IF THE MACHINE YOU NEED DOESN’T EXIST, WE BUILD IT
Every product that wins its market started as a production problem nobody had solved yet. That is where Crest Dutch Machinery comes in. With over four decades of know-how and a complete in-house engineering team in Raalte, the Netherlands, we design and build custom made machines for laminating, cutting and winding around one thing only: your process. Around 85% of the machines that leave our workshop are built to customer specification.
Sometimes the answer is a proven Crest machine, adapted with the right peripherals. Sometimes it is a fully custom production line that has never been built before. Every machine in our portfolio can be customized, and if none of them fits, we start from a blank sheet. Roll-to-roll, roll-to-sheet, sheet-to-sheet or sheet-to-roll, in foam, plastics, glass, metals, rubber and beyond.
Whatever your tolerance window, material stack-up or cycle-time target, we engineer the most direct path from concept to consistent production.
FROM FIRST SKETCH TO ACCEPTED MACHINE
Custom does not mean uncertain. Our process is designed to remove risk at every step:
- Application intake: we analyse your product, materials and cycle-time targets, and tell you honestly what is feasible.
- Concept & engineering: mechanical, electrical and software engineering under one roof.
- Build & assembly in our workshop in Raalte, the Netherlands.
- Testing with your materials: you accept the machine on proven results, not promises.
- Installation & lifetime support: commissioning, operator training, spare parts and service agreements.
BUILT ON REQUEST: FROM LICENSE PLATES TO MEDICAL PACKAGING
The best proof of our custom capabilities is what leaves our workshop. A production line for license plates. A web embosser for vacuum-sealed medical waste bags. A laminator for flexible displays. A barrier film laminating line, a liquid silicone laminator, a hologram laser marking unit. Different industries, different materials, one common denominator: a production challenge no standard machine could answer.
Where required, we deliver cleanroom-ready configurations, 24/7 inline setups with automated feeding, in-process cross-cutting and stacking, and smart changeovers that keep downtime to a minimum.
WE BUILD FOR THE INDUSTRIES OF TOMORROW
Battery, smart glass, solar, hydrogen: four worlds where Crest custom machines run in production today.
SEE WHAT LEAVES OUR WORKSHOP
From inline laminators to hologram marking units: browse the custom machines we recently engineered and built.
CUSTOM SOLUTIONS, YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED
Can any Crest machine be customized?
Yes. Every machine in our portfolio can be customized and extended with peripherals such as unwinders, rewinders, cutting units, stacking and automation.
Do you build complete production lines?
We do. From a single machine to a fully integrated inline production line with feeding, laminating, cutting, stacking and winding, engineered and tested as one system.
What does a custom machine cost?
That depends entirely on scope. After the application intake you receive a clear proposal with budget and lead time.
Which materials can you process?
Foam, plastics, glass, metals, rubber, technical textiles and combinations of these, including delicate or coated webs that demand precise web-tension control.
LET’S BUILD YOUR MACHINE
Tell us about your product, material and process. Our engineers will tell you honestly what it takes.