History
Today, Alfen is a leading pan-European energy solutions specialist of Europe’s transition to a more sustainable energy future, however our early days focused primarily on manufactured switching equipment for the distribution of electricity on the Dutch grid. Over the years Alfen has grown into leading player across EV charging equipment, smart grid solutions and battery energy storage systems.
Launch of J. van Alfen's factory of high and low-voltage devices
Founded as “J. van Alfen's factory of high and low-voltage devices” (in Dutch: J. van Alfen’s hoog- en laagspanningsapparaten) in Hilversum, the Netherlands
The beginning
Introduced secondary transformer substations
Acquired by TBI Techniek BV
Delivered first concrete compact substation
Our first years
Delivered 1000th transformer substation
Relocated from Hilversum to Almere
Takes over transformer stations production from electrotechnical company Holec
Introduced Smart Grid Solutions business line
Delivery of the 10,000th transformer station
Introduced Diabolo series of compact stations
The 00s
Introduced Rondo/Peperbus
Changed company name to Alfen
Developed the Intelligent Station
Launched Alfen Belgium
Launched in-house education center Alfen Academy to attract and train its own technicians
Started Sicuro production for generator interfaces
Began developing EV charging equipment
The start of EV charging
Introduced Alfen’s first public EV charger, called “Tube”
Delivered 1,000th public EV charge point in the Netherlands
The 2010s
Started developing Battery Energy Storage Systems
Elected Entrepreneur of the Year
Celebrated 75th anniversary
Delivered first energy storage system
Expanded EV charging sales force to the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Delivered 25,000th transformer substation
Developed grid automation solutions
Rolled out new applications for energy storage systems: trade, frequency regulation, load balancing and autonomous grids
Continue to grow
Launched customised (semi-) public and business EV charger for the German, Austrian and Swiss market, called “Eve Double PG-line”
Joined the stock exchange and became a public company
Expanded into the Nordics by acquiring energy infrastructure company Elkamo
Delivered its our first mobile energy storage system, which can be deployed everywhere to supply green electricity
Expanded further in the EV charging domain, now to Italy, Poland and Spain
Produced 100,000th EV charging station and moved production to new and significantly larger facility
2020/2021
Introduced compact substation called “Pacto”
Launched TheBattery Elements energy storage solution
Added to the Euronext Amsterdam Midcap Index (AMX)
2022/2023
Added to Stoxx Europe 600 Index
Marked 85th year anniversary
Launched new generation of mobile batteries called “TheBattery Mobile X”
Introducted Altro: a sustainable prefab walk-in substation for MV grid connections
Celebrated 40 years in Almere
Delivered 500,000th EV charge point
Introduced Twin 5 EV charger for public use
Marked 15 years of EV charging innovation
Installed 50,000th transformer substation in the Netherlands
2024 and beyond
Moved into newly built headquarters with warehouse and production facility
Introduced Twin 5 Plus EV Charger with AFIR compliance
