A leading agricultural, construction, environmental and industrial equipment manufacturing company.

One of the first inventions by Vermeer founder Gary Vermeer was a modified farm wagon with a mechanical hoist. The demand that followed led Gary to establish Vermeer Manufacturing Company in Pella, Iowa, in 1948. Now, more than five decades later Vermeer has developed many "firsts" including the world's first large round hay baler, tree spade, and stump cutter.

Since its inception, Vermeer Corporation has grown from a one-person Iowa operation, to an international organization that manufactures agricultural, construction, environmental, and industrial equipment. In 1991 Vermeer Corporation launched its NAVIGATOR horizontal directional drilling machine line-up which has been instrumental in installing fiber optics for the world's information superhighway. As a leading trencher equipment manufacturer, Vermeer trenching equipment has been utilized on road construction and mining projects, within the equipment rental industry, and various other job applications.