Verlinde, established in 1858 and headquartered in Vernouillet, France, is a leading manufacturer specialising in lifting and material handling equipment. The company focuses on industrial machinery and equipment, offering a comprehensive portfolio that includes electric wire rope hoists, chain hoists, belt hoists, winches, trolleys, and crane components. These solutions are tailored for sectors such as manufacturing, logistics, food processing, and the pharmaceutical industry. Verlinde stands out for its dedication to innovation, utilising advanced engineering techniques and implementing rigorous quality controls, certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 standards. The company delivers industrial-grade performance and custom-engineered solutions, with a global footprint spanning over 90 countries.
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Plazar Manutention, specialist in industrial lifting and partner of Verlinde manufacturer of lifting equipment in the Centre region, has designed and commissioned 9 overhead travelling cranes from its long-standing customer. The installer is also in charge of maintenance of the fleet of lifting equipment, which includes a total of 30 cranes, as well as their preventive maintenance.
EUROBLOC VF for loads up to 20 000 kg. Always at the forefront of its hoisting unit designs, Verlinde has introduced numerous innovations protected by 15 patents for this new product. Among these, the use of ultra-resistant synthetic ropes instead of traditional steel ropes as well as the latest management of the rope angle.
EUROCHAIN VX VARIO, the electric chain hoist with speed variation from Verlinde, lifts loads from 125 to 2500 kg. It benefits from all the technical advantages of the EUROCHAIN VX range in addition to features associated with speed control: increased productivity and service life.
Manelec, manufacturer and supplier of overhead cranes and lifting equipment, VERLINDE partner and member of the Verlinde after-sales service, has supplied a complete set of cranes, gantry cranes and hoists to its longtime customer, AGCO, to equip a new extension to its factory in Beauvais.
Manitou Group, a world reference in handling solutions, personnel lifting and earthmoving equipment, has chosen SERE Maintenance, a member of EUROPONT and the SAV VERLINDE network, to equip its new rough-terrain aerial platform production unit in Candé, Maine-et-Loire, with overhead cranes and lifting equipment. This 18,000m² plant, which has been in operation since the end of 2021, is part of an overall plan to develop and modernise industrial tools at all the group's sites. It was launched with the aim of increasing the group's production capacity in response to strong demand from the European and North American markets.
Heripret, partner of Verlinde and member of the after-sales and Europont networks, designed, produced and installed a 40-tonne overhead crane with a 25-tonne auxiliary for handling 35-tonne moulds at a metallurgy works. The lifting and handling parts of such weight requires lifting equipment with absolute reliability and a very high degree of positioning precision.
Founded in 1962 at Vertou in the Loire-Atlantique administrative department, Sere Maintenance specializes in the design and sale of lifting equipment, handling systems and overhead cranes in Brittany. Sere Maintenance are versatile professionals who carry out all required studies, tests, checks (General Routine Checks) and repairs for this machinery and equipment. In order to ensure the longevity and robustness of metal structures, they manufacture and export products and accessories designed for cathodic protection (rectifiers, anodes, electrodes, switch cabinets and boxes, etc.). Sere Maintenance handles VERLINDE equipment commercially and is a member of the EUROPONT network.
Meije, manufacturer of overhead cranes, gantry cranes, installer of handling equipment and member of Verlinde's EUROPONT and after-sales network, has won a tender for the renewal of a travelling crane in the hydroelectric plant at Mauzac, Dordogne. Present production of electricity at the plant enables some 15,000 households to be provided with this source of energy. The replaced overhead crane was commissioned in 1924 when the facility was built. Having become obsolescent, its use was suspended in 2019.