About Us

Australia's Trusted Engineering, Machining, & Manufacturing Solutions Partner

Vettiger Vidler Engineers has a long, proud history dating back to 1938.

Joe Vettiger started his general engineering business in what was then known as Little Russell Street Toowoomba.

Soon after, the Great Depression came, Joe had to give up his business and went to work for the Toowoomba Foundry.

Our Journey

In 1938 Joe Vettiger and Alan Vidler got together and Vettiger Vidler Engineers was born.

Then came the Second World War, and many industries, along with Vettiger Vidler Engineers, had their machinery commandeered for the war effort. Without any machinery it was back to the Toowoomba Foundry.

After the war Vettiger Vidler Engineers re-opened, taking on a new partner Albert Brosi and in 1949 Dick Ellevsen.

In 1951 they moved to their current address 13 Laurel Street Toowoomba. By the mid seventies ownership had passed on to three sons, Graham Vettiger, Horst Brosi and Brian Ellevsen. Vettiger Vidler Engineers continued to grow.
Due to succession planning the opportunity arose in 1999 for employees, Adrian Lynch and Craig Lange to purchase Vettiger Vidler Engineers and become the new company directors. Vettiger Vidler Engineers then boasted over 1200 sq metres of workshop space, a wide selection of machinery, and customers from all around Australia.

Craig and Adrian continued the tradition of high quality and specialised work for customers and were able to continue adding new machines as the needs arose.

In 2002 a new lathe was added with a turning capacity of 1200mm in diameter and 6000mm in length which allowed for much easier machining of the mill rolls which cane weigh as much as 3500 Kgs. Supply of new mills and new and refurbished mill rolls became a significant part of the business, this trend continues even today.

In April of 2021 Adrian and Craig decided it was their time to try something different and decided to sell Vettiger and Vidler to another local family business, The Davey Group.

While Adrian made a clean break from the business, Craig remained in a consulting role to help with the eventual relocation to The Davey Group site and to pass on his years of experience to the next generation of engineering trades people.

Operational Capacity

Some of our many capabilities include the manufacture and repair of gears, shafts, spline shafts, repair of worn needle roller bearing areas, hot and cold metal spraying, supply, repair, re-fluting and re-grooving of feed mill rolls, line boring, repetition work, surface grinding, as well as all types of welding.

We also supply silage cutter blades to suit Kemper fronts. We have a lathe turning capacity of up to 6 metres in length, 10 tonnes in weight and 1200mm diameter, a planing capacity of up to 5 metres in length and 1500mm wide and our horizontal borer/milling machine has a base plate of 1800mm diameter.

Our Equipment & Capabilities

1200 sq m workshop
8 Centre Lathes - up to 6mtrs in length x 1200mm diam capacity
4 Milling Machines
1 NC Alpha Harrison
1 Horizontal Borer -
1 Slotting Machine
1 Surface Grinder
1 Pedestal Drill
1 Planer - 5mtrs in length x 1500mm wide capacity
2 Hydraulic Presses
1 Cylindrical Grinder

Our People

Our Team of Engineering Visionaries

Our highly skilled trade-qualified team are experienced in delivering the wide, varied range of services we offer… including but not limited to the manufacture and repair of various industry requirements for gears, shafts, spline shafts, hot and cold metal spraying, supply and repair to feed mill rolls, line boring, repetition work, surface grinding, as well as all facets of welding.