Tailor-made production automation.

Our drive. Your solution.

Our drive is finding the solution to your challenge. If the solution is not obvious, we invent one. Whatever happens, we always make sure it works. Welcome to the DERO GROEP.

Our numbers.
31
years
1052
robots
195
employees
34
countries
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Our drive.

We are proud of our driving forces. We get our teeth into challenges and only let go when we have met them.

Our news.

Jurjen Bakker and Richard Bouma at DERO GROEP Joure

At our Joure branch, dozens of skilled professionals work every day on smart automation solutions for the food industry. Managing Director Richard Bouma and Operations Director Jurjen Bakker share their story, from remarkable projects to their vision for the future.

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How long can a robotic system actually last? Some are replaced after ten or fifteen years, others simply keep running. We set out to find the oldest robots ever installed by DERO that are currently still up and running, and discovered a few remarkable examples.

Cees Bestebreur, director of DERO GROEP's service organization

Over the years, service has come to play an increasingly important role within DERO GROEP. DG Service makes sure that customers can count on continuity and quality. Cees Bestebreur, director of DG Service, shares his insights on the strength of our service organization.

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“The company’s strengths lie in attention to detail, always delivering as agreed and their commitment to finding a solution to every problem.”

// P. Mulder - Synergy Food  //

Our jobs.

We keep an open mind and listen to everyone, we never stop learning and we take care of ourselves and each other. This is what we expect from ourselves, but will soon be expecting the same of you too!

Our innovations.

Procona palletizer.

4-9-2026

A robot stacks Procona flower buckets on a pallet

While Procona flower buckets are designed for the efficient packaging and distribution of cut flowers, automated palletizing remained a challenge. We developed a reliable robotic solution that not only palletizes Proconas, but also handles flower boxes, pallets and interlayer sheets.

Vision system expanded with rind detection.

17-8-2026

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Our innovative cheese inspection solution has been enhanced with a new feature. In addition to detecting mould growth and residual blue foil, our vision system can now also identify remaining rind fragments. An extra quality control step that contributes to an even more reliable production process.

Flower repack robot.

29-6-2026

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How designing a labor-reducing solution can also lead to a better and more consistent quality. Together with the customer, we took a step back to explore how to improve product quality while reducing reliance on manual handling.

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We are a driven team that has a solution for everything. If the solution is not at hand, we come up with one ourselves. Because no matter what, we always make sure it works.