EMCÉ profile

Founded in 1933, EMCÉ initially manufactured concrete mills and material lifts for the construction industry. During the 60’s, the company decided to specialise in the fi eld of winches, which already were an important part of the material lifts produced. Since 1964 the company EMCÉ is concentrating only upon the design, manufacturing and international marketing of winches, capstans and windlasses. Thus in the field of winches, EMCÉ has built up an outstanding reputation during the past 74 years, especially in the shipbuilding, oil & gas, dredging, fishery, construction, mining, theatre and industry in general.

EMCÉ is part of the Stokvis Holding Group of companies, with the head office also located at Voorhout - Holland, only 15 minutes away from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The Stokvis Holding Group employs over 400 people divided over 12 different companies. The group of companies represents a solid unit of entities that complement one another, and who have established their range of activities in the following sectors: transmissions (electric/pneumatic/hydraulic motors, gearboxes, couplings, etc.) and controls, internal transport equipment, automotive equipment, winches and hoisting equipment.

EMCÉ has two production facilities each dedicated to certain manufacturing operations.

EMCÉ is an ISO 9001:2000 Certified Company.

Company mission

The primary mission of Machinefabriek EMCÉ b.v, is to design, manufacture and market winches & hoisting equipment based upon customer requirements (custom built), which have definite advantages in quality, performance, durability and safety for customers in the international market of shipbuilding, oil & gas, dredging, fi shery, construction, mining, theatre and industry in general.

Engineering

Designing and building winches takes knowledge, innovation, a sense of quality and most important experience in the fi eld. In her more than 45 years dedicated winch experience EMCÉ has made these qualities her own. A well considered design and robust construction make for a long-lived and trouble free product. Our designs are aimed at optimal simplicity, efficiency and compact size, using where possible standard industrial components kept in stock within our holding group of companies. This simplifi es maintenance, spares availability and worldwide servicing. From the electronic drawing board using the latest 3-D design software through to the fi nished product, production and design is done in house, so we can respond quickly and effectively to your inquiries and orders. To build their winches EMCÉ uses high quality type industrial gearboxes. The planetary gearbox offers some interesting advantages and can be proposed as a good alternative to parallel shaft gearboxes in various winch designs. The advantages of planetary gearboxes will match the specific requirements for winch designs, i.e. high reduction ratios, high transmissible torque and high radial loads on output shafts, further these gearboxes are highly reliable and durable and are maintenance free. Due to the self-braking feature of worm gears, winches based upon this design are suitable for many pulling applications without the need for a brake motor. The production process of all gearboxes used for EMCÉ winches meets the requirements of the NEN EN ISO 9001: 2000 standard. In a lot of cases our standard designs will suffice, however, should a custom design or adaptation be necessary, we would be glad to discuss your needs and possibilities with you so we can arrive at an attractive solution.

Quality

All winches are in accordance with the Machinery directive 98/37/EU, Low voltage directive 73/23/EU, Machinery directive electromagnetic compatibility EMC 89/336EU:92/31/EU: 91/263/EU. Further they comply with the following harmonised standards; EN 292-1/2, EN-349, EN 418, EN 60204, EN 61000, EN 954 and DIN EN 60034. Applied National standards are; P-82-NEN 3508, DIN 15020-1AM/2AM and NEN 1010. In general most standard winches comply to the Rules for Lifting Appliances as set by Lloyds Register of Shipping (LRS) and Health and Safety Executive (HSE). Upon request winches can be supplied with an Independent Design Review by LRS, DNV, ABS or others upon request and at additional cost. Before the winches are shipped they are subject to a performance test at one of our test beds which have a maximum dynamic test capacity of 10 and 75 Ton. The Factory Acceptance Tests can be witnessed by the client and/or any Third party like LRS, DNV, ABS, SGS, Inspectorate Suisse, etc.