Mivas
MIVAS is a Belgian non-profit sheltered-employment company (maatwerkbedrijf) employing ~700 people with labor restrictions, providing co-packing, contract packaging, washing/refilling, painting, ironing, landscaping, and cleaning services to enterprise FMCG clients, retailers, municipalities, and consumers across Belgium.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded1968
- HeadquartersLiers, Belgium
- Headcount501–1,000
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingServices
What Mivas does
MIVAS VZW is a Belgian non-profit sheltered-employment company (maatwerkbedrijf) founded in 1968, headquartered in Lier, Belgium, with approximately 700 employees, the majority of whom are people with a distance to the regular labour market. The organization operates six sites across Lier, Rumst and Mechelen, providing a diversified portfolio of contract services anchored by co-packing and contract packaging (Verpakkingswerk) for major FMCG clients, complemented by a flexible washing and refilling line for reusable containers, manual work, painting, green care/landscaping, ironing, apartment-building cleaning, and the 't Hofke social restaurant and grocer. MIVAS holds two granted patents — the Kai-Mook system for shrink wrapping heat-sensitive products (chocolate, dairy, medicines) and a shrink machine for bio-compostable films developed with the University of Antwerp — and operates proprietary food-safe facilities including clean rooms, refrigerated warehousing, and IntelliDISH-tracked washing equipment.
MIVAS generates revenue through negotiated B2B service contracts with enterprise clients including Procter & Gamble (strategic partner since 1996, with a dedicated on-site workspace at P&G's Rumst distribution centre), Kellogg's/Pringles (dedicated workspace at the Mechelen distribution centre since March 2024), Philip's Biscuits, Lime Factory, Chez Blanche (Jean Galler), and a growing portfolio of circular-economy projects (Boemerang reusable packaging with Twintag/Kingslize Pizza since 2024; REPASYS reusable mushroom containers with six Belgian retailers launched 2026). A secondary public-sector and consumer segment supplies painting, landscaping, ironing, and cleaning services to municipalities and individuals. The company is led by CEO Johan Kreydt, Financial Director Nathalie Notelé, and Personnel Director Carl Van den Eynde.
The business model combines a subsidized labour cost structure (via Belgian sheltered-employment subsidies) with food-safety-certified industrial operations (BRC Global Food V8, ISO22000:2018, Kosher, Organic, HACCP under FAVV) to deliver competitively priced contract packaging while reinvesting surpluses into employment for people with labour restrictions. Recent strategic direction has shifted toward circular-economy services (reusable packaging washing, traceable UID-based lifecycle tracking), patented sustainable packaging technology (paper flowpack, banding, bio-compostable shrink), and adjacent commercial services such as apartment-building cleaning. Revenue is not publicly disclosed; no funding rounds are recorded, consistent with its non-profit VZW structure.
Mivas firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Mivas
- Legal name
- MIVAS VZW
- Website
- https://mivas.be
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 1968
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 501–1,000 employees
- Short description
- MIVAS is a Belgian non-profit sheltered-employment company (maatwerkbedrijf) employing ~700 people with labor restrictions, providing co-packing, contract packaging, washing/refilling, painting, ironing, landscaping, and cleaning services to enterprise FMCG clients, retailers, municipalities, and consumers across Belgium.
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- akta.pro rank
Mivas industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Contract Packaging Services
- NAICS
- Industrial Launderers (812332), Drycleaning and Laundry Services (except Coin-Operated) (812320)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Light Industrial & Warehouse Temp Staffing (BPACACAB)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Commercial Mat, Mop & Towel Laundry Service (HSAJAEAN), Uniform & Linen Cleaning, Sanitization & Processing (Service-Included) (HSAJAMAE)
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Where Mivas is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Liers
- HQ country
- Belgium
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices6 records
Markets served
Mivas business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales
Revenue model
- Contract Packaging Services (Co-packing): MIVAS provides outsourced packaging work, manual labor, and related services to businesses and government entities. Revenue is generated through service contracts where clients outsource specific production activities to MIVAS.
- Washing and Refilling Services: MIVAS operates washing facilities for reusable packaging, providing cleaning and restoration services for containers used in circular economy initiatives such as the Boemerang and REPASYS projects.
- Specialized Services: Additional services including painting, ironing, landscaping/green care, and social restaurant operations generate revenue through direct service provision to clients including municipalities and private individuals.
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels1 record
Marketing channels4 records
Mivas product offering
Product offeringCore offering
MIVAS is a Belgian sheltered employment company (maatwerkbedrijf) that provides outsourced contract packaging (co-packing), manual work, washing and refilling of reusable packaging, painting, ironing, landscaping/green care, and cleaning services to enterprise clients, municipalities, and individual consumers. The company operates food-grade production facilities, refrigerated warehousing, clean rooms, and a flexible washing line, and employs approximately 700 people with distance to the regular labor market across facilities in Lier, Rumst, and Mechelen, Belgium.
Product overview
MIVAS is a Belgian social enterprise (maatwerkbedrijf/vzw) offering a diversified portfolio of contract services centred around packaging work, cleaning, maintenance, and social care. The core offering is co-packing and contract packaging (Verpakkingswerk), supported by a flexible washing line for reusable containers (wasstraat en afvulling), manual work, green care/landscaping, painting services, ironing services, apartment cleaning, and a social restaurant ('t Hofke). Complementary to operations, the MIVAS Academy (MAC) designs custom tools and machines and provides employee training. Key differentiated offerings include patented packaging technologies — the Kai-Mook shrink wrapping system for heat-sensitive products and a shrink machine for bio-compostable films — as well as sustainable packaging options such as paper flow pack and banding. MIVAS also operates the Boomerang traceable reusable packaging system using Twintag QR-code digital IDs, and participates in the REPASYS reusable container pilot. All services are structured to create meaningful employment for people with labour restrictions across its multiple sites in Lier, Rumst, and Mechelen.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- MIVAS Academie (MAC): Internal academy that designs tools and machines for new projects, automates repetitive work, and provides training for employees.
Products and services
- Packaging Work (Verpakkingswerk)
Quantifiable outcome
- Near 50% reduction in plastic film consumption through technological optimization
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Mivas
Customer profileNamed customers10 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
Mivas technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Feature4 records
Mivas partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.
- Albert Heijn, ALDI, Carrefour, Colruyt, Delhaize, LidlminorParticipating retailers in REPASYS pilot project for reusable mushroom containers. Belgian retailers collaborating across the value chain to test reusable packaging systems. MIVAS provides cleaning services at its washing facility.
- Flanders' Food and VILminorIndustry associations that established REPASYS project in cooperation with Pack4Food and REuseLab (University of Antwerp), with support from VLAIO. Project to test reusable mushroom containers.
- Back in UseminorPartnership for refurbished IT equipment. MIVAS uses Back in Use for laptops and IT devices, supporting circular economy while providing employees with high-quality equipment. Michel Aerts, IT employee, noted the sustainable alternative with excellent price-quality ratio and good service.
- TwintagcoreStrategic technology partnership for digital unique identifiers (UID) on reusable packaging. MIVAS and Twintag collaborate on projects including Boemerang (hospitality reusable packaging) and Retourpack (reusable sixpack crates for Cornet beer with Carrefour and DW Reusables). Enables lifecycle tracking from production through consumer use, return, cleaning, and redistribution.
- Kingslize PizzacoreLogistics partner for Boemerang project. Kingslize Pizza provides bike couriers to collect reusable packaging from participating hospitality venues and transport to MIVAS for cleaning. Also handles collection for REPASYS mushroom container pilot.
- DW ReusablesminorPartner in Retourpack project for reusable sixpack crates for Cornet beer (Brouwerij Royal Swinkels) tested with Carrefour. MIVAS provides washing and cleaning services.
- Motortoerclub De Tramrijders and Royal Auto-Moto-Club Contich 1911minorPartner organizations for 'MIVAS on the Move' charity event combining motor and oldtimer meeting with walks to benefit 't Hofke social restaurant. All proceeds support the social restaurant's operations.
- Green Deal Anders VerpaktcoreMIVAS participates in Green Deal Anders Verpakt initiative with 80+ companies, organisations and governments committed to drastically reducing single-use packaging over three years. MIVAS received 600,000 euro financing support for circular packaging projects.
- VitraPackcorePartnership with packaging producer VitraPack (Wommelgem) for sustainable packaging solutions including paper flowpack alternatives to plastic film. Collaboration with Chez Blanche for paper-based chocolate packaging and with Lena & Lou for flowpack materials.
- Province of AntwerpminorProject subsidies for MIVAS Academy training centre development. 4-year project (2021-2025) focusing on competency development for vulnerable population within sheltered employment.
- Carrefour FoundationminorCarrefour and Carrefour Foundation launched 'Solidarity click' initiative to support local charities. MIVAS vzw Goed Gevoel received 11,000 euros for equipment and infrastructure improvements.
Scale indicators7 records
Recent moves12 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Mivas competitors and assessment
Company assessmentMarket position
Competitive moat6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
Mivas social profiles
Digital presenceMivas compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance6 records
Mivas financial estimates
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Mivas leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles4 records
Mivas subsidiaries and ownership
Company hierarchySubsidiaries1 record
Mivas funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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Mivas M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about Mivas
What does Mivas do?
MIVAS is a Belgian sheltered employment company (maatwerkbedrijf) that provides outsourced contract packaging (co-packing), manual work, washing and refilling of reusable packaging, painting, ironing, landscaping/green care, and cleaning services to enterprise clients, municipalities, and individual consumers. The company operates food-grade production facilities, refrigerated warehousing, clean rooms, and a flexible washing line, and employs approximately 700 people with distance to the regular labor market across facilities in Lier, Rumst, and Mechelen, Belgium.
Is Mivas a public or private company?
Mivas is a private company. It is classified as nonprofit foundation owned and is currently operating.
When was Mivas founded?
Mivas was founded in 1968. It employs 501 to 1,000 people.
Where is Mivas based?
Mivas is headquartered in Liers, Belgium, in the Europe region.
How does Mivas make money?
Three revenue lines are on record. Contract Packaging Services (Co-packing) is the primary driver. The others are washing and Refilling Services and specialized Services.
Does Mivas have an API?
No public API is recorded for Mivas.
What industry is Mivas in?
Mivas's product category is Contract Packaging Services. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPACACAB, Light Industrial & Warehouse Temp Staffing, with a secondary code of HSAJAEAN, Commercial Mat, Mop & Towel Laundry Service. Its NAICS code is 812332.