Groeneveld Italia S.r.l. celebrate 25 years of production
A quarter of a century of quality from Groeneveld’s most important production location
In the year that Groeneveld Group in Gorinchem celebrates its 40th anniversary, Groeneveld Italia S.r.l. will be marking 25 years of production. Groeneveld products have been produced in Italy since 1980, but a complete new factory in northern Italy came into operation in 1986. With state-of-the-art production facilities, an innovative research and development department and dedicated staff, nearly all Groeneveld and GreenCat products are developed and produced here, including some 40,000 automatic greasing systems each year.
Groeneveld produce and supply a wide range of automatic greasing systems, the OilMaster oil-management system, GreenSight active safety systems and cameras, speed limiters and the GreenCat on-board computers. With more than 2,500 different products and kits, the variety of Groeneveld products is as diverse as their applications.
Groeneveld Italia are responsible for the direct supply of all Groeneveld and GreenCat products to the company’s own subsidiaries within the Groeneveld Group, to independent importers and to leading OEMs including Volvo, Caterpillar, Mercedes, EvoBus, DAF, MAN, VDL, Komatsu, Liebherr, Bell, JCB and many other well-established manufacturers of trucks, buses and earthmoving equipment.
In-house development and production
For many years Groeneveld had the philosophy that if you want to provide the best product, you need to develop and produce it yourself. Groeneveld, therefore, have their own R&D centres in the Netherlands, Israel and Italy and their own production facilities. The sensors and software for the GreenSight safety systems are produced in Israel, whilst all other Groeneveld products are manufactured in the modern factory in Cassago Brianza in northern Italy.
Quality management
Quality is very important at Groeneveld. Customers around the world rely on Groeneveld’s products and systems day in, day out in road transportation, public transport, on railways, earthmoving, mining, agriculture and industry. Hence the highest quality standards are applied not only within Groeneveld’s own production facility, which is ISO-certified, but also to the large number of suppliers.
All suppliers must meet the same high quality standards as in the Groeneveld factory and are regularly evaluated by Groeneveld’s own quality and procurement departments. This guarantees the highest quality of the product, which forms the basis for the high customer satisfaction.
Ready for further growth
Groeneveld Italia’s site covers a total area of 14,500m², including 7,000m² of buildings, with 5,600m² dedicated to production. The facility includes a modern office building, which also houses the product development department. In addition, Groeneveld Italia is home to the central warehouse, which forms the logistical heart of the distribution to Groeneveld’s regional logistics centres in the Netherlands, France, North America and Australia, and to a variety of importers and OEMs. The modern production facilities, which can accommodate two-shift working, and the logistics centre are fully prepared for Groeneveld’s ambitious growth plans for the coming years.
