Electromach B.V. is a company in the R. STAHL Technology Group, the world market leader for explosion-protected components and control systems. The products are used in areas in which there is a danger of gas or dust explosions, mainly in the oil, gas and petrochemical industries and at offshore locations such as refineries and oil rigs.

Since it was founded over 40 years ago, Electromach has grown vigorously and has frequently had to extend its headquarters in Hengelo in the Netherlands. After the last possibilities for extension were exhausted recently and Electromach was forced to manufacture the large explosion-protected housings outdoors, Managing Director Jan Wijnen fulfilled his dream: a year before his retirement, Electromach has moved in April 2009 into its new home in a futuristic 7500 square meter new building near Hengelo.

The decision to purchase the complete lifting equipment from the Dutch crane manufacturer CraneSolutions – a Dutch crane manufacturing partner of STAHL CraneSystems – was taken early on.

CraneSolutions erected three large single girder overhead travelling cranes, several small crane systems, three pillar jib cranes and a workshop gantry crane in April. All the cranes are naturally equipped with STAHL CraneSystems crane technology. Erection took place in two stages. First of all the large overhead travelling cranes were erected, placing great emphasis on not hampering the other building work.

The wide spans of the cranes made it necessary to transport two of the cranes inside the building from one shop to another. Shortly before the move, CraneSolutions dismantled the small crane systems in the old factory and then reerected them in the new building in combination with the new systems.

Thanks to perfect planning, all the work went smoothly. Jan Wijnen has provided for the future of his company well. And should space become too tight again soon, the new building offers enough possibilities for extension to provide another 3000 square meters of production area.