Mission and goals of the VESF
Our history
The association today
Mission and goals
The Board
 Our history
In 1981, ten contracting companies founded the "Verband deutscher Straßenfräsunternehmungen e.V."
(Association of German road milling enterprises) to enable them to attend to the interests of German
milling enterprises.
The purpose of this newly founded association was to protect and further the common interests of
its members, in particular the concerns of the road milling enterprises vis-à-vis the authorities and
other lobbies. In addition, we have intensively dedicated ourselves to the education and the training of
personnel working in the milling sector.
The association today
In its 20 years of existence, an increasing number of domestic and foreign companies have joined the association
in the course of a growing European integration. In 1990, the association changed its organizational structure in
order to meet with the requirements of the European market. This change became "official" in 2002, when the
association eventually changed its name to VESF, Verband der europäischen Straßenfräsunternehmungen (Association of
European road milling enterprises).
Owing to the high degree of acceptance from both the contracting companies and the machine manufacturers and
suppliers, today our members include approximately 40 leading companies from Luxemburg, Belgium, the Netherlands,
Germany, Switzerland and France.
Mission and goals
Europe as a location for services is growing continuously - a fact leading to the development of new
markets with increasingly keen competition. The size of the new European market and the differing requirements
of the individual countries regarding quality and technical implementation give rise to problems and questions for
many road milling enterprises. A centralized policy of the association is of vital importance in order to
satisfy corporate requirements.
The VESF aims at offering membership to as many companies as possible in order to counteract possible order
losses in view of an unstable market behaviour. The association further supports the definition of new quality
standards in the milling sector that will be applicable on a long-term basis.
In view of increasingly short budget funds and growing service requirements, the contractors are often confronted
with difficult tasks. The association helps its members to find profitable solutions to these tasks.
Our association offers support to its members in the following fields:
- Consultancy in technical questions
- Information policy among the members
- Exchange of experiences
- Professional training and continuing education of the specialists in the milling sector
By offering trainings and continuing education, we help our members to achieve a high level of performance,
enabling them to offer high-quality services.
- Problem-solving by established expert committees, such as the Technical Committee or the Quality Community
- Central marketing activities, for example:
Organization of events
Preparation of general documentation
Publication of trade articles in the press
The Board
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