Road Trip – Verbruggen Palletizing Solutions

Balcom & Moe in Pasco, Wash., uses Verbruggen’s VPM-VHV palletizer with a multi-level accumulation system to save floor space and maximize the potential of the palletizer.

December 26, 2023

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Story and photos by Denise Keller, Editor

A trip home from a summer field day created the perfect excuse for a pit stop in Pasco, Washington, where Verbruggen Palletizing Solutions has operated its U.S. sales and service center for the last decade.

Boxes make their way up a spiral conveyor to the accumulation conveyor and palletizer.

Founded in the Netherlands in 1991, the company specializes in palletizing systems for boxes, bags, crates and more. The combination of Dutch innovation coupled with stateside service, parts and support have helped the company grow through the years, employees say.

From left, Verbruggen employees Valerie Long, Gabriel Writer, Marco van der Heide and Jose Benitez visit a packing shed during the installation of a new palletizer.

In 2013, Verbruggen opened the sales and service location in Pasco to better serve its North American customers. In the last 10 years, the U.S. operation has increased by more than five times its initial size, and a U.S.-based staff of two now numbers nearly 30, including service technicians, parts workers, administrative support and a sales team.

Verbruggen equipment is installed at approximately 400 customer locations in North America.

Verbruggen’s VPM-10 can stack up to 30 units per minute.
Spiral conveyors offer a space-saving solution in systems with multiple levels of accumulation lines.
Gabriel Writer, a Verbruggen field service technician, uses a touchscreen control to change the stacking pattern of a palletizer.
Verbruggen’s VPM-VHV palletizer precisely stacks a pallet of boxes, allowing for a more stable load and less product damage.
A wrapper secures a pallet of stacked boxes for loading and transport.
Verbruggen employees install a VPM-8 palletizer at Easterday Farms in Pasco, Wash.
A Balcom & Moe employee removes a pallet of stacked boxes from the conveyor.

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