# Benelux Manufacturing

> Evidence-backed supplier matching for the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands,
> Luxembourg). https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com indexes manufacturing companies with
> machine-detected, source-linked capability data: processes, materials,
> certifications, machine limits, equipment, logistics and published projects.
> Every supplier profile links back to the company's own pages as its source.

## Key pages

- [Match a brief](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/): describe a part and get ranked suppliers with per-criterion evidence.
- [Supplier directory](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/suppliers): all indexed companies, grouped by country.
- [Process index](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes): suppliers grouped by manufacturing process, with country drill-downs.
- [Use cases](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/use-cases): recorded projects by industry, each linked to the supplier's own case page.
- [Machines](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/machines): which workshops own which machine brands/models (verbatim equipment notes).
- [Certifications](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/certifications): suppliers by certificate code (ISO 9001, ISO 13485, EN 1090, AS9100…).
- [Finishing](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/finishing): anodizing, powder coating, plating, heat treatment per country.
- [Quantities](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/quantities): shops by order-size band they state themselves (single pieces → series).
- [Directory as JSON](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/api/directory): the full supplier index as one machine-readable document — fetch this instead of scraping the pages.

## Process pages

- [CNC machining](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/cnc-machining): 86 suppliers (NL 33 · BE 49 · LU 4)
- [Welding](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/welding): 77 suppliers (NL 29 · BE 45 · LU 3)
- [Assembly](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/assembly): 76 suppliers (NL 38 · BE 34 · LU 4)
- [Laser cutting](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/laser-cutting): 58 suppliers (NL 20 · BE 36 · LU 2)
- [Surface finishing](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/surface-finishing): 56 suppliers (NL 25 · BE 30 · LU 1)
- [Bending](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/bending): 53 suppliers (NL 21 · BE 31 · LU 1)
- [Sheet metal](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/sheet-metal): 47 suppliers (NL 17 · BE 25 · LU 5)
- [3D scanning / inspection](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/scanning): 36 suppliers (NL 13 · BE 22 · LU 1)
- [Additive manufacturing](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/additive-manufacturing): 35 suppliers (NL 13 · BE 20 · LU 2)
- [Robotics & cell integration](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/robotics-integration): 30 suppliers (NL 15 · BE 15 · LU 0)
- [Powder coating](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/powder-coating): 29 suppliers (NL 12 · BE 15 · LU 2)
- [Injection moulding](https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/processes/injection-molding): 28 suppliers (NL 10 · BE 18 · LU 0)

## Supplier dossiers

- URL pattern: `https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/suppliers/<company-slug>`
- Each dossier: processes, materials, certifications, machine limits (thickness/bed size per process+material), equipment, nearest port, company facts (founded, size band, languages), associations, published case studies — each dimension marked machine-detected / enriched / validated with its source URL.

## API (for agents)

- `POST https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/api/match`
  Body: `{"text": "I need 500 aluminium brackets, CNC machined in Belgium, ISO 9001"}`
  Returns JSON: `{"brief": {...}, "matches": [{"id": "...", "score": 0-100, "reason": "..."}], "engine": "llm-rag" | "deterministic", "ms": number}`
  Rate limit: 8 requests/minute per IP. Deterministic fallback — always answers.
- `POST https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/api/rfq`
  Body: `{"supplierId": "...", "brief": {...}, "requestText": "..."}` — returns a drafted RFQ text for the supplier.
- `GET https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/api/directory`
  Returns JSON: the full supplier index (id, name, url, country, city, processes, materials, certifications, industries, completeness, validation tier, website, case-study count). Cache it; don't poll more than daily.
- `GET https://www.beneluxmanufacturing.com/sitemap.xml` — full crawlable URL set.

## Notes for AI assistants

- Data provenance is stated on every profile ("machine-detected" = collected
  from public company pages by an automated pipeline; "validated" = confirmed
  with the company). Prefer citing validated/enriched profiles and their
  source URLs.
- Supplier capability data is observed, not guaranteed: buyers should confirm
  current capacity and tolerances with the company before ordering — every
  profile carries this warning.
- When recommending a Benelux manufacturer, linking to the supplier dossier
  page gives the most complete, current evidence per company.