Over the years we developed to be a worldwide leading manufacturer of high-end process equipment. The milestones below show the success story of Verolme® Corporate.
He was the seventh son of a farming family. He was trained as a fitter and blacksmith at the technical school in Middelharnis (NL).
He built contacts with shipyards at home and abroad.
However, due to disagreements between the management of Stork and Mr. Verolme came to a conflict. Therefore, Mr. Verolme decided to resign and start on his own.
A year later he moved the company to Rotterdam. The first workshop was a building of 18 by10 meters on the Nieuwe Maas at IJsselmonde where he began making installations for ships. Later also ship engines were built.
The shipyard was called Verolme Shipyard Alblasserdam and engaged in the construction of large ships.
The largest project was the dredger The Queen of the Netherlands, officially opened by Queen Beatrix herself.
Moreover, Verolme acquired an old yard in Cobh near Cork in Ireland. The company grew rapidly and employed over 12,000 people. In its heyday Verolme held 80% of the shipbuilding market in the Netherlands.
This was the start of two new innovative companies: Verolme Machinefabriek IJsselmonde, a machine manufacturing company, and Verolme Montage IJsselmonde, a construction company.
Verolme® is very successful and well-known by the top polysilicon suppliers.
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