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About BME

Building Materials Europe (BME) is one of Europe’s leading and fast growing business-to-business distributors for building materials. We provide a one-stop shop solution, mainly focusing on small to medium sized contractors and installers who are active in the residential and renovation end-markets.
- Our focus
- Our Businesses
About our businesses

BME connects its large supplier base to an even larger and more fragmented customer base. Our dense branch network operates under trusted, well-known local brands, and is supported by an experienced and specialist workforce.
Our approach

We firmly believe that we need to enable the transition to a more sustainable way of building. Sustainability is therefore at the heart of how we operate our business; from how we manage our own business to how we work with our customers and suppliers across the value chain.
- Working at BME
- Job opportunities
Being part of BME

By working with us, you can have a direct impact on the daily lives of our customers and suppliers, and contribute to a more sustainable way of building across Europe.
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Home — News — BME Group acquires the activities of ironmongery merchant Van Engeland in the Netherlands

BME Group acquires the activities of ironmongery merchant Van Engeland in the Netherlands

Press release 15 November 2022

On 11 November 2022, BME Group (BME) and Van Engeland have reached an agreement on the sale of their ironmongery activities to BME. With the acquisition, BME will densify its network of BMN branches in the south of the Netherlands.

BMN is market leader in the Netherlands, with over 120 general building merchant locations and an increasing number of dedicated specialist branches for ironmongery.

BME is one of Europe’s leading building material distribution companies and active in the distribution of building materials in Netherlands under the brands BMN, Raab Karcher, Van Keulen, Tegelgroep Nederland, De Jager Tolhoek, Galvano and Bouwmaat (18 locations).

Financial details of the transaction will not be disclosed.