Update expansion

In January of this year, we officially started the expansion of our production area with a groundbreaking ceremony. Although it may not be visible at first glance, a lot has happened in the last five months.

We started by piling no less than 129 piles. Followed by pouring foundation beams and walls. Preparing the groundwork for the reinforcement. Placing casing pipes for electrical connections and installing pressure lines, waterworks and a drainage system. In short, we have laid the foundation for our expansion. Now this has been done, we can soon start on the steel structure.

Not everything is visible, though very important!

A basement is made under our production floor with a waste processing system. We use special gutter systems and we renewed the entire water supply in our production. These kinds of choices bring some complexity and challenges. Just like the exact connection to our existing building.

To prevent errors from being made in the design or during construction, there is a lot of consultation between the parties. The work preparation takes a lot of time overall. Drawings regarding steel, frames, floors and walls are checked again and again before something can be made final. We believe it is important to properly discuss and process the information with all parties involved, so everyone can continue without stagnation.

The eye on people, hygiene and optimum use of space

In addition to the construction, the installers have now been selected and the plans have been worked out in detail. One of our goals is to keep the new production space completely free of pallets and raw materials. This means we go to a fully automated supply and removal of our processing lines. With this, we take a big step towards better working conditions and saving labour. But also improving hygiene through separation of raw material and cleaned product and better use of the areas.

In short, the foundation has been laid and we build on a new phase of Snijpunt with confidence.