VDL Groep launches OrderOn.com, online platform for placing metalworking orders

PRESS RELEASE

Eindhoven, Tuesday 26 April 2022

VDL Groep launches OrderOn.com,
online platform for placing
metalworking orders

VDL Groep takes a major step forward in digitalising production and business
processes for placing on-demand orders for metal products. The launch of the new
OrderOn.com platform puts laser cutting and trimming within reach of the entire
manufacturing industry at a single click. Flexible, well-organised and custom-made.
As many as you require, when and where.

Caption: VDL’s latest OrderOn.com platform enables you to obtain a quote for metalworking machining
techniques within a few minutes.

“The demand for simple processes for ordering quality products with timely delivery is
increasing. This is accelerating the growth of on-demand production in the market. Flexibility,
automation, speed and scalability are a key focus in this respect,” says Willem van der
Leegte, President and CEO of VDL Groep. “Our supplier, VDL Technics in Boxtel in the
Netherlands, is the first VDL company to integrate our OrderOn.com platform into their
production and business processes. By making our many years of experience in custom

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laser cutting and trimming available online, we are able to simplify and accelerate the order
process. As a result a quote is now available within minutes.”

The new OrderOn.com platform is part of VDL Groep’s broader digitalisation strategy
whereby the competencies of other operating companies of this industrial family business will
be integrated into a single made-to-order platform for a wide range of metal and plastics
machining techniques.

Automated order process
OrderOn.com simplifies metalworking-related processes, thus making it possible to easily
contract out parts of the metalworking process. After the digital work files are uploaded to the
platform a quote is immediately available. Once the quote is approved, the fully automated
production process is started and the products are delivered to the specified address. To
facilitate this process, VDL Technics’ laser centre has been further expanded with new
machines with an automatic module for clearing out the products and fully automated
trimming benches, which makes 24/7 production possible. OrderOn.com combines VDL’s
latest digital production facilities with more than 60 years of expertise, experience and
craftmanship of this industrial family business.
www.orderon.com

About VDL Groep
Strength through cooperation. This is the basis of VDL Groep, an international industrial
family business with its head office in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. This business was
established in 1953 by Pieter van der Leegte. Initially, VDL Groep specialised in
metalworking. When his son Wim van der Leegte took over the company in 1966, the
company started specialising in high-tech subcontracting in industries such as the
semiconductor industry, later adding plastics processing and the development, production
and sale of buses & coaches to its portfolio. VDL Groep is a major player in the fields of
subcontracting and semi-finished products and manufactures its own finished products, such
as suspension systems, automated car plant systems, heat exchangers and container
handling equipment. With VDL Nedcar in Born, it has the only car plant in the Netherlands
where serial assembly for third parties takes place.
VDL Groep innovates through a combination of professionalism, entrepreneurship and high-
quality machines. The group of companies combines the strength of a multinational with the
flat organisation structure and open, informal working atmosphere of a family business where
growth opportunities and continuity take precedence. The third Van der Leegte family
generation has been at the group’s helm since 2016. VDL Groep has over 15,000 employees
and operates in 19 countries. The group comprises 105 operating companies, each with its
own specialism, working together intensively. In 2021, the combined annual revenue was
4.995 billion euros.
www.vdlgroep.com

For additional information, contact:

VDL Groep - Communications Department - Telephone +31 (0)40 292 50 00
Miel Timmers, Spokesperson - Mobile +31 (0)6 14 76 70 66

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