An in-house R&D department? It is given to few building groups. Yet Group Jansen has been taking this atypical approach for years. Thanks to our rock-solid in-house expertise, we stand out in the industry and offer our customers unique and patented solutions. Marcel de Graaf, R&D manager at Group Jansen, likes to tell more about how his team is at the cradle of numerous economical, comfortable, sustainable as well as aesthetic creations.
Few components, thousands of applications
Marcel: “Our R&D department was born out of a demand for more in-house products. We want to keep the added value, flexibility and creativity of each product in-house as much as possible and use it to the full. Just think of our comfort islands, partition walls, for example… With our team, we are constantly coming up with solutions that consist of as few components as possible, but which burst with application possibilities. Feel free to compare it to Lego.”
A multidisciplinary match
“Every idea we test for physical performance (e.g., acoustics, stability, etc.) and give it a wow factor in terms of appearance. That is to the credit of our entire team. Furthermore, we draw the necessary knowledge and experience from inside and outside our group. For our automated doors, for example, we knocked on the door of our in-house automation specialists.
The products we devise and fine-tune together do well in the marketplace. For example, Sharp in Hamont chooses our clean room doors, and UAntwerpen and Exo Building Dublin enjoy our modular J’Clickd walls. And of course we want to protect what performs well. That’s why we have our solutions patented as much as possible.”
Close to the customer
“Places to be is Group Jansen’s slogan. How you experience a space is very important. Especially from R&D. That is why we are constantly in contact with different disciplines and educational institutions that feed us with important aspects from environmental psychology. With this input, we rethink our range and processes every day, with one goal in mind: to create the most pleasant environment possible for the end customer. Or in other words, we realize the building blocks for a pleasant space that is not only functional, but where, above all, experience and well-being take the leading role.”
Inhouse R&D: a real asset
Our R&D department already scores high marks in terms of drive and enthusiasm. In addition, you also enjoy the following benefits:
- We build expertise and knowledge, so we are not dependent on other parties and can respond more quickly to changing market conditions, customer needs or technical developments.
- We install an overall culture of innovation and creativity that impacts all levels of our company.
- From the very beginning, we take the needs of our clients into account and gradually adjust where necessary.
