Hibex B.V.

What Hibex B.V. does

Hibex B.V. is a Dutch manufacturer of architectural prefabricated concrete facade elements, headquartered in Hoogkerk, Groningen, on a 5.5-hectare production site adjacent to the A7 highway with its own waterway quay for raw material delivery. The company, independent since 1983 but operating on a site with more than 100 years of concrete production history, serves architects and contractors by producing custom-made single-layer and sandwich facade elements, architectural terraces and balconies, and colored concrete elements with finishes including stone strips, sandblasting, polishing, and washing. Core technical capabilities include in-house concrete mix design using Norwegian marble and specialty pigments, an internal model workshop for mold fabrication, and a concrete plant fed by 20 day bunkers and 4 cement silos that allows daily casting of complex mixtures in short production runs.

Hibex generates revenue through one-time project-based contracts rather than subscriptions or licensing, with pricing established through custom quotes per project. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales: Hibex engages architects and contractors during the conceptual design phase to co-develop non-standard concrete solutions, then engineers, produces, and delivers the elements to project sites across the Netherlands and selected international markets including Belgium and the United Kingdom. There is no public pricing, no software or API offering, and no consumer channel.

The business is privately held, self-funded, and owner-operated by-director Michael Hermes and co-owner Klaas Toxopeus, who acquired the company in 2015 and grew headcount from 12 to approximately 50 permanent employees (~70 total team members). Hibex holds ISO 9001, ISO 14001, KOMO/Kwaliteitsverklaring, Kiwa Productcertificaat, Factory Production Control, and multiple NEN-EN Declarations of Performance, allowing it to supply CE-marked precast concrete products across the EU. Revenue is approximately EUR 14 million annually, with named reference projects including Naturalis Biodiversity Center, De Pontsteiger (90m residential tower), G-Star RAW headquarters, and Rijksuniversiteit Groningen.

Name

Hibex B.V.

Legal name

Hibex B.V.

Website

https://hibex.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

1983

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Hibex B.V. is a Dutch manufacturer of custom architectural prefabricated concrete facade elements, serving architects and contractors in the Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom with project-based, non-standard concrete solutions.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Prefabricated Architectural Concrete Products

NAICS

Cement and Concrete Product Manufacturing (3273)

SIC

Concrete Products, Except Block & Brick (3272)

akta.pro primary industry

Precast Concrete Products (IMADAAAB)

Keywords

• Prefabricated concrete facades
• Architectural concrete elements
• Precast concrete manufacturing
• Building envelope solutions
• Bespoke concrete facades

Headquarters

HQ city

Groningen

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Prefab Concrete Element Sales: Hibex generates revenue through the engineering, production, and delivery of custom architectural prefabricated concrete elements for construction projects. Projects range from residential towers to commercial and institutional buildings.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Hibex B.V. designs and manufactures architectural prefabricated concrete facade elements for architects and contractors. The company produces bespoke precast concrete panels with custom mix designs, in-house mold making, and a wide variety of finishes to suit distinctive building envelopes. Its products are used on award-winning commercial, cultural, residential and educational construction projects across the Netherlands and Belgium.

Product overview

Hibex B.V. is a manufacturer and supplier of architectural prefabricated concrete facade elements for architects and contractors in the Netherlands and abroad. The company offers a portfolio of core concrete products including single-layer facade elements, sandwich facade elements, and architectural terraces and balconies. These products are available in diverse executions, forms, colors, and finishes, with many surface treatments possible such as brick strips, textured surfaces, and polished or shot-blasted finishes. The company specializes in custom-made solutions ranging from simple to highly complex designs, serving projects across residential towers, educational institutions, commercial buildings, and healthcare facilities. Hibex operates from a 5.5-hectare production facility in Groningen and generates approximately €14 million in annual revenue.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Architectural Prefabricated Concrete Facade Elements Bespoke precast concrete panels, columns, beams and architectural facade elements engineered to architect specifications for commercial, residential, cultural and educational buildings.
• Concrete Facade Panels Flat and shaped precast concrete panels used as external cladding and load-bearing facade elements, manufactured with custom concrete mixes and surface finishes for architects and contractors.
• Custom Concrete Architectural Elements Bespoke precast concrete columns, beams, fins, sun-screens and sculptural architectural pieces made from project-specific molds to meet unique architect designs.

Named customers6 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Modelmakerij Noord-NederlandcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerModelmakerij Noord-Nederland is a mold making company that has so much work at Hibex that they have a workshop in one of Hibex's halls. They produce the wooden molds used for casting the concrete elements.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Holcim Ltd: Swiss global cement and aggregates-led building materials company with concrete products including architectural and structural precast in multiple European markets; overlaps with Hibex's precast facade category as part of a much broader portfolio.
• CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. Global cement, aggregates, and concrete products company with precast concrete offerings across multiple geographies; meaningful overlap at the building products level but with a much broader portfolio than Hibex's architectural facade specialty.
• Boral Limited: Australia-headquartered building materials and construction products group producing concrete, masonry, and quarry products across Australia, the US, and Asia; comparable as a broad incumbent building-products player with concrete/manufactured-stone adjacency to Hibex's facade range.
• Forterra plc: UK-listed manufacturer of concrete, masonry, and drainage products serving UK new-build and infrastructure; comparable as a broader precast and concrete products incumbent even though its product mix is more standardized than Hibex's architectural specialty.
• Heidelberg Materials AG: German-headquartered global cement, aggregates, and ready-mix concrete producer with concrete products operations across Europe including precast elements; comparable industry but operates at vastly larger scale and broader product line than Hibex.
• CRH plc: Ireland-headquartered global building materials group operating Oldcastle Architectural and other precast businesses in North America and Europe; CRH's scale and product breadth (cement, aggregates, concrete products including architectural precast) make it a broad incumbent in the same industry category.

Regional players

• Gate Precast Company: US architectural precast concrete specialist serving high-rise residential, commercial, and institutional facades; directly analogous to Hibex in product and customer profile but operating in North America rather than Northwest Europe.

Direct peers

• Max Bögl Group: German construction and precast concrete group producing a broad range of precast elements including architectural facade panels, structural components, and modular building systems for European residential and infrastructure projects — directly comparable to Hibex's architectural precab facade offering.
• VBI Ontwikkeling B.V. Dutch manufacturer of precast concrete floors, walls, and structural elements serving the Netherlands building market with a similar contractor/developer customer base and CE/EN product range; Hibex's architectural facade work and VBI's structural precast overlap on project specification.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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