Timesavers

Timesavers international can trace its origins back as far as 1939 when Arie van der Linden started a repair shop for woodworking machinery in Rotterdam in The Netherlands. By 1953 the company had gone on to also specializing in stroke sander and drum sander machinery, and by 1963 wide-belt sanders have been added to the array of abrasive equipment being produced. From the 1970s the company started working not only with wood but also with metals, aluminum, carbon and stainless steels. Twenty years later saw the start of Timesavers International BV in 1996 which took care of all Timesavers activities in the world with the exception of the north American continent. The company had become a world market leader in wide-belt sanding and grinding machines for wood and metal applications. Up till 2000 Timesavers was equally involved in wood and metals. Hereafter, the decision was made to concentrate more on metals. In Europe, more than 90% of the company's current business comes from the metal industry. By 2003 the company had further improved its world leadership position in metal deburring, and finishing wide-belt machines, whilst at the same time going on to produce new high precision calibrating machines and wet coil finishing lines.