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About Vanderlande

- History

Vanderlande was founded by Eddie van der Lande in 1949 and originated in the Dutch town of Veghel. The founding family initially modernized and later produced machines for the textile industry. Afterwards they started manufacturing machines for transporting goods such as hoisting apparatus and conveyor belts.

 

In 1963 Vanderlande went into a partnership with the American company Rapistan Incorporated, which influenced the development of the company favourably. They invented customised transport systems that enabled them to be successfully active all over the world. Due to the fact that in 1988 the current owner NPM Capital purchased the majority of the company’s shares, Vanderlande was able to operate globally afterwards.

 

Vanderlande is currently doing business worldwide and has 260 projects in 105 countries. The company has developed a lot, nowadays it is one of the main international companies in the fields of sorting systems for parcel services and automated material handling solutions for airports and warehouses.

- Industry Segments

  • Baggage Handling

This sector of Vanderlande is dedicated to the transportation of baggage within an airport. Vanderlande can also offer storage and effective sortation of luggage all the way from checking in at one airport to collection at another. 14 of the top 20 airports in the world use Vanderlande systems.

 

  • Warehouse Automation

Vanderlande is known well in the goods storing industry due to their specialisation in great service and deliveries. Part of their job is not only the holding of stock but to closely work with their clients to develop and improve the efficiency of each company they work with. Their skill in this field is shown through the fact 12 of the top 20 e-commerce companies use Vanderlande warehouse automation systems.

 

  • Parcel and Postal

With more than 500 satisfied clients (many of whom are repeat customers) it is clear Vanderlande has a strong foothold in the parcel and post market. This area of the company both integrates and supplies the systems for their clients and is able to cater for all size of company. It also covers the parcel and postage service for their clients completely from arrival and unloading, to sorting, loading and onward transportation.

 

  • Life-cycle Services

This part of Vanderlande covers the maintaining of systems already installed across the world. In the constantly changing business market Vanderlande must ensure they can stay flexible and innovative for their many partners. Every single day approximately 100 of the company’s service teams are supporting their customers. Vanderlande can offer different levels of support from as much as being a full business partner to just a service partner helping maintain their systems.

- Facts and Figures

  • Vanderlande’s baggage handling systems move 3.2 billion pieces of luggage around the world per  year, which are 8.8 million pieces per day. These systems are active in 600 different airports and on 14 of the world’s top 20 airports

  • More than 20 million parcels, equating to 300 packages per second, are sorted by Vanderlande’s  systems every day for a variety of customers including the four largest parcel and postal companies in the world. 

  • ​12 of Europe’s Top-20 e-commerce companies and many distribution firms use any of the Vanderlande handling systems. The company is also a leading supplier of warehouse automation solutions.

  • Vanderlande is active in 105 countries. In addition to their headquarters in Veghel, they have sales offices,  service organisations and representatives in 23 countries across the world providing  local support.

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