Tolerance is a promise
If a drawing says ±5 µm, we hold ±2 µm. Every serial number carries the measurement data that proves it.
About Us
Three decades of getting the hard parts right.
Norvex Precision began as a two-person workshop on the Rotterdam docks. Today, 340 engineers, machinists and metrologists across two plants build components that operate 3,000 metres below sea level and inside 700-bar hydrogen rigs.
Who we are
An engineering company that happens to own machines.
Most component suppliers sell capacity. We sell judgement. Our teams spend the first hours of any programme arguing about material behaviour, thermal drift and fixture strategy — because those conversations decide whether a part survives its tenth year in service, not its first week.
That philosophy shapes how we are organised. Design, machining, assembly and metrology sit in one building with shared performance targets. A machinist can walk to the designer's desk. A metrologist can stop a run. Nobody hides behind a handover.
The result is unglamorous but valuable: a 99.2% on-time record, a 0.31% field return rate, and customers who have stayed with us through three generations of their own product platforms.
- Field return rate
- 0.31%
- Repeat customers
- 87%
- Avg. partnership
- 11 yrs
Our journey
From one lathe to two plants across Europe.
1994
A single lathe in Rotterdam
Founders Marijke Vos and Tomas Reijnders open a two-person workshop servicing harbour cranes and dredging equipment.
2001
First offshore contract
Norvex qualifies as a Tier 2 supplier for subsea valve bodies, adding its first CNC machining cell and a dedicated inspection room.
2009
Metrology lab opens
A climate-controlled CMM facility brings validation in-house, cutting first-article turnaround from three weeks to four days.
2016
Automation division launched
The company moves beyond parts into complete motion and sensing modules, shipping its first EtherCAT control nodes.
2021
Hydrogen-ready programme
Material science team qualifies duplex and Inconel processes for 700-bar hydrogen service across four European test rigs.
2025
Second plant in Gdańsk
A 12,000 m² facility adds 18 five-axis centres and doubles annual capacity while keeping engineering centralised.
What we believe
Six commitments we are happy to be judged on.
Engineers answer the phone
No account-manager relay. The person who machined your part is the person who explains what happened to it.
Say no early
We turn down work we cannot do brilliantly. A fast honest no beats a late apology every single time.
Design for a second life
Refurbishment paths are built into product design, extending asset life by an average of nine years.
Cleaner by measurement
94% of swarf is recycled, and both plants run on contracted renewable power with published quarterly reporting.
Grow our own
42 apprentices trained since 2010, with 31 still on the team — including two of our current plant managers.
Leadership
People who still know the smell of cutting fluid.
Marijke Vos
Co-founder & Chair
Toolmaker, 40 years at the bench.
Anouk Prins
Chief Executive
Former head of subsea programmes.
Rahul Iyer
Chief Technology Officer
Materials PhD, hydrogen lead.
Elena Kowalska
Director of Quality
IATF lead auditor since 2013.
Come and see the floor for yourself
We host plant tours every second Thursday. Bring a difficult drawing — our engineers enjoy the challenge more than the coffee.