At the end of the nineteenth century, the Daalderop family, particularly Johannes Nicolaas Daalderop (1831-1901), laid the foundation for what would soon become the largest metal company in Tiel. A company that celebrates its 125th anniversary in 2024!

The success of Daalderop began when Johannes Nicolaas Daalderop bought a house in Tiel with a Steam Copper Foundry and a yard. This business quickly outgrew its premises, and in 1889, a new factory was built. Here, production was carried out for oil lamps, pans, tin coffee pots, and coffee grinders. In 1904, lighting sources for gas and petroleum were added, as well as for the more modern ‘electricity’. This soon became a specialty of Daalderop.