Introduction

History

AVM was founded by Alfons Vangehuchten in 1991 and became a company with limited liability with the joining of business partner Erwin Savelkoul in 1995. The company can pride itself upon a rich past. The managers aimed for an international approach from the beginning. To conquer a place on the market, production facilities were set up in Bree, with a total working surface area of around 2800m². The broad range of operations: engineering, metalworking, assembly and transport ensure that we are able to offer the customer a complete package

AVM was founded by Alfons Vangehuchten in 1991 and became a company with limited liability with the joining of business partner Erwin Savelkoul in 1995. The company can pride itself upon a rich past. The managers aimed for an international approach from the beginning. To conquer a place on the market, production facilities were set up in Bree, with a total working surface area of around 2800m². The broad range of operations: engineering, metalworking, assembly and transport ensure that we are able to offer the customer a complete package

General

	The AVM team is responsible for processing and assembling high quality products on a daily basis. AVM is a modern company, where the quality of the organisation isn’t surpassed by that of the products. Motivated and quality aware staff on each level all aim to ensure that you, the customer, are satisfied. Inspection of our own work and major involvement of all employees also underlines our aim for quality. AVM wants to conquer the best possible place on the market while paying continuous attention to relations with customers, suppliers and staff.

The AVM team is responsible for processing and assembling high quality products on a daily basis. AVM is a modern company, where the quality of the organisation isn’t surpassed by that of the products. Motivated and quality aware staff on each level all aim to ensure that you, the customer, are satisfied. Inspection of our own work and major involvement of all employees also underlines our aim for quality. AVM wants to conquer the best possible place on the market while paying continuous attention to relations with customers, suppliers and staff.

Safety is extremely important when carrying out the work, which is why AVM obtained the ISO 9002 & VCA certificate on 2 August 1990.
Recertifications succeeded one another quickly and we’ve now obtained the ISO 9001 & VCA**.
In February 2008 AVM successfully underwent the audit according to norm DIN 18800-7: 2002-09 class E. The following welding processes were also given a certificate: 111(E), 135(MAG), 141(WIG) according to norm DIN EN ISO 3834-2

Engineering

The engineering department uses SCIA Engineer, a 3D calculation package for the most complex constructions. The calculations are carried out taking account of the country’s local (climate) costs as well as steel construction codes, such as EC3 for Europe, AISC-LRFD for the USA, etc.
3D illustration package TEKLA Structures is used to make the drawings. The advantage of three-dimensional drawing or modelling where the existing structures are integrated is the prevention of clashes, because of which possible problems can be solved and fast and effective assembly is achieved.