Providing Customers Worldwide With Top Of Line Dredging Equipment

 SINCE 1972 OUR TEAM OF PROFESSIONALS HAVE CONSTRUCTED SUPERIOR DREDGES WITH WORLD-CLASS WORKMANSHIP. WITH MACHINES REACHING MORE THAN 25,000 HOURS OF SERVICE VMI'S QUALITY IS SECOND TO NONE.

VMI Dredge - City Of  Dallas, Texas 1984

VMI Dredge - Bethany, Oklahoma

VMI Dredge - Wichita, Kansas 1986

VMI Dredge - Madison, Wisconsin - 1991

VMI M-415 Dredge - Hawaii 

VMI MD-815 Dredge - Austrailia

VMI Dredge MD-815P - Fort Worth, Texas 

VMI Dredge Westchester, Kentucky -1998

VMI Gladiator 12- Sand Mining

VMI Dredge - Phillipines 1998

In 2020 VMI Dredges Enhanced Testing & Training Capabilities

Testing And Training Capabilities Enhanced

Capabilities for testing dredges and booster pumps improved.

In 2020 VMI's testing and training capabilities were enhanced to improve product innovation and better serve the needs of customers. Additional parts storage capacity was also increased to expand the availability of in stock items. VMI remains a privately owned and operated business.

VMI Dredges Facility Expansion & Increased Production Capacity

VMI Expansion & Increased Production Capacity

VMI Dredges Increased manufacturing space to meet demand in 2007
2007-2020

In 2007 VMI's facility was expanded to include additional manufacturing and parts storage space for increased capacity.  At the end of 2019 VMI introduced a new logo to better reflect the company name and image going forward.

Dredge Manufacturer Relocating to Cushing - The Oklahoman -by Lou Anne Wolfe Feb, 25, 1988

https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1988/02/25/dredge-manufacturer-relocating-to-cushing/62660771007/

Dredge Manufacturer Relocating to Cushing

Lou Anne Wolfe

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VMI Inc., a local company that makes dredges, is relocating to Cushing, where it hopes to expand operations, Cushing Chamber of Commerce officials said Wednesday.

Jim Mason, chamber executive director, said VMI would build a 20,000-square-foot plant on five acres donated by the Cushing Industrial Foundation, valued at $30,000. He estimated the construction project's value at between $300,000 and $350,000.

VMI, begun in 1972, employs about 12 people and has exported dredges to seven countries, Mason said.

Dredges, which cost about $330,000, are used by communities to clean out sewage lagoons and to clean up hazardous waste and spills. They are also used to clean contaminated ponds to accommodate wildlife, Mason said.VMI president Gene Maitlen grew up in the Cushing area and owns a family farm there, Mason said. His sons, Tony and Randy, are vice presidents at VMI.

"Because of the Clean Water Act passed by Congress, they expect to see tremendous expansion in this area, and will add more employees," Mason said.

New VMI Dredges Production Facility

 1989-2007
Increased demand created the need for a new improved production facility.

By 1989 VMI had outgrown its current plant capacity and a decision was made to build a new production facility in Cushing, Oklahoma. The new production facility was specifically built for manufacturing dredges.
In 1997 Bob Vaughn’s stock was purchased by Gene Maitlen and his two sons, Tony and Randy, making VMI exclusively owned by the Maitlen name.

Bigger and Better

 

Dredging enhancements were soon incorporated into the VMI line of dredging equipment. 1976-1980

Bigger and better dredges were soon added to the VMI line and a network of distributors was set up. As one of the most recognized dredge manufacturers, VMI, Inc. began to sell VMI dredges worldwide and an international salesman was added to their staff. 

Our Story

 

Our Story

In 1972, Gene Maitlen and Bob Vaughn got into the dredge manufacturing business in a Quonset hut near their Case Equipment dealership in Oklahoma City. Bob, Gene, and Randy Maitlen, Gene’s son, decided to become serious about building quality dredges and created Vaughn-Maitlen Industries (VMI), Inc. The VMI, Inc. plant was located in several locations during the next four years until 1976, when the production facilities finally settled in Bethany, Oklahoma. Bigger and better dredges were soon added to the VMI line and a network of distributors was set up. As one of the most recognized dredge manufacturers, VMI, Inc. began to sell VMI dredges worldwide and an international salesman was added to their staff. 

By 1989 VMI had outgrown its current plant capacity and a decision was made to build a new production facility in Cushing, Oklahoma. The new production facility was specifically built for manufacturing dredges. In 1997 Bob Vaughn’s stock was purchased by Gene Maitlen and his two sons, Tony and Randy, making VMI exclusively owned by the Maitlen name. In 2007 VMI's facility was expanded to include additional manufacturing and parts storage space for increased capacity. At the end of 2019 VMI introduced a new logo to better reflect the company name and image going forward. In 2020 VMI's testing and training capabilities were enhanced to improve product innovation and better serve the needs of customers. Additional parts storage capacity was also increased to expand the availability of in stock items. 

VMI is a privately owned and operated business. Cash Maitlen is a 3rd generation Maitlen within the company and proudly serves as the President of the company. Cash grew up fully immersed in the company and has experienced all aspects of the business from sweeping floors to training operators internationally around the globe. Cash has a history designing, developing, troubleshooting, and operating dredges and heavy equipment even collaborating with some of the world's top equipment manufacturers for new product developments. VMI has a proud history in the dredging industry and seeks to continue providing customers worldwide with products and services to solve their dredging and sludge handling needs.

VMI Starts in 1972 in Oklahoma

VMI has a proud history in the dredging industry and seeks to continue providing customers worldwide with products and services to solve their dredging and sludge handling needs.

www.vmidredges.com

VMI has a proud history in the dredging industry starting in 1972.

In 1972, Gene Maitlen and Bob Vaughn got into the dredge manufacturing business in a Quonset hut near their Case Equipment dealership in Oklahoma City. Bob, Gene, and Randy Maitlen, Gene’s son, decided to become serious about building quality dredges and created Vaughn-Maitlen Industries (VMI), Inc. The VMI, Inc. plant was located in several locations during the next four years until 1976, when the production facilities finally settled in Bethany, Oklahoma.