History
| On June 27th 1936, Willem F Jacot, who discovered transmissions for amateurs, opened a small shop in his name selling radio-parts for radio amateurs. The shop was birthed from Jacot’s passion and aiding him in the first few years of business was employee Mr. Jansen. The two of them built and repaired all the apparatus together. Installing the sound system at theatre Carré, Amsterdam, was one the first major projects of the now successful audiovisual company. |
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Op 27 juni 1936 opende Willem F. Jacot, die in de jaren 20 het zenden
voor amateurs had ontdekt, een kleine naar hem vernoemde winkel in
radio-onderdelen voor zendamateurs. De winkel kwam voort uit passie en
telde in het begin naast Willem Jacot zelf slechts één werknemer, de
heer Jansen. Met z’n tweeën voerden zij alle reparaties uit en stelde
zij het apparatuur samen. Het installeren van de geluidsinstallatie in
theater Carré in Amsterdam was één van de eerste grote projecten van de
inmiddels succesvol audiovisueel bedrijf.
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During the war Jacot started facing difficult times. Radio installations were band and owning a radio was punished. Nonetheless Jacot knew how to turn situations around for the better and profit. The first commercial shop was opened, this time not only were radio parts sold but also complete radios. Soon Jacot busied herself with larger assignments, like the construction of Schiphol airport. Jacot was responsible for kilometres of technical lines for the sound and announcement systems. In Holland there was also a need for translating and therefore under the request of entrepreneur Henry Methorst, Jacot made her first translation instillation. |
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In 1958 Jacot moved to a much larger location which allowed the facilitation of television apparatus. Jacot expanded on this collection with household apparatus such as fridges and washing machines. The temporary and permanent project department in Jacot started to grow, and more assignments came flying in, such as assignments for “Philips”. In 1960 another large assignment was acquired, this for the Dutch “Bijenkorf”, still one of Jacot’s loyal clients. |
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In 1965 Jacot was taken over by Charles van der Chijs whilst the name remained untouched. After a few years Charles’s brother Ben took Jacot over. In 1983 Ben was succeeded by a young engineer by the name of Henk Kooiker. The growth of the company kept multiplying; Billy Graham’s congress in the Rai was one of the few big assignments that followed. |
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Jacot was also one of the co-founders of the Congress Rental Network, a platform to ensure that customers received quality congress apparatus and experiences. In Holland a few unique assignments were completed, some of these were the reconstruction of the Second Room of the State Generals and the full AV-decor of the Yugoslavian Tribune. In 2005 Jacot BV was taken over by Hans van Gastel. Jacot’s dedicated team of professionals ensures that Jacot stays on the front of cutting edge AV solutions. |
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Today Jacot busies herself with selling, hiring and maintaining AV systems. This is done of course in an innovative, new refreshing manner.