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Beyond the PRODUCT since 1954

Remember your great grandfather’s tool shed? Wooden walls and a worn peg board where he thoughtfully arranged his tools. Tools that were handed down from your grandfather’s father, to your grandfather and so on until they found their way to you. These tools never needed replacing, there’s no built in obsolescence, they aren’t headed for the trash. They were manufactured to work hard and to last for generations. Tools that tell the story of the men who used them, tools hauled out in the rain to mend a fence, repair a tractor or assemble a bicycle on Christmas Eve. Any surface scuffs, nicks...

“ Building Any Body In 1954, using the slogan “Building Any Body For Anybody”, Cornelius Walinga and John Medemblik began handcrafting wooden truck bodies for local businesses. Robert Lodder joined them in 1959, thus creating a partnership in which uncompromising attention to detail and a very personal commitment to customer service became an ongoing tradition. Throughout the decades as each new technological advancement became available, Walinga incorporated it into the manufacturing process. Soon the company’s in-house design and engineering teams were creating products that were...

for Anybody. ” 1965 Bob Lodder joins Walinga. 1969 Robert Lodder and John Medemblik - 2003 In 1969, Robert Lodder and John Medemblik purchased the shares of Case Walinga and continued for many years as partners. Case Walinga retires and the company moves to its permanent facility in Guelph, Ontario. Left to right Sjoukje Walinga, Rita Medemblik, John Medemblik, and Case Walinga. “Building any body for anybody.” A mantra coined long ago by John Medemblik and Case Walinga, the founders of Walinga. They wanted people to know that there were different ways of doing things: that you no longer...

Walinga’s First Vac Unit ever built 1970s Walinga introduces grain vacuums. Walinga introduced grain vacuums in the late 1970’s and was the first producer in North America to use a positive displacement system to transfer grains at a greater rate of speed with less horsepower, using smaller lines. 1974 EMM is the first Walinga Body and Coach dealer in the United States. 1970 An early 1970’s aluminum bag/bulk body with air discharge and aluminum tool box and hand rai

been “ Walinga hasfor the providing equipment company This is one of the f irst units built for New-Life Mills circ a 1957. The body was made out of steel and wood and featured an air discharge. for more than 25 years, along with outstanding customer service. James Kropf A division of Parrish and Heimbecker Limited c.1909, The new-life feeds brand was established in 1964. New-Life is currently celebrating its own 50th anniversary, “Yesterday’s experience… Today’s insight… Tomorrows rewards”. Seventy-five percent This bag/bulk delivery unit from the mid-1980s used aerodynamic and lightweight...

1991 In 1991, Walinga opened its Carman Manitoba facility. The new location supports Canada’s mid western pneumatic conveying systems customers. With business continuing to grow, Walinga was outgrowing their Guelph facility and decided to move their machine shop operation to Carman, Manitoba. In 1996, Cor Lodder, one of Bob Lodder’s sons, who had been heading up the Machine Shop Operation in Guelph, relocated his family to Carman to manage the Machining Division relocation and subsequent expansion. The decision to locate in Carman Manitoba was based upon the needs of the Canadian and...

2006 Sioux Center, Iowa service facility opens. 2008 Walinga opens new facility in Fergus, Ontario for Vac Manufacturing. 2009 Walinga opens new service facility in Carman, Manitoba. Given Carman’s proximity to one of the world’s longest transcontinental highways, it was an obvious choice for an Engineered Transportation Equipment service facility. The new property is literally across the street from the original Carman plant. The nearby Trans Canada Highway connects all ten provinces moving almost anything imaginable between the east and west coasts. In 2009 the two by two bay shop offered...

2012 Walinga adds new State-of-the-Art Hopper Tank Rotator. Located in the Guelph Ontario factory, Walinga specified and had built what looks like a giant hopper rotisserie. Once a tediously slow and labor intensive process where welders would move about the hopper tanks as they welded the precut sections together, the new rotator positions the hopper for the convenience of the welders. A task that used to take days, bottle necking production, is now completed in a matter of hours, keeping pace with the rest of production. 2013 Walinga starts production of tank units in Wayland, Michigan....

GOOD THINGS ULTRA-LITE™ HIGH OUTPUT AUGER LOW PRO™ At the time of printing the Walinga Low ProTM, Ultra-LiteTM High Output Auger Unit (shown above) represents the state of the art in engineered transportation equipment. A proprietary variable thickness extrusion provides the spine for this all aluminum ultra light fuel-efficient design. Bulk is carried lower in the chassis, reducing wind resistance while lessening the risk of rollover. Add to that a Walinga high output auger transfer system and you have delivery efficiency without compromise. Ultra-Lite™ High Output Auger Discharge Low Pro™...

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Walinga is an international company having grown to provide bulk transfer and transport systems anywhere bulk travels. Hard working Walinga product can be found around the globe.

Would you buy anything that’s assembled from a thousand parts that were all outsourced to the cheapest bids? Neither would we. Walinga doesn’t sell a one size fits all product solution. Since the first stake and rack truck order in the last week of 1953, Walinga has recognized that every customer is unique with specific needs. That simple act of listening to customers, responding to their feedback and creating personalized solutions has created a niche market. Personalized just-intime manufacturing is only possible by having every Walinga built component modeled electronically. Software has...