Van der Ende: Revolutionizing Maintenance with Capptions
July 13, 2026
Van der Ende Steel Protectors Group is a leading provider of protective maintenance solutions for steel assets, working across sectors including oil and gas, bridges, and rail infrastructure. Maintaining the highest standards across its operations is central to how the company works.
The Transformation with Capptions
Before adopting digital tools, Van der Ende relied on paper forms for registrations, a slow and cumbersome way to manage information spread across many project locations. Introducing Capptions changed that:
- Registrations roughly doubled each year: showing how much easier structured, digital data collection made it for teams to actually register what they observed.
- Better report quality: reports coming in from the field improved noticeably, giving managers clearer insight.
- Flexibility without a developer: Capptions proved to be a highly adaptable platform, capable of adjusting to different workflows and client requirements without custom development work.
Impact and Future Prospects
Adopting Capptions marked a significant shift in how Van der Ende approaches maintenance and asset protection:
- Faster response: because data is digital and available in real time, the team can respond to issues as they arise, which matters in maintenance work where delays add risk.
- More efficient operations: moving from paper to digital streamlined processes and lifted overall productivity.
- Adaptable across clients: because Capptions is a general-purpose platform, Van der Ende can tailor it not just to its own processes but to the differing requirements of the clients it serves, including those in high-hazard industries such as oil and gas.
Van der Ende's experience shows how a flexible digital inspection platform can transform maintenance operations built around scattered project sites and varied client requirements, whether or not those sites fall under Seveso III / BRZO obligations.
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