History

The family with a sweet tooth

Tanis was founded in 1995 by Leo and Rene Tanis, who had honed the craft of making confectionery during 20 years’ working for a kitchen equipment manufacturer partly owned by their father.

To begin with, Tanis focused solely on kitchen processing equipment for making all kinds of sweets, including hard candy, soft candy, chews, bars and nougat.

In 2014, Tanis broadened its equipment scope to complete production lines, while specializing these for the production of gummies and jellies.

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  • Year
    • 1995
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      • 1995 May

    • Leo and René founded their own company

      In 1995 Leo and Rene started their own company in Schiedam, in an old building that used to be a distillery. The building was not in very good shape, temperature in summer and winter was an issue.

      • 1996 May

    • First Interpack "1996"

      In 1996 TC&C was for the first time on the Interpack, they shared a stand together with their brother Peter Tanis of TFT. The father of Leo and Rene was also present and proud on all his sons.

      • 2005 September

    • 10 Years of Round Frames

      using 10 years hygienic round frames.

      To be copied by our competitors is the greatest flattery.

      • 2008 March

    • Expansion T-Gel Family with the Conditioning Rooms and Track Systems

      • June

    • Started "The Tanis Kitchen""

      • 2011 April

    • The Tanis Group become Tanis Confectionery

      • 2012 August

    • Launch of the new Tanis Candy Innovation Centre

      250m2 Office and 600m2 test Facility

      • 2013 October

    • Supplies to more than 350 factories

      Tanis Confectionery supplies more than 350 factories within the industry worldwide.

      • 2015 March

    • Tanis Confectionery Australia PTY LTD

      Building our own pumps!
      600m2 offices and production floor

      • August

    • Introducing: T-Gel Moulding Starch

      • November

    • 20th anniversary Tanis Confectionery, and Launch T-Gel Moulding Starch

      • 2017 May

    • Launch T-Gel MOULDING line

      At the Interpack2017 @Dusseldorf Tanis Confectionery launches its revolutionary T-Gel Moulding line. The new approach to starch based Gums & Jelly depositing incorporated in T-Gel Moulding is a culmination of innovative concepts resulting in increased line productivity and accuracy.
      T-Gel Moulding is a strategic extension of the leading T-Gel product family. “With this addition to our portfolio Tanis Confectionery can now provide our customers with a turnkey solution for the whole Gums & Jelly production process: "From raw materials to finished product".

      • 2020 February

    • Innovation Center

      Another change, is that we moved our Innovation Center to an adjacent building in Oosterhout.
      This helped us to free up capacity in our primary location, but also to entirely renew our Innovation Center. It will be equipped with a new laboratory and brand new equipment for testing, such as a lab kitchen. 

      • May

    • Tanis Confectionery 25years

      Today it's exactly 25 years ago that Tanis Confectionery was founded.
      Congratulations TanisTeam!

      • June

    • Tanis Confectionery opens T-Gym

      Since 2015 Tanis Confectionery has a vitality program: T-Vitaal. Leo Tanis, CEO of Tanis Confectionery believes that stimulating and supporting the vitality of all employees is of great importance. That's why Tanis Confectionery opened his own T-GYM today! The employees of Tanis can train by themselves or with guidance on all kinds of equipment. Because today's actions are tomorrow's results!