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Panama City· 2016Felippe Motta Warehouse
20,000 m² warehouse and high-end office complex engineered as one integrated steel build.
Making the impossible possible with steel
WE ARE THINKING STEEL
45+ years of Dutch steel construction and 30+ years of international experience — engineered, produced, shipped and assembled from the Netherlands to sites worldwide.
About Thinking Steel
Second-generation
Dutch steel,
built with you.
Established in 1978 in Gilze, the Netherlands — now in its second generation of leadership.
Engineering, production, shipping and on-site assembly all live under one roof. One number to call, one team accountable for the structure that ends up standing on your site.
We build with our partners, not just for them — personal attention from the first sketch to the day the doors open.
The NetherlandsKim van Dongen-Willemse
CEO · Thinking Steel
“We don't hand off — we stay with the project until the last bolt is turned.”
The NetherlandsBjorn van Ballegooij
COO · Thinking Steel
“Engineered in Gilze, built worldwide. Same crew, same standard.”
Scale, at a glance
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Why Thinking Steel
The
Strengths
Strengths
Three ways one in-house chain — engineering, production, shipping, assembly — lifts the bar on every build.
01
Faster construction
Prefabricated in the Netherlands, delivered ready to erect. Sites go up in weeks — not months — with less noise, less waste and predictable timelines.
02
Modular & expandable
Every structure is engineered to grow. Add bays, floors or entire wings later without tearing down what already stands.
03
Built to last
Hot-dip galvanised steel, precision-welded connections and second-generation craftsmanship — designed for 50+ years of service life.
build → expand → endure
Worldwide projects
Dutch craftsmanship,
spread over the world.
Engineered, produced and assembled from The Netherlands — shipped to wherever the project lives.
16countries
and counting
and counting
Project portfolio · steel only
Ten buildings.
One line through them all.
Panama City· 2016// THINKING STEEL
Panama City· 2016Prefabricated Staircase Package
Supply and installation of prefabricated staircases, balustrades and complete handrail systems.
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Viacha· 2020INTI Logistics Campus
Warehouse and office facilities arranged around the logistics flow for efficient daily operations.
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Willemstad· 2020Luxury Resort Cabanas
Light steel cabana structures delivered for a high-end resort hospitality setting.
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Colón· 2024RDC 2 Warehouse
Warehouse with porter’s lodge completed in just six months for fast operational start-up.
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Aruba· 2026Margarita Plaza
A leisure destination with restaurants and bars shaped around expressive custom steel geometry.
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Aruba· 2025Drive-through ATM Facility
Compact drive-through banking facility defined by a distinctive curved steel roof.
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Rotterdam· 2018KMar Office Building
Office building with parking deck for the Koninklijke Marechaussee, built as a standout steel project.
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Cartagena· 2018Contecar Logistics Facility
Logistics facility in Cartagena featuring a 70-metre clear span for uninterrupted operations.
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Bonaire· 2018JICN Prison Package
Supply and installation of prison staircases and cell door systems for the JICN facility.
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Panama City· 2016Felippe Motta Warehouse
20,000 m² warehouse and high-end office complex engineered as one integrated steel build.
// THINKING STEEL
Panama City· 2016Prefabricated Staircase Package
Supply and installation of prefabricated staircases, balustrades and complete handrail systems.
// THINKING STEEL
Viacha· 2020INTI Logistics Campus
Warehouse and office facilities arranged around the logistics flow for efficient daily operations.
// THINKING STEEL
Willemstad· 2020Luxury Resort Cabanas
Light steel cabana structures delivered for a high-end resort hospitality setting.
// THINKING STEEL
Colón· 2024RDC 2 Warehouse
Warehouse with porter’s lodge completed in just six months for fast operational start-up.
// THINKING STEEL
Aruba· 2026Margarita Plaza
A leisure destination with restaurants and bars shaped around expressive custom steel geometry.
// THINKING STEEL
Aruba· 2025Drive-through ATM Facility
Compact drive-through banking facility defined by a distinctive curved steel roof.
// THINKING STEEL
Rotterdam· 2018KMar Office Building
Office building with parking deck for the Koninklijke Marechaussee, built as a standout steel project.
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Cartagena· 2018Contecar Logistics Facility
Logistics facility in Cartagena featuring a 70-metre clear span for uninterrupted operations.
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Bonaire· 2018JICN Prison Package
Supply and installation of prison staircases and cell door systems for the JICN facility.
The journey
The Netherlands → your site.
Three months. One flow.
Designed and engineered with you, fabricated in the Netherlands, containerised, shipped, then assembled on your site — and standing for generations. One delivery, one team.
3 months based on a 5,000 m² building.
01Design & Engineering
Engineered to the last bolt.
In-house Dutch engineering turns the idea into a build-ready model — every connection, every load case, decided before steel is cut.
BIM coordinationStructural calcLocal norms reviewExpansion-ready
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02Production NL
Every piece, fabricated in-house.
Drilled, milled, marked and sawn on the Thinking Steel line in the Netherlands — bolt-ready before it ever sees a container.
NEN-EN 1090 EXC3DrillMillMarkSaw
// DRILL · MILL · MARK · SAW LINE
03Shipped
Into the container, across the ocean.
Containerised, labelled, sealed. Transport arranged from the Dutch workshop to the project's port, then by road to site.
LoadedPackedShippedDelivered
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04Assembly
Built on site.
Bolted assembly on location, with Dutch fitters supporting the on-site crew — one quality mark, no hand-off gaps.
Bolted assemblyDutch fitters on siteTurnkey envelope
// ASSEMBLY
05In Use
Standing, working, expanding with you.
Top-grade Dutch steel means decades of low maintenance — and you can bolt on an extra bay later without demolition or down-time.
Generational lifespanExpansion-readyLow maintenance
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Reviews · the people we build with
In their words.
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They didn't just deliver a building — they delivered a way of working. Our crew learned more in three weeks of assembly than in a year of routine work.
Project director
Logistics, Latin America
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Engineering, fabrication, shipping, supervision — one number to call. That's rare in this industry, and it shows in the end result.
Owner
Retail build, Caribbean
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Honest pricing, honest planning. When they said the container would arrive in week 18, it arrived in week 18.
General contractor
Industrial hall, Europe
// PLACEHOLDER QUOTES · TO BE REPLACED WITH APPROVED CLIENT STATEMENTS
Why Thinking Steel
Four reasons. One outcome.
— 01
Full control, one chain.
Engineering, production, shipping and assembly — under one roof, one team, one point of contact.
— 02
Partnership, not commodity.
We build with you, not just for you. Personal attention from first sketch to hand-over.
— 03
Built to last, made in NL.
Top-grade Dutch steel, galvanised & bolted for 50+ years. Engineered, welded and coated in Gilze — quality you can trace.
— 04
Adaptable & expandable.
Modular by design — bolt on another bay, floor or wing tomorrow without tearing down what already stands.
the sum of all of it
=certainty.
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Worldwide · since 1978