We visited the Vermeer corporation on Tuesday. I was interested in this visit because the company is actually headquarters in Iowa. Which was funny since that is so close to Michigan and here we are in the Netherlands visiting the company.
I enjoyed learning about how they manufacture their farming and outdoor tools. The facility is the Netherlands was not a manufacturing facility orgibally. But due to a tornado that struck in the United States, this facility was quickly transformed into a manufacturing facility in order to keep up with demand and fulfill order.
It was interesting to watch them assemble the machines as we stood there and spoke with some of the workers and engineers.
Vermeer prides itself on being ahead of the safety curve so to speak. They implement safety features into thief machines before safety regulations are placed on them so they always have the safest machines. Where as competitors wait until the safety regulations are released before making thief machines more safe.
Overall Vermeer was very interesting and a exciting place to visit. They also gave us delicious pastries at the end, always a plus.