" Have we ever really quit to think about a company day of remembrance ? " Arjen van Dijk , Director of Water Storage at Nederlandse Plastic Industrie ( NPI ) replicate the head . " No , not really actually . " face at it this way of life , this year ’s 65th anniversary is extra special for the Frisian company . " We have become more fighting on social medium , so we also have a program to reflect on it these twenty-four hours , " add Berber Bonnema , responsible for sales and selling . As part of the day of remembrance , they go through the current development in the field of water storage together and also pause to reflect on a musical composition of history .
What was limited at the conclusion of last year was a labor ' just down the route ' , in Friesland . Arjen had not experience it in 22 years .
A piece of historyWe have to go back to the fifties for the blood of NPI . In those class Jan Hiemstra move from his Greenwich Village Tzummarum to chew the fat farmers and villagers to sell household goods . He weld electricity pipework into hula hoops , a planetary craze at the time , and laid the instauration for the company , which also start up to make all sort of other charge card mathematical product . In 1957 , the name Nederlandse Plastic Industrie was brook .
Foreign destinationsArjen van Dijk join the ship’s company at the root of this century . It is a period in which NPI has just made the modulation to an internationally specialised welding and trading company in man-made foils for groundwork , route mental synthesis , hydraulic applied science and gardening . Smiling , he say : " My first international trip for work was to Belgium . After that , however , I went to many more exotic nation . The distant hinterlands of India , Myanmar , Iraq , Iran , the not always obvious destinations . "
Foil pulling for Schoneveld Breeding in Tanzania
ServiceHaving local pardner is very significant for NPI , especially internationally . The company does not provide growers directly , but does bring home the bacon customer with servicing . " Of naturally you always require to deliver the good quality to prevent haunt and problems in advance . certification are important for that . We are working hard to be capable to offer such certifications on more and more product . But if something unexpected does go wrong , you desire to be able to extend the best armed service via local partner , by speech sound or online . " This is also true nearer to base , of course . This is where NPI was able to pitch another project in Friesland at the ending of last year . " This projection has recently weathered three storms . fortuitously , no repairs were necessary " , Arjen express mirth .
Horticulture is a bountiful arm for NPI in piss storage , but the demand from fish farming is also growing .
Commercial productsThe products supplied by NPI always come with book of instructions for function . Berber : " Over the years , these teaching have become good and better . Our product come to the customer as a kit , so that they can use them the right way away . " Not all products require statement as if it were a construction kit . NPI also append many horticultural supply from its own storage warehouse . " We are in the first place a film processor , but we also have many other merchandise . In horticulture we are stiff in solid ground material , but we also have an extensive package of trade production for yield cultivation thanks to an acquisition in 2019 . "
Berber and Erik van der Geest at IPM Essen 2020 in a stand full of trade products
New productAmong the new products this year is a special water bag for gardener . " This bag can be zipped around the automobile trunk of a tree diagram and afford off water evenly over a farsighted period . With the ironic , hot summers these day , there is a lot of demand for this . The ware is also popular with local authority and the Forestry Commission .
Time savingIn the field of battle of piss storage , Arjen sees that demand is increase worldwide . " The demand for silos has risen explosively in the past year , but dug - in drainage basin are also ready a comeback . " NPI makes the foils for such basins prefabricated . " We get the attribute and make the enhancer in our manufacturing plant under optimum conditions . This saves an tremendous amount of time during installation . It ’s just a matter of wind it out and installing it . "
A dug basin for a blueberry grower in Serbia . The moving picture is here quick to be installed .
FoldingOver the years , the projects necessitate piss computer storage , including those in gardening , have develop large and big . Is n’t that difficult , if you work from your own factory ? " No , " ensure Arjen . " The restriction is not in our mill , which was completely renovate in 2017 , but in raptus . That ’s why we have our own design machine to pen up large films . The challenge for us is to fold the package in such a way that it is suitable for a truck . We also look closely at the last project environs . Can you get there by crane and/or forklift truck ? With this information , we influence in advance how the package should be positioned once it is there , so that it can be rolled out properly and quick . There is no need to worry about that locally any longer . turn over a few thousand straightforward beat of celluloid is no fun .
NPI ’s factory is designed to do by large foil . To do this , they chiefly use specialist motorcar developed in - sign .
For more data : Berber BonnemaArjen van DijkNPI[email protected][email protected]www.npibv.com
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