History

Visscher + Caravelle

Almost all vehicles on the road have mats. Cars changed over the years and off course our mats have changed as well. In Visscher-Caravelle’s seventy-year existence many things have changed. We started as a small company producing door mats and we’ve turned into a global Tier-1 automotive supplier.

1952

Coconut car mats

In the early fifties, Johannes Visscher started a company called Visscher-Matten in Genemuiden. The core-business was buying and selling ‘kokos’ door mats. When asked if a coconut car mats set could be made, the answer was “yes”. The future was determined.

1988

Visscher + Caravelle

The Van Dalfsen Family, already known within the confection industry, acquires Visscher-Matten. A few years later, the English company, Contour-Caravelle is also added to the company. The company name is changed to Visscher-Caravelle.

1996

Poland

As the production process of Visscher-Caravelle is very labor intensive there was a need to make things more efficient. The first steps to start a production location in Poland begin.

2005

Quality

In a changing market where quality standards are becoming more important, Visscher-Caravelle obtains ISO/TS 16949 and ISO 14001 certification.

2008

OEM Market

The majority of Visscher-Caravelle products are being supplied to the after-market (wholesale, dealer network, retail chain). Later on this is changing into the OES-market (Original Equipment Supplier). In 2008 a strategic decision is taken to focus on deliveries to the OEM-market (Original Equipment Manufacturer). This means supply directly to the production lines of the car manufacturers worldwide.

2014

Global Presence

Global presence becomes more and more important. For this reason, Visscher-Caravelle opens its third production location in Mexico. Here, textile and TPE mats can be produced especially for the NAFTA region. Also a joint venture in China is started called VC-Yimeng, and a production plant in Malaysia is opened.

2018

Vanprotech

A new chapter for Visscher-Caravelle! Under the name Vanprotech wooden and plastic interior protection for vans will be produced and delivered.