Ide family, since 1984

In 1984 Leon Ide and his wife Mie Sallemeyn started the industrial sawmill Lefibo on the banks of the Zaubeek in Zulte.
In the initial phase, they managed to steer the company through a particularly gloomy economic period.
Through their entrepreneurial spirit and infectious zest for work, they managed to gather a loyal team of staff around them.
In just a few years, Lefibo developed into one of the leading producers of high-quality softwood for pallets and packaging.
Lefibo, with a capacity of 150,000 m³ of roundwood on an annual basis, is now a household name on the market.

Their entrepreneurial drive and more than ordinary interest in technological developments and social trends led in 1992 to the start-up of Solid in Spiere-Helkijn.
Here the focus was on the production of garden sheds and wood products for the garden.
Solid also experienced remarkable growth.
The range of services extended to sawing, shortening, planing, profiling and impregnating wood.
The ample storage possibilities and the smooth logistic service soon proved to be major assets in laying a foundation for long-term relationships here as well.

The companies are now in the hands of Leon and Mie’s sons Steven and Peter Ide who, together with their employees, are the driving force behind the day-to-day policy of both companies.
This shows that over the years both companies have continued to breathe the typical family character of a local SME.
Leon’s experience, combined with the new fresh impetuses of Steven and Peter, led to another innovative project: with the investment in a high-tech and ultra-modern production line, the group has been marketing finger-jointed wood since the beginning of 2019 under the name ‘IDE Woods’.
This extends the product range even further and the Ide family wants to anticipate proactively the perceptible new trends in wood processing and industry.

Geplaatst op 30.May.2023

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