The members of World Trade Center Leeuwarden visites Machinefabriek Van der Ploeg.
The factory grow up form a village smithy (1841) to global supplier.
On the year 2016 the activities of Machinefabriek Van der Ploeg are divided into three main categories:
• Military/defense area
• Industry
• Offshore
The differences between the sectors are mainly characterized by various applications, expertise and skills. All customers have their own quality requirements and standards. Van der Ploeg possesses the required specific skills and qualifications with respect to all three sectors.
Into this context fall possibilities such as technical matters, welding processes and especially larger milling and metalwork, as well as process control and documentation. The production facilities are spread out over separate, but interconnected production halls, subdivided by the kind of material and stage in the manufacturing process.