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Strong in automating the precast concrete industry
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Strong in automating the precast concrete industry

Started in 1997 as a manufacturer of fasteners for the precast concrete industry, JM Construct has now grown into a leading player in mechanical engineering and steel formwork. The company automates and robotizes complete production processes in the precast concrete industry, but also remains true to its basic principles. Founder and owner Guy Schelfhout gives us a look behind the scenes, where son Wout is already being prepared for the succession.

In the more than 25 years of JM Construct's existence, the company has already outgrown its premises three times. It shows how ambitious the Schelfhout family is. In 1997, Guy and his husband started out as a small independent contractor, but now the company has more than 45 employees. For several years, JM Construct has been based at its current location of over 15,000 m2. "We are an innovative company, strong in designing, producing and installing semi- or fully automatic production lines and associated formwork," he says with appropriate pride. "From our experience and with our dynamic team we unburden our customers by working together right from the design stage."

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Concrete pouring machine.

Showpiece

A good example of a project in which JM Construct has been involved from the very first pencil mark is a fully automated production plant for concrete floor slabs in the Netherlands. Hundreds of slabs are produced here every shift, and that with only a few employees. It is almost unthinkable, but JM Construct has made the almost impossible possible nonetheless. "It is perhaps the most efficient concrete plant in the world," says Guy Schelfhout. "And we completely developed and built it from a blank sheet of paper with a partner. Unfortunately, we are not allowed to reveal too many details about it, but the production line includes the necessary formwork tables and is equipped with corresponding robotic and vacuum techniques." JM Construct also builds many semi-automatic production lines in addition. For example, it recently commissioned another line for producing precast bicycle paths and is currently installing a semiautomatic line for precast terraces.

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Patented modular aluminum edge formwork.

From idea to factory

JM Construct designs and manufactures everything in-house. "We have versatile machinery at our disposal. That, in combination with skilled and motivated personnel makes that we offer a solution for every problem," says Wout Schelfhout. "Often precast concrete companies knock on our door with an idea or a product they would like to produce in a fully or semi-automated process. We then get to work and come up with a prototype product and test jigs and eventually that results in an automated production line. That is our strength and what we will continue to focus on in the coming years." With the many developments in the industry and the tight labor market, precast concrete companies face new challenges in which JM Construct is happy to support.

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Template for floating bicycle and walking bridge Terhills.

Wout Schelfhout has been active in the company since 2010 and will eventually take over. To manage this organizationally, Patrick Bijnens was appointed CEO some time ago. He emphasizes the versatility of the company, saying, "Besides the design and production of (semi)automatic production lines, we also continue to develop and produce fasteners and formwork for the precast concrete industry worldwide." And there too, JM Construct makes a difference, with its extensive expertise in formwork technology and the patented modular aluminum edge formwork.   

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