Established in 1926, the rental company Nieuwenhuis is a family-run company just like Sennheiser. Since its inception as a manufacturer of microphones and amplifiers, the company has thrived throughout its history through a commitment to innovation and early adoption of the newest technologies, transforming into a rental and sales business. Today, the company focuses on the professional and business markets with a particular focus on delivering solutions for conferences as well as meetings in the corporate and hospitality sector.
Nieuwenhuis' relationship with Sennheiser first kicked off in the 1950s. Back then, Sennheiser had been one of the first companies worldwide to produce a wireless microphone system: Mikroport. "My grandfather who founded the company bought some of the Mikroport systems. Nieuwenhuis was one of the first companies in the Netherlands to have a wireless microphone system in its assortment. We still have the system", Raymond Nieuwenhuis narrates. Today, the company offers Sennheiser solutions for conferences and meetings, guided tour solutions, and PA systems.
In the 1980s Nieuwenhuis started selling and renting Sennheiser guided tour solutions, again being first in the Netherlands to offer the Infoport system. They have sold and rented successive generations ever since, most notably the Infoport HDE-1030 system in the 90s, right up to the most current Tourguide 2020. Today, Nieuwenhuis has the biggest Tourguide rental pool in the Netherlands with over 240 units, most of which are being rented at one time. Raymond Nieuwenhuis at Nieuwenhuis explains that the flexibility of the system has given them the ability to serve a diverse range of customers:
"As well as tourism applications such as walking tours of Dutch cities, Nieuwenhuis has rented and sold Tourguide 2020 systems to meet a wide range of industrial applications ranging from a brick factory to food production plants. The system has proved itself time and again through its durable design, ease of use and a real plus is the long - lasting batteries that can cope with even the most demanding situations."
Nieuwenhuis also has a large rental pool of 30 Sennheiser ADN digital conference units, which the company uses predominantly for conferences and as table microphones during roundtable-style events.
Christophe van den Berghe, sales and marketing director at Sennheiser Benelux sums up the situation: "We are very happy about this longtime partnership with Nieuwenhuis that has lasted for generations. They're always at the forefront when it comes to new and innovative technologies, striving to offer products to their customers that really make a difference - like we do."
(Jim Evans)
