HOW IT ALL STARTED

Group J. Pollet is a family owned business founded in 1969 by Mr. and Mrs. Pollet. The family Pollet started with one supermarket called Unic at Koekelare (Belgium). Later on the name changed from Unic to GB, to Carrefour. In the next 2 decades the group expanded with several supermarkets and a franchising of Hubo & Gamma stores, wholesales of building material to end customers.
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In the early nineties Group J. Pollet sold the Gamma stores and invested in the market of water treatment with the acquisition of Euraqua Europe. In the last 20 years Group J. Pollet quickly expanded in this important sector of water. This branch, called Pollet Water Group, now has more than 20 specialized water treatment companies. 

Following the expansion in water treatment, Pollet Water Group started
to supply components to the swimming pool industry through its existing network of companies. As the demands from the market started to grow, it was decided in 2004 to create the Pollet Pool Group (in short PPG). PPG consists of 10 companies in the most important European countries with a central Warehouse of 18.000 m2. 

In 2019, Pollet takes over Sterima. Pollet decided to bring all its medical activities together under the Pollet Medical Group following the takeover of Sterima. Pollet already had 2 German companies (DWA & Herco) in the group that are active worldwide in water treatment for dialysis.
They also invested in NephroFlow, a company from the imec.start program. 

The acquisition of Sterima was the starting point to further develop a solid medical division as Pollet Medical Group. Pollet Water Group, Pollet Pool Group & Pollet Medical Group are all grouped under Pollet Group.

Next to t​he strategic and continuous expansion in these business units, Group J. Pollet also invested the past years in other or complementary businesses. Group J. Pollet is located in Koekelare together with Boekan, the legal heart of the group. With a team of over 20 experts, Boekan supports all the companies of Group J. Pollet in topics related to accountancy, human resources, legal affairs, taxes, finances and other services.