History

From Hokofarm to Idento Services

 

Hokofarm-1979

Since the founding of Hokofarm in 1979, the company produces automated feeding systems for the livestock sector overall. The systems are based on the principle of individual electronic animal identification. Hokofarm introduced a fully automated feeding system for pigs in group housing in 1982. The unstoppable rise of barn automation resulted in the further growth of the Hokofarm organisation to an internationally operating company.

Automatic milking-1997

For one of the ambitious goals to achieve, the Hokofarm organisation started in 1997, fully independent, with its own R & D department a large part of its energy in the development of an innovative robot concept. . With the introduction of the Galaxy Robotic Milking System Hokofarm won ordered the Wageningen Innovation Award in 2000 and in 2004 the Golden Robot Award.
 
Hokofarm Group-2006

Through a wide interest from various players in the Hokofarm products, found in a 2006 restructuring of the organization instead. This made it possible to increase production of various systems and services to expand. The organization was divided into a front-end office; the sales and back-office, within which development, production, logistics and service together.

Idento Services 2008

The back-office organization of the Hokofarm Group has devolved to the service department as Idento Services. It is inter alia Insentec B.V. and SAC Netherlands B.V. authorized to provide products and services to customers from these sales. In addition, Idento Services is offering anno 2010 a wide range of knowledge products.