butter moulding mixing machine

Terlet the early years

Terlet is founded in 1917 by J.W. Terlet. Mr. Terlet started the company in Zutphen, situated in the east part of the Netherlands. At that time an agricultural area. In the early years mainly equipment for dairy products was manufactured. Pasteurisation tanks and butter shapers belonged to the first range of Terlet. The first clientele were little dairy plants and even private farmers situated in the environment of Zutphen. Mr. Terlet offered its clientele innovative high quality products. Before World War II this philosophy resulted in the first export orders for Terlet

butterforming machine 1928

1950 - 1960  Through the years Terlet became more and more a specialist in the dairy industry, first regional but in the fifties more and more on a national level.

1960 - 1970  Terlet expanded the product range and its customers. Besides the dairy market the food market became an important part of the Terlet business

1970 - 1980  The Terlet philosophy of innovation, advising, custom related solutions and long lasting partnership with its customers brought Terlet in those years through Dutch multinationals more and more abroad.

1980 - 1990  With the development to a international project oriented organization specialized in the design, production and installation of complete production lines, components and process equipment for the food, dairy chemical and pharmaceutical industry Terlet became a global player.

1990 - 2000  Terlet became a member of the MPE GROUP were the activities of the individual companies contribute to the group strength. Terlet became more and more a preferred supplier, with global agreements, for many multinationals.

	sterilizer / pasteurizer 1940

Ready for the future

Nowadays Terlet is a global company with world wide subsidiaries and an global agent network.

The philosophy of Mr. Terlet innovation and high quality combined with superior

engineering is still the heart of the Terlet company.