and service providing company with its headquarters in naarden . contents 1 history 2 corporate affairs 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit it was founded in 1868 by charles theodoor stork although in the 20th century the company merged other companies some including werkspoor founded in 1827 as nederlandse fabriek van werktuigen en spoorwegmaterieel dutch equipment and rolling stock factory . stork has two operating companies fokker aerospace group and stork technical services . stork aerospace designs develops and produces advanced structures and electrical systems for the aerospace and defence industry and supplies integrated maintenance services and products to aircraft owners and operators . the aerospace group carries out these activities with 3 532 employees . stork technical services is a supplier of integrated technical services for installations and machines in the industrial market . the group which consists of the industry services and industry specialists strategic units achieved a turnover of 1 089 million in 2007 with 9 320 employees out of the total stork turnover of 2.2 billion . stork n.v. bought the parts manufacturing and aircraft servicing divisions of fokker at the time of its bankruptcy and formed stork aerospace . on 24 november 2010 stork nv announced the sale of their materials and testing group to 3i group plc. the company agreed to a 1.5 billion takeover by a consortium led by british buyout firm candover on 28 november 2007 . 1 as part of the deal stork s food systems unit was sold on in may 2008 to marel food systems an icelandic firm controlled by landsbanki slands and eyrir invest . 2 the consortium delisted stork from the amsterdam stock exchange on 19 february 2008 having obtained around 98 % of the company s shares by mid january . 3 corporate affairs edit the head office is in naarden netherlands . the head office houses 50 employees and the board of management . 4 see also edit werkspoor jumbo a large 1930s cargo biplane references edit molenaar jeroen 28 november 2007 . candover led group to buy stork for eu1 .5 billion . bloomberg . retrieved 2007 11 28 . sale of stork food systems completed press release . stork b.v. 8 may 2008 . retrieved 2008 07 09 . kreijger gilbert 22 january 2008 . consortium plans to delist stork shares in feb . reuters . retrieved 2008 02 01 . contact information . stork b.v. retrieved on 10 january 2012 . stork head office stork b.v. amersfoortsestraatweg 7 1412 ka naarden external links edit netherlands portal companies portal official website official website for stork technical services official website for stork materials technology this dutch corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title stork b.v. & oldid 698978542 categories companies of the netherlandsfokkerrolling stock manufacturers of the netherlandsgooise merenhengelodutch company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschfran aisitalianonederlands edit links this page was last modified on 9 january 2016 at 13 21 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view