In 1887, Groeneveld, Van der Pol & Co’s Elektronische Fabriek NV established a technical installation company for public utilities and the ship-building industry. Business went well and within a few decades the company had grown into the listed company Groenpol NV. In 1968, this company merged with Geveke NV and in 1970 the new organisation Geveke & Groenpol NV was acquired by Steenkolen Handelsvereniging NV, or SHV. Geveke & Groenpol NV was then withdrawn from the Amsterdam stock exchange and SHV split the organisation into an installation division and a sales division called Groenpol Industrial Sales. Owing to expansion into Belgium and France, this name was changed to Geveke Electronics in 1972.

In 1983, Geveke Electronics organised a leveraged management buy-out and acquired a large part of the shares from SHV. Subsidiary companies were brought under one parent company – Geveke Electronics International NV. After the company was re-launched on the Amsterdam stock exchange under the name Geveke Electronics NV, the name was changed to Getronics NV in 1988.

In 1999, Getronics acquired Wang Global, building upon its strong market presence in Europe and consolidating its position as a truly global player in ICT arena.

In 2005, Getronics and Pinkroccade combined their strengths to become one company. Working in 90 countries around the world, Getronics became the Benelux’s largest international Information and Communication Technology Services Company.

KPN and Getronics

From 2007 – 2012 Getronics became part of KPN. The two organisations remain partners in the Getronics Workspace Alliance.

Getronics Workspace Alliance

In 2009 Getronics expanded our global workspace offerings through the Getronics Workspace Alliance, which is a global alliance providing customers access to an extensive global network of IT service providers.

The Alliance supplies consistent IT support for 11.5 million end-users around the world. The nine Alliance members — in 30 countries with a total of 34,000 employees, extended with 75 service partners in more than 90 countries— share common processes, methods and tools to deliver global IT services , providing direct benefit for international organisations, through consistent services delivered with a strong local presence, robust international governance and shared service innovation. The nine members are: Getronics, Groupe APX, KPN, CompuCom, Getronics Middle East, NTT Data Getronics, ServiceOne Getronics, Getronics LATAM and Tecnocom. All members are recognised leaders in the European, American and Asian markets.