1981 Establishment of Delaware Computing, a computer services company. 1989 Bekaert acquires Delaware. The company grows to be a full-fledged Belgian IT services provider. 1999 Sale of Delaware Computing Group to Arthur Andersen (professional services) and HP (infrastructure). 2002 Arthur Andersen becomes Deloitte & Touche. 2003 After a management buy-out, Luc Van Aelbroeck, Jan Delaere and Peter Oyserman start up the present Delaware Consulting as an independent consulting partnership with 124 consultants. 2005 Opening of the first office abroad: Suzhou, China. 2006 Opening of the second Belgian branch in Antwerp. The company now employs some 180 people. Opening of the second office in China: Harbin Kepler Delaware Software Development starts as offshore software factory. 2007 Wouter Fransoo becomes the 4th Delaware Consulting partner. Opening of the first office in the United States in Atlanta. 2008 Start of e-Kenz in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, with Amal Choury as local partner. Delaware Consulting now counts some 350 professionals. Start of Delaware Information Solutions, with Patrick Andersen and Wim Van Eyken as partners. 2009 Jan Vets becomes the 5th Delaware Consulting partner in Belgium. Dutch SAP partner XAPlogistics becomes Delaware Consulting BV. Arie van der Veer and Jacko Obels are the local partners. Opening of a new office in France, Lyon, with local partners Patrick Dassaud, Didier Galland and Jean-Philippe Lasbroas. Set up of Delaware Consulting International as parent company for the different local entities. 2010 Toon Vermeersch becomes the 6th Delaware Consulting partner in Belgium.