history

2008	Acquisition of Vedior
2007	Acquisition of JobOne in Switzerland; Randstad promoted to AEX index; Randstad expands Formula 1 partnership with At&T Williams; acquisition Team BS in Germany
2006	Acuisition of Bindan & Teccon in Germany, Team4U in India, Talent Shanghai in China and PinkRoccade HR Services; first branch opens in Tokyo, Japan; revenue exceeds € 8 billion
2005	Forty-fifth anniversary Randstad; start up in China; Randstad enters Indian market; acquisition of Galilei in Belgium; acquisition of Gamma Dienstverlening in the Netherlands; acquisition of Martin Ward Anderson in UK
2004	Acquisition of Arvako in Sweden and Take Air staffing in France, start of staffing activities in Poland and Hungary; Randstad market leader in Poland after acquisition of Intersource and Job Net
2003	Ben Noteboom appointed CEO
2002	Cleem Farla appointed CEO; Tempo-Team acquires JMW Horeca Uitzendbureau.
2001	Randon is sold to Securicor; acquisition of Securicor Recruitment Services in UK; installation board of directors
2000	Fortieth anniversary Randstad; acquisitions of Mobile in France, Temps & Co in the US and Umano in Spain; Hedson and newmonday.com are launched; Lavold is sold to ISS; start of staffing activities in Portugal; christening ceremony of the Clipper Stad Amsterdam; revenues exceed NLG 13 billion (€ 5.8 billion)
1999	Acquisitions of Tempo Grup in Spain and time power in Germany; staffing activities launched in Italy
1998	Founder and President and Chief Executive Officer Frits Goldschmeding is succeeded by Hans Zwarts; acquisitions of Strategix Solutions in the United States and of Life and Work in Switzerland; first share offering since initial public offering in 1990; revenues exceed NLG 9 billion (€ 4 billion)
1997	1,000th branch opens; acquisitions of staffing organization SejersenGruppen in Denmark and LTI Bourgogne in France; start of staffing activities in Canada
1996	Randstad Staffing Services deploys 16,000 staffing employees at the Olympic Games in Atlanta; revenues reach NLG 6 billion (€ 2.7 billion)
1995	Staffing organization Optiman in Switzerland acquired; start of staffing activities in Luxembourg
1994	Acquisitions of Inter Techniek and Polydesign
1993	Entry into the United States staffing market with the acquisitions of staffing organizations Temp Force and Jane Jones; start of staffing activities in Spain
1992	Largest acquisition to date: the Flex Group; expansion of automation services through HCS Group acquisition; revenues pass NLG 3 billion (€ 1.3 billion)
1991	500th branch opens
1990	Randstad shares listed on the Amsterdam Stock Exchange; net income over NLG 90 million (€ 40 million); new headquarters open in Diemen (Amsterdam)
1989	Randstad reenters the U.K. staffing market; revenues exceed NLG 2 billion (€ 907 million)
1988	Start of automation services; Randstad Options Fund Foundation (Stichting Randstad Optiefonds) for corporate employees is established
1985	Silver jubilee celebrations; 257 branches in four countries with 1,600 corporate and 35,000 staffing employees working via Randstad daily; revenues top NLG 1 billion (€ 453 million)
1983	Uitzendbureau Tempo-Team and cleaning company Lavold acquired
1981	Staffing activities in the U.K. end
1980	Randstad founds Randon in the Netherlands to launch entry into the security sector; Group revenues exceed NLG 500 million (€ 226 million)
1979	Opening of 100th branch; net income exceeds NLG 10 million (€ 4.5 million)
1978	Company name changes to Randstad Holding nv
1976	Cleaning activities launched in the Netherlands following Korrekt takeover
1975	The acquisition of Belglas provides access to the Belgian cleaning market
1974	Cleaning activities start in Germany
1973	Randstad enters the French market; revenues top NLG 100 million (€ 45 million)
1971	Net income passes the NLG 1 million milestone (€ 453 thousand)
1970	Randstad starts the 1970’s with 32 branches in four countries; revenues exceed NLG 47 million (€ 20 million)
1968	Staffing activities launched in Germany
1967	The U.K. becomes the next international market
1965	First move towards internationalization: Interlabor Interim is launched in Belgium
1964	The company takes a new name: Randstad Uitzendbureau
1960	Uitzendbureau Amstelveen founded; first year’s net income is NLG 9.53 (€ 4.32)