VRR

At VRR, we love to challenge the status quo. To advance the air cargo industry and never accept anything less than excellent quality. To collaborate with our global partners and customers in making perfect-fit Unit Load Devices.
That attitude—instilled in the company by our Dutch founders way back in 1946—is what drives us to make the innovative products for which we’re known. Sure, we experiment. And sometimes we make mistakes. But our determination has got us to where we are today. A world leader in air cargo containers.
What does VRR stand for as a company, and what are our aspirations and dreams? Read our purpose, ambition and vision statements and find out how our air cargo products align with our core values.
If it wasn’t for two ambitious, post-war entrepreneurs in Rotterdam, VRR wouldn’t be here today. Read about our fascinating journey and discover how we became a global force in ULDs.
It’s natural to do your research when looking for a new business partner. And what better place to start than with our customers? Discover our customer satisfaction rate, read our client testimonials, and learn about our collaborative approach in our case studies.
Every day, we pour all our knowledge, skill and creativity into creating high quality certified ULDs.
World War II had just ended when Steef and Adri van Riemsdijk set up their modest sheet metal manufacturing company in Rotterdam. Their once bustling port city was a wasteland, but the devastation didn’t discourage the ambitious brothers, who were determined to profit from their experience in the aviation industry.
The Riemsdijk brothers knew from the outset that innovation was the key to success. The imaginative goods they produced ranged from aluminium car bodies and steel scaffolding equipment to military ground support equipment. Their dream to create a Dutch brand based on quality and innovative design was fast becoming a reality.
In the early 1970s, their instinctive drive to specialise intensified, and Van Riemsdijk Rotterdam switched to manufacturing complex, low-volume air cargo products. Dedicated solutions for transporting livestock by air soon followed. Just a decade later, the company was providing logistical relief for airlines around the world with its creative range of products
The 21st century heralded a new era for the company. The strategy was bold but simple: create customised cargo transport solutions like ULDs and focus on international market expansion. The company name changed to VRR, its headquarters in Rotterdam were expanded, and the maintenance facility was moved to Amsterdam’s intercontinental airport.
Today, VRR’s ambitions are reaching new heights: to build innovative air cargo products inspired by genuine care for the people around us and the planet we live on. The quest for excellence based on bold ideas, knowledge-sharing and co-creation will continue to guide us. But no matter how far we progress, we will never lose sight of our entrepreneurial roots.
The Alternative Procedures to Design Organisation Approval certificate permits us to perform design activities under the applicable European aviation regulations for Supplemental Type Certificates (STC’s) and European Technical Standard Orders (ETSOs).
This airworthiness and environmental certificate allows us to manufacture air cargo containers and pallets and related air cargo equipment according to European aviation regulations.
The EASA Part 145 Approval permits us to maintain air cargo containers and pallets and related air cargo equipment such as galley carts according to European aviation regulations.
At VRR we **Inspire to Care**