Clearwood owns and manages several companies in the Netherlands. We invest in businesses with a future, divested by their former owners for lack of fit or management succession. We are a group of 5 entrepreneurs who, together, possess the necessary know-how and experience to acquire businesses and move them forward.

ECI Holding

ECI Holding is engaged in the retail of books, music, video and games in the Netherlands and Flanders (ECI NL, ECI B, Cosmox). It is also has a publishing business (www.thehouseofbooks.com) and fulfilment & IT services (www.e-ways.eu). ECI Holding has total sales of EUR 90 mln and a staff of 450.

Intertaste

Intertaste develops and produces innovative, high-quality seasonings, marinades, dressings and sauces. Intertaste has sales of about EUR 100 mln and a combined staff of 300 in three facilities, two in the Netherlands (Puttershoek, Nijkerk) and one in Belgium (Lier).

Maître Paul

Maître Paul is market leader in deep-frozen pastry in the Netherlands. Foreign markets include France, Germany and the UK. Maître Paul is based in Tilburg and has sales of about EUR 40 mln and a staff of 220.