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With this strategic move, ESHA Infra Solutions strengthens its position in the Netherlands and Germany and uses this acquisition to scale up preventive (life-extending) maintenance in Europe, just at a time when overdue road maintenance is becoming increasingly visible.
ESHA takes Middendorp in Emsbüren (www.diestrassensanierer.de) from Reinten Beheer. With a strong position in Germany in wear layers, adhesive layers, in-house production and execution, Middendorp brings valuable execution strength and practical knowledge. This not only strengthens ESHA's capacity, but also the connection between production, innovation and execution. This combination enables faster switching from knowledge to application in practice and constitutes a concrete step towards the broader European roll-out of preventive maintenance solutions.
Middendorp will continue to operate independently within ESHA and retain its own identity, market position and customer relationships. Therein lies the strength of this move: combining local execution strength with ESHA's innovation and production knowledge.
ESHA (www.esha.nl) specializes in the development and production of high-quality emulsions and innovative solutions for the infrastructure sector, with a strong focus on data-driven maintenance and the implementation of preventive maintenance strategies.
The acquisition fits in with a market that increasingly demands smarter, more sustainable and preventive maintenance of infrastructure. In the Netherlands, the maintenance backlog on the main road network is rising to €20.5 billion, according to the Court of Audit. In Germany, the municipal investment backlog has risen to € 215.7 billion. This underlines how big the task is now and how important it becomes not only to repair, but especially to maintain smarter and earlier.
Current events in the Netherlands show that we are still massively waiting for asphalt to visibly deteriorate, when we have long known that things can be done differently. We continue to maintain in many cases as if you only paint your house when the window frame is already rotten. Then you are too late and maintenance becomes repair.
Asphalt rejuvenation and life-extending maintenance may sound technical to outsiders, but the principle is remarkably simple: treat asphalt on time, and it will last considerably longer. That saves not only money and traffic congestion, but also emissions. For example, with this kind of life-extending maintenance, the Department of Public Works can fully achieve its intended CO2 reduction of 30% on road pavements by 2030. That's not a detail. This is exactly the kind of gain governments have been looking for for years: less replacement, lower material use, fewer emissions and less inconvenience.
“This acquisition is more than just expansion for us. We believe that the future of infrastructure lies not in repairing it later, but in maintaining it smarter and earlier. With Middendorp, we are not only gaining a strong position in Germany, but also exactly the craftsmanship and execution power needed to set the pace in this.”
Sieger Dijkstra, owner of ESHA
