ELIET Europe nv

Who we are

What started as a business run by a single person has now grown to become a family-run business that is becoming larger and larger and influences the markets around the world.

The name ELIET takes us back to the original establisher and inspirer of the company. As a contraction of the founder's first name and family name of ELIET, EMIEL LIETAER has been putting his stamp on the company since the very beginning.

Emiel was born in 1947 into a family of 8 successive generations of blacksmiths. He grew up amongst farm machinery and he built up broad technical experience during practical training in a number of French and German machinery factories. Faithful to his roots, Emiel set up a metal construction workshop for the construction of stables. Due to the revival of the garden culture in the 1970s, an expansion to the sale of garden machinery was quickly made.

Fairly quickly Emiel Lietaer came to realize that there were no tailor-made solutions at hand for many gardening problems.

Thanks to his creative mind and technical skills, the first ELIET machines were produced around 1980. The foundation for the machinery factory was in place.

The great breakthrough came in 1986 with the participation in the International Agricultural Week at the Heysel in Brussels. The continuously growing demand for ELIET machines quickly obliged ELIET to make investments and expand buildings and the headcount. A trend that is still going on now.

The apple never falls far from the tree... This saying applies primarily to Frederic Lietaer, Emiel's son. From an early age, he came into contact with machines, designing, technology and the growing number of customers of the company that his father built. It should, therefore, not be surprising that he also came to love the profession just as much and that he was determined to continue the ELIET success story after he completed his studies.

Even far away from Belgium it has been noticed that ELIET machines are different from other garden machinery. To this very date, ELIET machines are, therefore, also distributed in Europe and in faraway places. Click here to find out where to obtain your ELIET machine.

Our values

When developing each ELIET machine, the following key areas are followed:

1. ELIET MACHINES : SIMPLICITY IS A VIRTUE

When designing a new machine, the main goal is to offer simplicity with the emphasis on maximum comfort and technology.

2. THE PERFORMANCE OF EVERY ELIET MACHINE IS WORTH MORE THAN ITS PRICE

Investing in ELIET machines means investing in higher productivity and improved multifunctionality. Their dependability and excellent performance make your investment fast to reach payback.

3. AN ELIET MACHINE IS NEVER REALLY FINISHED

Eliet constantly strives for perfection in developing machines. You don't always achieve that with the first prototype or even the first release. Every machine, therefore, remains in development for our engineers and there is openness for improvement. Remarks made by customers are given full attention within this context. The flexibility within the company allows the fast implementation of any required modification.

4. LISTEN TO THE CUSTOMER

The Eliet Creative LabTM continuously works on new concepts and the improvement of existing machines. A lot of attention is paid to the feedback that we receive from existing customers and end users of the ELIET machines. Suggested modifications can be implemented relatively quickly should they be deemed possible thanks to the flexibility of the company and its employees.

5. USER-FRIENDLINESS/OPERATOR COMFORT

ELIET always thinks of the user behind the machine as well as the fact that an ELIET machine must be reliable and that operational safety must be guaranteed. Attention is, therefore, always paid to user-friendliness and the comfort of the operator with regard to the design.

6. OPERATIONAL SAFETY

A machine is always tested under professional working conditions before it is put into production. By performing these simulations, it becomes easier to learn about the defects and weaknesses of the machine and we can assume that an operationally safe machine will be delivered to the end user.