Intracare officially inaugurated its new production facility in Veghel, the Netherlands, on 4 June during an event attended by Her Majesty Queen Máxima.
Employees, international business partners and local authorities attended the official opening of the new facility. Queen Máxima was welcomed by Ina Adema, King’s Commissioner for North Brabant, Kees van Rooij, Mayor of Meierijstad, and Intracare Managing Director Jan van Geest.
During the ceremony, Jan van Geest spoke about the company’s growth, while Mayor Kees van Rooij highlighted the region’s innovative strength. Dirk Lorenz-Meyer, Chairman of the Corporate Behn Meyer Group, described the opening as a milestone in the company’s history. Queen Máxima cut the ceremonial ribbon to officially open the facility.
During the visit, Queen Máxima toured the new facility, where Intracare presented several of its research and development activities. In the R&D department, Daisy Roijackers introduced Intra Hydrocare, highlighting its role in clean drinking water, biosecurity and antibiotic reduction. Gerwen Lammers also presented Intra Dysovinol, an antibiotic-free treatment for swine dysentery, describing its four- to five-year development process.
Queen Máxima visited the company’s laboratories, where Myrthe van Oort, Emma van Oort and Sem Smetsers gave laboratory and microbiology demonstrations. According to Intracare, the Queen asked questions throughout the laboratory visit and the microbiology demonstrations.
While the royal tour was taking place, international customers, business relations and suppliers attended a separate programme before touring the new facility, where they received explanations of the departments, new equipment and production processes. The event concluded with a dinner for guests.
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