History

Founded in 1928. Refounded in 2016. Still family.

Quality casings. A tradition since 1928.

From a casing workshop at the Amsterdam slaughterhouse to a new building in Zeewolde and an own selection facility in Shaoshan. Four generations, told year by year.

1928Karel Johan Teijsen starts in Amsterdam
2016Teijsen B.V. founded in Zeewolde
2023fourth generation co-shareholders

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Black-and-white archive photograph of the Teijsen casing business in Amsterdam, with a Ford truck

History

In short

The Teijsen family has worked in natural casings since 1928, when Karel Johan Teijsen started his own casing production company in Amsterdam, the year the city hosted the Olympic Games.

His son Gijsbert, known as Bep, joined in 1952 and took over the business at the Amsterdam slaughterhouse. In 1968 he formed a joint venture with the Van den Hengel family.

In 1985 the third generation, Karel, Jeroen, René and Simone Teijsen, took over the shares and built the company into an international market leader in hog casings and meat by-products.

After 47 years the family left that company in 2014 and founded Teijsen B.V. in 2016, with a new building in Zeewolde and an own selection facility in Hunan, China. A new plant followed in Shaoshan in 2020. In 2023 the fourth generation, Ruben Teijsen and Nick Fiere, became co-shareholders.

In 2025 the board changed; in 2026 IFS Food Higher Level was renewed at 96.18 %.

Timeline

Four generations in natural casings.

1928
The first family company
1928 is the year of the Olympic Games in Amsterdam. It is also the year Karel Johan Teijsen, great-grandfather of the current generation, starts his own natural casing production company in the city.
1952
Bep Teijsen joins
After difficult years for the Netherlands and the company, Gijsbert Teijsen, known as Bep, joins the family business and gradually takes full responsibility, working from the Amsterdam slaughterhouse.
1968
Joint venture with Van den Hengel
Bep Teijsen joins forces with another family company at the Amsterdam slaughterhouse, the Van den Hengel family. The combined business trades as Combinatie Teijsen van den Hengel.
1985
The third generation takes over
Mr Teijsen and the Van den Hengel brothers transfer their shares to Karel, Jeroen, René and Simone Teijsen. The company moves to a new facility and grows into an international market leader in natural hog casings and meat by-products.
2014
Leaving the company
After 47 years the family leaves the company to look for other opportunities. The casing business, however, never leaves the family.
2016
A new family company: Teijsen B.V.
Two years on, the family founds Teijsen B.V. and restarts its activities in natural casings, this time from Zeewolde, the Netherlands.
2016
Foundation stone, 1 April 2016
In the presence of former partner Manus van den Hengel, Bep and Loes Teijsen lay the foundation stone of the new building at Ambachtsweg 34, Zeewolde. Later that year the construction is finished and Teijsen B.V. starts operating from the new facility.
2016
Own selection facility in China, 4 May 2016
Teijsen B.V. starts its own selection facility in Hunan, China, under the name Hunan Angel Foodstuff Co., Ltd. The same year a meat import company for the Chinese market follows: purchasing, importing and distributing meat products for Chinese customers.
2020
New selection facility in Shaoshan
Before the Covid-19 pandemic takes hold early in 2020, construction of a new selection facility for natural casings is already under way in Shaoshan, Hunan: a selection hall, a wastewater treatment facility, offices and dormitories for the workers.
2022
Hunan Divine Foodstuff Technology
The new Shaoshan company is named Hunan Divine Foodstuff Technology Co., Ltd. The same year Teijsen is IFS Food certified for the first time and exhibits at IFFA in Frankfurt.
2023
The fourth generation becomes co-shareholder
Ruben Teijsen, son of Karel, and Nick Fiere, son of Simone Fiere-Teijsen, become co-shareholders of the Teijsen group after several years in management positions.
2025
Change of the board, 9 May 2025
René Teijsen hands over the CEO role after 46 years in the business. Jeffrey Zaal, CFO and board member since 2016, becomes CEO and CFO. Simone Fiere-Teijsen is General and Managing Director. René continues as shareholder and Senior Advisor.
2026
IFS Food Higher Level, 96.18 %
In March 2026 the Zeewolde operation passes the IFS Food Version 8 audit at Higher Level with a score of 96.18 %, the fifth consecutive year of certification. The certificate is valid until 31 May 2027.

Nearly a century in one product

Few companies stay with one product for almost a hundred years. The Teijsen family has stayed with natural casings since 1928, through the Amsterdam slaughterhouse years, a joint venture, a move to a new facility and the growth into an international market leader under the third generation. In 2014 the family left that company after 47 years. In 2016 it started again, with its own name on the building in Zeewolde.

A new start with an old principle

The second start was built around a principle the family had learned the hard way: quality over quantity. Rather than buy selected casings from others, Teijsen opened its own selection facility in Hunan in 2016 and built a new plant in Shaoshan in 2020. The result is a company that controls calibre, length and salt content before a single bundle ships, and ships more than 200 full container loads a month to more than 50 countries. How that works today is described on the production page and the quality page.

The next generation

Since 2023 the fourth generation shares the ownership. Ruben Teijsen runs supply chain, Nick Fiere leads sales. René Teijsen handed over the CEO role in May 2025 and remains Senior Advisor. The people behind these names are on the team page.

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