
• 2021 – Start of the manufacturing of the newly designed 2000MU
• 2022 – Woltman builds the first 90DRe. An electric powered Drilling Rig
• 2023 – With the PVE 700e, our first zero emission Electric Hydraulic Power Unit, several kilometres of sheet piles were driven next to a river.
  – Introduction of the PLD100T Pile Lifting Device.