Since 2010, L. Verbakel B.V. has been producing the VERBA Pigletfeeder in its own factory in Sint-Oedenrode. The Pigletfeeder is a popular feeding machine for babybugs equipped with a 10 litre feed bunker. Jeroen Gloudemans, director of L. Verbakel B.V., explains:.The Pigletfeeder is a well-accessible feeding machine for the babybigs and can easily be built into the intermediate wall by the stainless steel frame. As a result, the Pigletfeeder only needs 1 Pigletfeeder per 2 cups, saving half of the floor area compared to the traditional piglets bowl that is clamped in the floor.
Recently, VERBA has been regularly asked to produce an affordable version where the trough can be removed in a user-friendly way so that the trough can be easily cleaned.
“Dairy products are very often fed to newborn piglets via the trough of the Piglet Feeder. If you switch to dry feed at a later stage using the same Piglet Feeder, it is strongly recommended that you clean the stainless steel trough thoroughly. We know from experience that this is not a popular task and is quite labour-intensive. We received a request from the market to come up with a solution to this at an acceptable price. We took on that challenge,” continues Gloudemans.
“We gave this a great deal of thought with our team and had to modify our standard Pigletfeeder several times to arrive at this final model. Ultimately, we succeeded to our complete satisfaction and can now produce this option at a low additional cost. We then had the Pigletfeeder extensively tested in practice. People were impressed by its ease of use and also by the minimal additional cost. The trough can be removed very easily and, once cleaned, is also very easy to put back in place and secure firmly with a simple movement.”
Verbakel doesn't shy a lot of customization and likes to participate in such requests. Gloudemans continues: "Because we produce everything ourselves in our own factory in St.Oedenrode we have the possibility to respond quickly to such requests. Because people know that we like to cooperate, they also know to find us quickly. As a result, we know at an early stage what the market wants and we are in the forefront of development. Besides, we also like to deal with such challenges and especially if the customer subsequently is positive about this as with this Pigletfeeder. Moreover, we also learn a lot from it all. Regularly we can add such a new product to our range after extensive tests, such as this Pigletfeeder with removable troughs.
At the LIV in Venray Verbakel presents the Pigletfeeder with removable trough to the general public.
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