Our Chairman, J.C. Huizenga
J.C.’s entrepreneurial penchant appears to run in the family. His grandfather emigrated from the Netherlands in 1893. By 1971, the family had created the world’s largest trash collection and disposal company, Waste Management, Inc.
After studying economics at Hope college and earning his MBA at Michigan State University, J.C. continued to grow his manufacturing enterprises which range from commercial electrical contracting to supplying automobile instrumentation components.
Translating his desire to reform education into action, in 1995 J.C. founded National Heritage Academies (NHA) which achieved four consecutive years on Inc. magazine’s list of the “500 Fastest Growing Private Companies.”
J.C. gives generously of his time and resources to a wide variety of organizations within West Michigan and around the world.
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HG in the News
Treva Automation, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Lake Orion, MI, is a leader in controls applications, mechanical design and build, software development, and integration services for automated solutions. Dave London, former owner, will maintain an ownership interest in Treva going forward.
After scaling up and eventually selling lakeshore Industry 4.0 powerhouse JR Automation over two decades, Kentwood-based manufacturing investment firm Huizenga Group in recent years has leaned back into its automation portfolio.
Huizenga Group Automation today announced the acquisition of Spectrum Automation Company by its portfolio company, Bulldog Factory Automation.
Kentwood-based Huizenga Group has acquired a pair of northern Indiana manufacturing companies, bolstering the firm’s recent efforts to reinvest in the automation space.
