The lion
“The lion survives not by pretending to be a king, but by being the king.”
The strength of the lion – its hunting prowess – is decisive not only to defining its status, but also to ensuring its survival. Only with real strength, wisdom and active power can it prevail and live up to its position as King of the Jungle. It takes on every challenge with determination and does not accept failure. This metaphor can also be applied to von der heyde. We maintain our position as a global market leader in the leak testing systems sector for aluminium wheels by means of foresight, advanced skills building and continued development. Our aim is to always remain a knowledge and scientific leader in all business sectors. This requires collaboration by skilled, motivated people with well-founded expertise and a wealth of practical experience, a fleet of cutting-edge machinery, and a boundless passion for continuously optimising our machines and plants. Quality is our mission. Passion is what drives us. PASSION FOR BETTER TECHNOLOGY.
A tradition of reliability
von der heyde was founded in 1878. In the beginning the company focused on manufacturing pumps and steam boilers, as well as tasks traditionally performed by locksmiths, such as turning and milling components. The company’s reorientation began with a barrel that had to be leaktight. At the start of the 1990s, von der heyde also began specialising in the development and manufacture of custom leak testing machines. We are an owner-managed traditional company that operates worldwide. von der heyde is now represented in key global regions by sales agencies and also offers an industrial service within its home region.
Quality and delivery reliability are our top priorities. We live quality management every day, and that in turn ensures that we continue to perform to the highest standards in every step of every process. Our project management and all of our processes are designed to go above and beyond in fulfilling our customers’ quality requirements – from quote preparation to the delivery of the finished product as well as after-sales support and service.
Certified
Our company is ISO 9001, EN 1090, EN 3834 and DIN EN 45001 certified, ensuring that your orders are always completed to your satisfaction and with quality you can rely on.
Skilled
This is also supported by the certified skills of our employees. von der heyde employs around 100 people, all of whom have extensive training and various additional qualifications as well as years of experience. Each of them is an expert in their field, ensuring that all your requirements can be fulfilled.
Future-oriented and well-networked
Our heritage company is a Bronze Sponsor of CFK Valley Stade, an association dedicated to promoting the use of carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers (CFRP) in construction. CFRP is the construction material of the future. Carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers are used in fields such as the aviation, aerospace and automotive industries, as well as in medical technology. In this context, von der heyde is driving the development and manufacture of equipment and tools used for researching production systems for carbon-fibre-reinforced polymers.
We are a member of the German Engineering Foundation (Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e. V. VDMA) – Europe‘s largest industrial association with around 3,300 members.
Other memberships:
- German Chamber of Industry and Commerce Sustainable Economy Network (IHK Netzwerk Nachhaltige Wirtschaft)
- German Chamber of Industry and Commerce Stade
- Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce Company Network for Climate Protection (DIHK Unternehmensnetzwerk Klimaschutz)
- German Society for Non-destructive Testing (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Zerstörungsfreie Prüfung/dgzfp)
- H2NON Hydrogen Network
- Stade PowerLink Network
- Association of German Engineers (VDI) – personal membership