Since the company was founded in 1971, the number of employees at Krefelder Strasse has increased. The number of employees currently stands at 470, with a large number of vacant positions waiting to be filled by motivated and committed new colleagues, the company writes to us.

In addition to the site in Mönchengladbach, Vanderlande is present at three other locations in Germany. The Group's IT competence center is located in Dortmund. Around 270 employees there ensure that the company's automated material flow systems are tailored to the customer. At the Supply Center and Service Base in Siegen, more than 260 employees develop and produce shuttle and storage and retrieval technologies for Vanderlande worldwide. The competence center for flat-packed and hanging garments in the fashion sector for Vanderlande worldwide is based in Bielefeld. Here, more than 30 employees develop complete systems, manufacture and pre-assemble individual modules and components.

Within the Group, the Mönchengladbach-based company ensures direct support for customers in predominantly German-speaking countries. Thanks to its expertise, Vanderlande has already been able to support companies such as Amazon, Zalando, Edeka Süwest Fleisch and Lidl with their logistical challenges as a general contractor.

In the course of the company's business success and the associated enormous growth over the last few years, a spatial expansion became inevitable. A new additional building was therefore erected on the company premises on Krefelder Strasse and recently occupied. This new part of the building is connected to the existing building by a spacious glass passageway and offers around 150 employees not only ergonomic workplaces in a modern environment, but also sufficient opportunities for exchange and collaboration in teams, some of which are international.

The company was founded in 1949 as Machinefabriek E. van der Lande. In a small building on the canal in Veghel, the Netherlands, Vanderlande started out as a general engineering and construction company manufacturing lifting equipment, cranes and conveyor belts, for example for unloading coal ships.

Since then, the company has grown from a local business to a global market leader in automated material handling systems, employing more than 7,500 people at various locations on every continent with the aim of further developing customers' business processes. With a steadily increasing turnover of 1.8 billion euros, Vanderlande has made a name for itself over the last seven decades as a partner for future-proof solutions in the field of automated logistics processes.

In 2017, Vanderlande was acquired by Toyota Industries Corporation. The two companies are strategically closely aligned. Synergies include cross-selling, product innovation and research and development. Due to the COVID1 pandemic, the company has decided to postpone the anniversary celebrations and the inauguration of the new part of the building until 2022.