Bennie Nitert (71) retired: 'Everyone should have the chance to choose their own retirement age'
Powerspex will wave goodbye to Bennie Nitert on Jan. 1, 2024. The senior electrical engineer is retiring just before his 72nd birthday. "The vacations are to blame," he said. It took a long vacation for him to come to the realization that he really wanted to retire after all. "For more than two months I was [...]
At the controls: William van Velsen
New edition of our website column. Today at the controls: William van Velsen, hardware engineer in Veenendaal, back in the "civilian world" since last year. Name: William van Velsen Age: 31 Place of residence: Ede Marital status: registered partnership with Sabine Position: hardware engineer Since when have you been working at Powerspex and how did you get there? "Since 1 [...]
Signing SLA Bio Energie De Vallei: looking ahead to constructive cooperation
Powerspex has signed the SLA with Bio Energie De vallei, partner of the Energie voor Elkaar platform in Ede. There has been a lot of constructive cooperation recently to arrive at this Service Level Agreement. Bio Energie De Vallei's three renewable energy plants in Ede produce green heat, green steam and green [...]
Auma guest at field service meeting
Powerspex's field service meeting today is all about Auma. Sandro Katenberg, as a representative of Auma, comes to talk about valve actuators and their adjustment. It is the first time that Auma is personally present for explanations. "We now do so many projects with Auma actuators that we think this is a good time for [...]
Engineering in England: Brexit is additional administrative challenge
Powerspex is working for SBG (Standardkessel baumgarte) in Chester, UK, on the Protos Energy Recovery Facility plant. That does involve a lot more administrative work since the Brexit due to security regulations, notes site manager Peter Wolbers. The order Powerspex is supplying for customer SBG in the main order all instrumentation cabling for a waste incinerator with two [...]
Skûtsjesilen in Sneek
A team from Powerspex enjoyed participating in the Zeilrelatiedag in Sneek. That is an event of the foundation Friends of the Sailing Relation Day in which Powerspex has participated many times in the past. The last time Powerspex participated, it won. "Not this time, but that absolutely did not spoil the fun," states [...].
Thank you very much for participating Powerspex on Tour!
We look back on a fantastic edition of Powerspex on Tour. Radiant weather, radiant participants and volunteers to whom we owe many thanks. Together we made it a wonderful event. The start of Powerspex on Tour was on Saturday, September 9 in Veenendaal at our completely renovated office there. The participants [...]
Quarter-finals volleyball tournament Pearse Köp reached in vitality month
A volleyball tournament in National Vitality Month. Coincidence that led to a fine athletic performance. Powerspex sponsors youth carnival association De Pearse Köp from Weerselo. Powerspex is also a participant in National Vitality Month, where companies offer employees the opportunity to be active. Nice coincidence That the beach volleyball tournament of JCV de Pearse Köp in the [...]
Powerspex proud of partnership with Yokogawa
Powerspex is Yokogawa's new partner. A delegation from Yokogawa was warmly welcomed to Hengelo for the signing of the cooperation contract. Yokogawa is a major player in the field of automation and instrumentation that works according to a partner system worldwide. Powerspex is the latest partner. "We are particularly pleased to be a [...]
Engineering in Angola: this is how to work intercontinental with your colleague in Hengelo
A major failure in Angola, how do you deal with it? That's really not a problem these days. Colleagues Alen Ajkunic and Bjôrn Kok simply worked together from Angola and Hengelo. "We work across continents. And it doesn't even take much to do that." For Alen Ajkunic of Powerspex, it was his first [...]