{"id":10406,"date":"2026-02-12T10:52:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T09:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/?page_id=10406"},"modified":"2026-02-16T12:53:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-16T11:53:49","slug":"in-memoriam","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"column\">\n\t<div class=\"rw-boostu-wrapper rw-header\">\n    <div class=\"wpbf-container\">\n        <div class=\"header-breadcrumb\">\n            <p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/\">Home<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/\">Over ons<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/\">In Memoriam<\/a><\/p>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"header-text\">\n            <h1>\t\t\t<span id=\"typedjs40\" class=\"animated-typed-js-shortcode \"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<script>\n\t\t\tvar typedjs40 = new Typed('#typedjs40', {\n\t\t\t\tstrings: [\"In Memoriam\"],\n\t\t\t\ttypeSpeed: 50,\n\t\t\t\tbackSpeed: 50,\n\t\t\t\tbackDelay: 500,\n\t\t\t\tstartDelay: 500,\n\t\t\t\tloop: false,\n\t\t\t\tloopCount: 0,\n\t\t\t\tfadeOut: false,\n\t\t\t\tfadeOutDelay: 500,\n\t\t\t\tsmartBackspace: true,\n\t\t\t\tshuffle: false,\n\t\t\t\tshowCursor: true,\n\t\t\t\tcursorChar: \"|\"\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t\t<\/script>\n\n\t\t<\/h1>\n            <div><p>De band van onze familie met China gaat terug tot 1979, toen Joos Horsten voor het eerst naar China reisde namens Janssen Pharmaceutica op persoonlijk verzoek van Dr. Paul Janssen. De fundamenten van ons bedrijf werden gelegd in 1996 en verder uitgebouwd toen Bart Horsten in 1999 mee aan boord kwam.<\/p>\n<p>Vandaag de dag zijn ze beiden niet meer onder ons, maar hun droom leeft voort: Europese bedrijven ondersteunen bij het zakendoen met China.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rw-boostu-wrapper rw-image-text-columns\">\n    <div class=\"wpbf-container\">\n        <div class=\"image-text-columns-wrapper\">\n                            <div class=\"image-text-columns-col\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/11.-Joos-Horsten-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"11. Joos Horsten\">\n                    <div class=\"image-text-columns-col-text\">\n                        <h2>Joos Horsten (1942 \u2013 2008)<\/h2>\n<p>Joos was de oprichter van ons familiebedrijf en legde de fundamenten waarop we vandaag verder bouwen. Met zijn passie voor business en zijn sterke gevoel voor integriteit inspireerde hij generaties binnen en buiten het bedrijf. Zijn ondernemingszin en menselijke aanpak blijven een leidraad voor ons werk.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"image-text-columns-col\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Screenshot-2025-09-25-221719-1.png\" alt=\"Screenshot 2025-09-25 221719\">\n                    <div class=\"image-text-columns-col-text\">\n                        <h2>Bart Horsten (1969 \u2013 2025)<\/h2>\n<p>Bart was jarenlang onze Managing Director en een drijvende kracht achter de groei en innovatie van Horsten International. Zijn visie, ondernemerschap en warme persoonlijkheid hebben ons bedrijf en team gevormd. Bart geloofde sterk in internationale samenwerking en bouwde bruggen tussen Europa en Azi\u00eb. Zijn nalatenschap leeft voort in onze waarden en projecten.<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"rw-whitespace\"><\/div><div class=\"rw-boostu-wrapper rw-gallery-descriptions\">\n    <div class=\"wpbf-container\">\n        <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-wrapper\">\n                            <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/unnamed.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed\">\n                    <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col-text\">\n                        <p>Joos Horsten \u2013 First meeting in China \u2013 1979<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/unnamed-1.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed (1)\">\n                    <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col-text\">\n                        <p>Joos Horsten \u2013 Friendship Award Joos Horsten<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/unnamed-2.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed (2)\">\n                    <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col-text\">\n                        <p>Joos Horsten \u2013 Signing Ceremony Xi\u2019an-Janssen<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/unnamed-3.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed (3)\">\n                    <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col-text\">\n                        <p>Bart Horsten \u2013 During the 20th Anniversary Celebration of Horsten International<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/unnamed-4.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed (4)\">\n                    <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col-text\">\n                        <p>Bart Horsten \u2013 Visit to the new plant of Xi\u2019an Janssen in 2019 together with colleagues Wang Xiu Mei and Shen Jie<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/unnamed-5.jpg\" alt=\"unnamed (5)\">\n                    <div class=\"gallery-descriptions-col-text\">\n                        <p>Bart Horsten \u2013 During one of the many seminars where he was a guest speaker<\/p>\n                    <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"rw-whitespace\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":2383,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10406","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpbf-post"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>In Memoriam - Horsten<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"In Memoriam - Horsten\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Horsten\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-16T11:53:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/over-ons\\\/in-memoriam\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/over-ons\\\/in-memoriam\\\/\",\"name\":\"In Memoriam - Horsten\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-12T09:52:12+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-16T11:53:49+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/over-ons\\\/in-memoriam\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/over-ons\\\/in-memoriam\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/over-ons\\\/in-memoriam\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Over ons\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/over-ons\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"In Memoriam\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/\",\"name\":\"Horsten\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Horsten\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"nl-NL\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/logo-horsten-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/08\\\/logo-horsten-1.png\",\"width\":748,\"height\":184,\"caption\":\"Horsten\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.horsten.be\\\/nl\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"In Memoriam - Horsten","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/","og_locale":"nl_NL","og_type":"article","og_title":"In Memoriam - Horsten","og_url":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/","og_site_name":"Horsten","article_modified_time":"2026-02-16T11:53:49+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/","url":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/","name":"In Memoriam - Horsten","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-02-12T09:52:12+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-16T11:53:49+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"nl-NL","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/in-memoriam\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Over ons","item":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/over-ons\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"In Memoriam"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/","name":"Horsten","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"nl-NL"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/#organization","name":"Horsten","url":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"nl-NL","@id":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo-horsten-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/logo-horsten-1.png","width":748,"height":184,"caption":"Horsten"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10406"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10677,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10406\/revisions\/10677"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.horsten.be\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}