THE HISTORY OF NEERLANDIA -URK

Neerlandia-Urk is a family business based in the well-known fishing village of Urk in the Netherlands. This former island is the fish center of Europe for many years. In 1972, the two brothers Herman and Albert Romkes started their own fish processing company. A hardworking mentality and their language skills enabled them to build an internationally oriented company. It started with the export of fresh fish from the North Sea. Fish that had been caught by local fishermen. In the first 30 years, the core activity was manually filleting the fresh fish from the North Sea. Meanwhile, the next generation entered the business and expanded further. Nevertheless, Neerlandia-Urk also went through difficult times. Above all, the family is grateful for how it all went and sees it as a blessing from God.