Machinefabriek L. Straatman, The Netherlands

History

Machinefabriek L. Straatman was established in 1902 by mr L. Straatman. In Dordrecht the company rapidly grow in the field of kettle construction and ship repairs. In the 90's the company was taken over by "Van de Graaf's Werktuig- en Constructiebouw BV". In1996 Machinefabriek L. Straatman moved to Zwijndrecht. At least in 2004 Straatmantook over all the activities of "Van de Graaf's Werktuig- en Constructiebouw BV".

Since 50 years we make hydraulic presses, heavy winches and custom build projects.

In 1965 we entered the dredging market by developing a ball-joint for floating pipelines together with Bos&Kalis. This company also ordered the first drag heads. Through the years we developed our dredging program and we now deliver goods all over the world.

In 1974 we started the production of container handling frames, the so called spreaders. The spreader was developed with the advice of ECT. Since then we delivered more than 500 spreaders all over the world.

One of our best known products is developed for the dredging industry. It is a bow coupling installation for hopper dredgers. With this installation a quick connection can be made between the ship and the floating pipeline. Until now we have delivered more than 100 bow coupling installations all over the world.

To increase our product range we developed a complete range of quick-release towing and mooring hooks. For already more than 20 years we deliver all kinds of hooks in a range of 15 to 200 ton.

Product Details

Dredging

• Bow discharge installations for efficient beach- and land reclamation
• Steelplate ball-joints
• Cold pressed bends
• Turning-glands
• Drag heads

Towing/mooring

• Quick release mooring hooks
• Quick release towing hooks
• Hook foundations
• Capstans

Containerhandling

• Fixed spreaders
• Telescopic spreaders

Hydraulic presses

• C-frame presses up to 2.000 kN
• Portal presses up to 5.000 kN
• Wire rope testing installations
• Bending presses

Jobbing

• Cutting steel up to 200 mm.
• CNC carrousel cutting
• CNC milling
• Welding