About flax technology

More than 50 years of innovation at the service of flax

Dehondt Technologies is specialized in the design and manufacturing of machines dedicated to the transformation of fibre flax. Worldwide leader in the baling of long fibres in the agricultural and industrial sectors, the company is proud of its long tradition of innovation in terms of the processing mechanization for this noble fibre.

 Dehondt Technologies is a research and engineering firm able to resolve any issue related to the production of environmental-friendly fibres that respects nature and solves the difficulties of preparing these fibres in industrial settings, while participating in creating and managing natural industrial products. Process design, study and creation of mechanisms, automation, packaging and treatment of natural fibres; full project management and supervision.

 This is the story of more than fifty years of inventiveness in the field of flax-related machines. Dehondt Technologies is a family-owned company that has covered five generations. Its tractor balers revolutionized the world of flax. Initially, during the First World War, our Belgian ancestor discovered Normandy and was charmed by the small blue flower. The entrepreneurship took over him and he moved to the Caux region.

His four sons dedicated their energies to the family project : scutching mill, research, mechanical inventions and demonstration of machines. The Dehondt brand was born from this perfect combination of skills.

In 1953, the company turned towards the diversification of flax mechanization opportunities with the birth of the first Dehondt vehicle. Guy Dehondt took over at the end of the ’60s. He set the company on the path towards modernization and the diversification of flax mechanization.

In 1971, the company changed dimensions and set headquarters in Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon (76). Since then, the company has continued to prove its core family values while modernizing its production and commercial policies. Today, with the same love of flax, Guy’s son, Guillaume Dehondt, the fifth generation, heads the company.

New methods of cultivation to come

Today, Dehondt Technologies is positioned as the leading partner for long fibre producers worldwide. To meet the demands of a new industrial market, Dehondt looks towards evolutions in a sector in full expansion. Fibre flax must preserve its image as high quality natural product, grown traditionnally. Industrial flax, however, must meet the challenges of excessively rigorous agricultural constraints and risks related to its cultivation and retting. New processing and transformation techniques for industrial flax are currently under study. The mechanization of this new flax must be optimal and is yet to be invented.
In this field, Dehondt’s entrepreneurial spirit is exemplary and the company is already involved in practical research.

Never copy, but innovate - this is the Dehondt mantra.

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