Sixteen people, six machines and an inspection room in one hall on Hurksestraat. The person reading your RFQ works a few metres from the person setting up your part.
Illustrative, AI-generated.
1.0People
Noor van DalenCo-founder · planning and customer contact
“I check the revision, quantities and date before a job enters the schedule.”
Bas VermeerCo-founder · manufacturing engineering
“I work through workholding, tool access and the features that need measuring.”
Elise de WitInspection lead
“I turn the agreed drawing into an inspection plan and check what the report needs to show.”
Milan VosRFQ coordinator
“I gather the missing details into one reply, so the engineer can review the request.”
Sanne KuijpersTurning setter
“I set up the lathes and run the first-piece check before a batch starts.”
Tomasz Nowak5-axis programmer
“I plan how the part is held, then check the program against the agreed drawing.”
Illustrative, AI-generated. The people are invented.
The whole team, fictional
Role
People
Founders, inspection lead, RFQ coordinator
4
CNC setup and machining: four milling, two turning, two setup and programming
8
Inspection technicians
2
Logistics and administration
2
Total, one site
16
2.0Machines
33-axis machining centresBlocks up to 500 × 400 × 300 mm in the screen
15-axis machining centreRelated faces, blocks up to 250 mm a side
2CNC lathes with live toolingRound parts up to Ø200 × 400 mm
1Inspection roomMeasuring for the features you name, kept apart from the machines
Noor and Bas founded Keelworks in 2014, after years of watching small prototype enquiries bounce between engineering and purchasing. They built one workshop around a named contact for each drawing revision and job records that a repeat batch can start from.
We ask what a critical feature must do, write down what is still undecided, and agree grade, inspection and finish before cutting. Repeat batches stay attached to the agreed drawing revision.
An authored story: the business, people and history are fictional.
