Hendrik Jan Dirk (Henk) van de Bunt, a Board Member and General Manager of Victam International BV since 1986, passed away on February 1, 2023 at the age of 74.
He was a well-known and a valued colleague in the world of animal feed and grain processing industries with ample contacts worldwide.
Henk's name runs throughout Victam International, the foundation of which had been set up by the international Victam milling trade fair in 1965.
During the anniversary celebrations of the then Millers' Union St Victor in 1964, Henk's predecessor Piet Schrama came up with a plan to organise a milling trade fair. It was launched in the Brabant Veemarkthallen in 's-Hertogenbosch with 35 Dutch participants. Its success resulted in the incorporation of the Victam Foundation, under the aegis of two millers' unions St Victor and ANMB (General Union of Dutch Millers). Hence the name: VICT (for Victor) AM(for the General Union).
In 1965 the first Victam international Trade Fair was held in the Jaarbeurshallen in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Interest was understandable, as the animal feed market was facing considerable challenges that necessitated an increase in scale and modernisation of businesses.
At the time, there were more than 1000 businesses in The Netherlands, each with an average output of fewer than 3000 tonnes per year.
Since those early days, Victam has greatly contributed to animal feed businesses in Europe and beyond. Suppliers of machines and related products have also significantly benefited from this its events.
Intense participation
Henk became a Victam board member in 1986, its chairman in 1991 and director in 1999. He intensely participated in the further expansion of Victam. Under his guidance Victam developed into a unique global trade fair and in 1991 expanded to establish Victam Asia in Bangkok, Thailand and symposia in several other countries.
Until last year he had been a board member at IFF, the research institute in the area of compound feed technology in Braunschweig, Germany, which he served for no less than 20 years. He had also been chair of IFIF, the International Feed Industry Federation, for six years.
He was the man in the right place, with a vision for the future, sharp insight and a tremendous commitment.
Henk's name runs throughout Victam International, the foundation of which had been set up by the international Victam milling trade fair in 1965.
During the anniversary celebrations of the then Millers' Union St Victor in 1964, Henk's predecessor Piet Schrama came up with a plan to organise a milling trade fair. It was launched in the Brabant Veemarkthallen in 's-Hertogenbosch with 35 Dutch participants. Its success resulted in the incorporation of the Victam Foundation, under the aegis of two millers' unions St Victor and ANMB (General Union of Dutch Millers). Hence the name: VICT (for Victor) AM(for the General Union).
In 1965 the first Victam international Trade Fair was held in the Jaarbeurshallen in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Interest was understandable, as the animal feed market was facing considerable challenges that necessitated an increase in scale and modernisation of businesses.
At the time, there were more than 1000 businesses in The Netherlands, each with an average output of fewer than 3000 tonnes per year.
Since those early days, Victam has greatly contributed to animal feed businesses in Europe and beyond. Suppliers of machines and related products have also significantly benefited from this its events.
Intense participation
Henk became a Victam board member in 1986, its chairman in 1991 and director in 1999. He intensely participated in the further expansion of Victam. Under his guidance Victam developed into a unique global trade fair and in 1991 expanded to establish Victam Asia in Bangkok, Thailand and symposia in several other countries.
Until last year he had been a board member at IFF, the research institute in the area of compound feed technology in Braunschweig, Germany, which he served for no less than 20 years. He had also been chair of IFIF, the International Feed Industry Federation, for six years.
He was the man in the right place, with a vision for the future, sharp insight and a tremendous commitment.
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