Case Study: Louwman Group achieves a unified, group-wide intranet connecting 30 subsidiaries with Valo Intranet

From 30 Individual Solutions to One Umbrella Intranet

Louwman Group, a Dutch family-owned automotive distributor with about 3,000 employees across 30 subsidiaries, faced fragmented internal communication and collaboration because each operating company used its own intranet. To create one umbrella solution that would boost solidarity, knowledge sharing and internal communications, Louwman chose Valo Intranet (recommended and implemented with Valo’s Premium Partner Portiva) as the natural fit on top of their existing SharePoint environment.

Using Valo Intranet, implemented jointly by Portiva and Louwman’s ICT team, the organization consolidated all 30 subsidiaries into a single platform called Louwman Connected, migrated content, and trained an in-house editorial team of 80+ editors to manage pages. The Valo implementation delivered a central digital hub for ~3,000 users, clearer company structure and contacts, increased content creation and engagement, and faster collaboration across the Group.

Louwman Group

Michael van Doremalen

ICT Manager