![](/en/cache/file/2351CF38-0FEA-40E2-B69BF0BCB26161BE_thumbnail.jpg)
First MRO order for ExxonMobil refinery in Beaumont, Texas, is booked. Van Leeuwen supplies the materials for large projects, daily maintenance and repairs, at all ExxonMobil sites on four continents.
![](/en/cache/file/EBD1F76C-D7AC-4F91-AAE4AFCDAE498BFC_thumbnail.jpg)
Teuling Staal and Van Leeuwen Zwijndrecht supply over 2 million Euro worth of materials for Pioneering Spirit, the world’s largest ship, owned by the offshore company Allseas.
![](/en/cache/file/391B99E4-D50F-4FB0-850194442CA2D49F_thumbnail.jpg)
First copy of the Centennial Collection is presented. The top 150 customers of the previous year, each year on the path to Van Leeuwen’s hundredth anniversary, receive a miniature sports car made of pipes.
![](/en/cache/file/81A0E0F6-F13A-4A52-9A0299D036656CA4_thumbnail.jpg)
HUM (Handling Unit Management) barcode scanning is implemented at Van Leeuwen Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands. In 2015, HUM is implemented in Deventer, the Netherlands and in Belgium, as well.
![](/en/cache/file/C0AFEAB6-06F5-4AA9-9B7D4CB5691D0390_thumbnail.jpg)
Van Leeuwen sells its 28 percent share in Benteler Distribution Germany to Benteler Distribution International, which now fully owns the German company.
![](/en/cache/file/9C6C394E-4F3D-4517-B20646455C9180ED_thumbnail.png)
Van Leeuwen Zwijndrecht, Van Leeuwen Stainless and Teuling Staal invite various customers to attend the spectacular five-yearly event SAIL Amsterdam 2015.
![](/en/cache/file/E5CC7055-E007-4B41-B3BA4ECC3880CC08_thumbnail.png)
Van Leeuwen participants from Zwijndrecht, head office and Vilvoorde cycle from Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands to Vilvoorde in Belgium during an inter-company bicycle tour.
![](/en/cache/file/A8B094AE-50FE-46B4-A05578A138F95712_thumbnail.jpg)
Van Leeuwen opens a new office in Paris. This new base enables Van Leeuwen to further expand its relationship with large, internationally operating energy companies and engineering firms in France.
![](/en/cache/file/539A074E-24F4-483C-B52B9D278E0768A0_thumbnail.jpg)
International Van Leeuwen management comes together for three days to discuss current and future developments within and outside our company.
![](/en/cache/file/33B57266-A808-4C73-B2057A0ADC132A4D_thumbnail.png)
Van Leeuwen participates in the Stainless Steel World Conference & Exhibition, Maastricht, the Netherlands.
![](/en/cache/file/64BA3DEF-B16B-48C1-97A2C6880E80CC42_thumbnail.png)
The persons celebrating their 25th or 40th anniversary with Van Leeuwen are congratulated.
![](/en/cache/file/57B820CF-1382-432D-AE0D3137CC7A338E_thumbnail.png)
Van Leeuwen is the first company in continental Europe to be certified for the new ISO 9001:2015 standard by Lloyd’s Register (LRQA) in the Netherlands.