Ackermans & Van Haaren is an investment company. Co. operates in five sectors: Marine Engineering & Infrastructure, which includes DEME NV, a dredging and marine company; Private Banking, which includes BDM NV - Continentale Verzekeringen NV (ASCO NV), which focuses on marine and industrial insurance via brokers; Real Estate, Leisure & Senior Care, which includes Extensa Group NV, a real estate developer; Energy & Resources, which includes Telemond Group, a supplier to the crane and automotive industry; and Development Capital, which is engaged in ICT and engineering, retail and distribution, real estate development, and media and printing.

Beter Bed Holdings is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, Co. operates in the European bedroom furnishings market and offers mattresses, box springs, bed bases, bedroom furniture, bed textiles and other related items. Co.'s activities include retail trade through 1,159 stores that operate via the chains Beter Bed (active in the Netherlands), Matratzen Concord (active in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium and Poland), El Gigante del Colchon (active in Spain), BeddenREUS, Dormaeel and Slaapgenoten (all three active in the Netherlands) and MAV (active in Germany). Co. is also active in developing and selling branded products in the bedroom furnishings sector.

Bone Therapeutics is a biotechnology company with an advanced clinical pipeline of cell products for orthopaedic conditions and bone diseases (two Phase II/III and three Phase I/II clinical studies). These areas are characterized by high unmet medical needs due to the lack of efficacious and safe, non-invasive, treatments. Co. has two products in clinical trials, its allogeneic bone cell therapy product, ALLOB®, and its autologous bone cell therapy product, PREOB®. Co. is also conducting preclinical research on next generation products, such as combined cell-matrix products for large bone defects and maxillofacial.

CFE is engaged in civil engineering, buildings and industrial construction, dredging works and electrical installations. Co. is also engaged in property development, environmental protection and building management. Co.'s works carried on by Co.'s civil engineering group includes the following: hydraulic engineering, harbor works, bridges, and other engineering works, tunnels, road construction, dams, storage tanks, piping and drainage and caissons sunken soft soil. Co.'s buildings and industrial construction sector is active in the following fields: administrative buildings, industrial construction, public utility buildings, redevelopment, and residential buildings.

Recticel is engaged in the production of a variety of polyurethane foams that are used in the furniture, technical, automotive, bedding and insulation industries. The Flexible Foam Business Line covers the manufacture, conversion and marketing of flexible polyurethane foam. The types of flexible foams are classified as Comfort, Technical Foams and Composite Foams. Co. is also engaged in the manufacture of foams used in mattresses and slat bases. In addition, Co. manufactures rigid polyurethane and phenolic foams for thermal insulation. Co.'s automotive activities include: manufacturing moulded seat cushions, window encapsulation and manufacturing interior trim components.

Resilux is engaged in the production of PET (polyethylene teraphthalate) packaging in the form of preforms and bottles. The preforms are blown into bottles by Co. or by the customer, and then filled with water, soft drinks, edible oils, ketchup, detergents, milk, beer, fruit juices, etc. Co. produces preforms for many applications and in various weights, colors and forms. Preforms and bottles are produced for both single use and multiple use. Co. offers various solutions for barrier-sensitive products.

Smartphoto Group is a diversified photo and multimedia group. It has two core activities that are structured into two separate divisions, the Retail Group and the Imaging Group. The Retail Group focuses on consumer electronics and on multimedia products on several local markets. Imaging Group provides goods and services that are directly concerned with both analogue and digital photography in the broad sense. These are mainly products and services concerned with the production of photo prints, which implies a specific production process for 'photofinishing'. Several entities in the Imaging Group deal in goods required for taking photos and printing them.

Ter Beke is a fresh food group operating in ten European countries. Co. has two business segments: Processed Meats and Fresh Ready Meals. Processed Meats is engaged in pre-packed processed meat including: salami; cooked ham; processed poultry; pate; cooked meats; and dried and cured meats. Co.'s distribution brands and brand names for this segment are L'Ardennaise®, Pluma®, and Daniel Coopman®. Fresh Ready Meals produces ready meals through the brand names: Come a casa® and Vamos®.

Van de Velde creates, produces and sells luxury women's lingerie under its own brand names. Co.'s brands are Marie Jo – 'Haute Lingerie' which provides timeless underwear fashion for the woman in all her forms; Marie Jo L'Aventure – 'Lingerie Pure' which provides Graphic luxury lingerie for the young-at-heart woman; and PrimaDonna – 'Exigez l'excellence' which provides luxury lingerie that combines a fit with fashion. Co. operates in a single reporting business segment, which is the production and sale of luxury lingerie. Co. reports its opeStefaan Vandammerations based on the geographical location of customers divided into euro zone and non euro zone.