Machine shop and Construction workshop B. Zwijnenburg b.v. was founded in 1955 by mr. Bas Zwijnenburg in Capelle aan den IJssel. After just a few years the company moved to one of its current locations in Krimpen aan den IJssel. In its first period, Zwijnenburg was mostly active in making different types of steel constructions and executing all kinds of machining.

In the 1980’s and 1990’s, son in law mr. Geen Bak took over the company. During this period, construction company Stekelenburg in Middelharnis was taken over. Construction company Stekelenburg is still our ‘Constructions’ branch.

During the 80’s and 90’s, Zwijnenburg focussed more and more on shipbuilding and it became the permanent section builder for ‘Van der Giessen-de Noord’. After this collaboration, Zwijnenburg acquired a lot of new customers in a short period of time. Zwijnenburg stayed active in the shipbuilding industry and also executed larger projects, such as building bridges and cranes.

In 2006, the Industrieweg location in Krimpen aan den IJssel was opened, this was our third location. After 2006, the company grew fast and the branches Zwijnenburg Shipbuilding and Zwijnenburg Constructions were founded. In 2012, we opened our fourth and newest location; a complete shipyard, the IJsselwerf, in Capelle aan den IJssel. In 2017, The Machine shop became an independent company within the Zwijnenburg organisation. During this year, we made substantial investments in modernising the industrial halls and machines. In July of 2018, mr. Martijn Nobel joined as a shareholder. That period, Zwijnenburg also took over naval architecture and marine engineering company T.S.D. Engineering, a company with an excellent reputation in yacht- and shipbuilding. This was the start of Zwijnenburg Engineering. Despite Zwijnenburg’s growth, the company is still a true family business with a passion for its personnel and a superb care for its clients. At Zwijnenburg we stand for quality and delivery reliability and we will continue to do so for a very long time.