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Rademaker BV's new 14,000-sq-ft full-service test facility in Culemborg, The Netherlands,
offers customers complete satisfaction and confidence in their equipment purchases.
BY STEVE BERNE
ith the ongoing trend of fewer
resources and tighter budgets
for engineering personnel,
capital equipment purchases
are increasingly difficult to research and
manage. More and more bakers are relying
on suppliers to offer other services than
just a piece of equipment and a promise.
Not only does the equipment need to be
reliable and delivered on time at a cost that
is better than competitive, but equipment
or systems must also offer precision along
with flexibility and reliability. Perhaps most
important is that it must be able to produce
either a new product concept or be able to
precisely match a current product at faster,
more efficient throughputs.
For these reasons and the desire to
showcase its newest processing systems and
concepts to potential customers, Rademaker
BV just completed a 14,000-sq-ft Technology Center and test facility next door to its
main office in Culemborg, The Netherlands.
"We're very excited about it," said Paul Groenewegen, business development director for
Rademaker BV. "Our original test bakery
was cramped in a 5,000-sq-ft space, which
made it difficult to accommodate multiple
visitors." Official commissioning of the new
space is scheduled for this summer.
The state-of-the-art facility contains
many of the company's processes, which are
set up and ready for operation. A full array of
support equipment complements the setup
and adds complete flexibility and ability to
handle any type of customer process.
"We focus mainly on producing custombuilt equipment, and this facility, situated
adjacent to one of two fabrication plants,
is perfect for running tests and also for

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customer product development," Mr. Groenewegen said. "We fabricate everything here
except our ovens, which are manufactured
in Dalfsen in the North of Holland and also
at a site in Slovakia."
A BRIEF HISTORY. Rademaker BV was
formed in 1977 as a machine shop producing equipment for industrial bakeries.
During the past 28 years, the company has
grown to an enterprise with nearly 400 employees. Most employees are divided across
three companies: Rademaker BV, Rademaker Den Boer and Rademaker Slovakia.
ᮣ Rademaker BV's test facility offers product testing on
its Aermoflex 4-module impingement oven, its MultiBake
6-module DGF oven or other rack ovens, depending on
customer product needs.
PAUL LATTAN

ᮢ The fabrication/installation team of skilled technicians
goes through final live product testing of this sheeting and
pressing system with the customer prior to shipping it to a
bakery in Asia.

The remaining staff members work at the
company's international sales offices.
At Rademaker BV, exports play an important role, with the US being its largest
market. In addition to Rademaker USA in
Hudson, Ohio, other sales offices are active
in markets such as the UK, France, Germany, Japan, the Far East as well as Holland.
Its products range from laminator and
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