History
- 1984 Arie van der Knijff starts ‘Emmeloord Reparatie en Constructie’ supported by his previous employer Holland Onion bv. The activities – we make what you ask us to.
- 1986 Move to the Pilotenweg te Emmeloord.
- 1989 After some year of general construction work a first onion topper is produced and marketed. ing A. de Jager bv sells 10 that year in France..
- 1993 First full onion line exported – to England.
- 1994 Gerard van de Knijff (Arie’s brother) joins the company, adding new knowledge and capabilities in control technology and export. .
- 1995 First integrated and totally enclose onion topper proofs very popular since dust and noise problems are minimized.
- 1997 First export to the USA which develops, with the assistance of David Rietveld, into an important market for the company.
- 1999 Internal automation with fully integrated ERP system of UniSpeqs.
- 2001 Purchae of and move to the current premises at the Fabrieksweg. Customer projects start to become bigger.
- 2003 Bas Pomstra joins ERC further adding to the technical control capabilities. Vision, servo syetems and remote access are becoming part of the toolbox of ERC.
- 2005 In cooperation with LCpackaging bv the BaxMatic packaging system is developed and brough to market. .
- 2006 The name of the company becomes ERCmachinery bv
- 2007 The drawingsdepartment movesover to 3D drawing with HiCad machinery. .
- 2008 All drawings now made in 3D
- 2009 The team now comprises around 30 employees working in the design, construction and service.
