Our mission

Nivora holds shares in innovative industrial companies.

Nivora holds shares in innovative industrial companies, with the goal of developing and maintaining high-quality industrial knowledge and employment in the Netherlands.

About Nivora

The Nivora Group is a Dutch industrial company with a specific mission, a long history, and a unique ownership structure.


The group comprises four leading Dutch metalworking machine brands with a rich history: Darley (1934) and Safan (1960), which build innovative machines for sheet metal working under the SafanDarley brand; Bewo Cutting Systems (1935), which produces industrial sawing machines; STYLE CNC Machines (1991), which manufactures unique lathes and milling machines; and FCC in Sweden, which specializes in CAD/CAM software, under the name AutoPOL, for the sheet metal working industry.

The Nivora Group has factories in Lochem, Eijsden, Waalwijk, and Bunschoten, and branches in the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Poland, the Czech Republic, Sweden, the United States, and Taiwan. It employs approximately 400 people in the Netherlands, generating a combined turnover of approximately 80 million euros.

Ownership & Structure

All shares in Nivora Holding B.V. are held by the Nivora Foundation.


This foundation aims to ensure the long-term continuity of all companies. Therefore, profits from these companies, after deduction of profit sharing for employees, go to the foundation. These funds are used to maintain financial stability and make investments in the group's companies.

Nivora Holding is a two-tier board (structuurvennootschap). A Supervisory Board supervises the management of this company.

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