At the controls: Jouke Dassen
New edition of our website column. Jouke Dassen is at the Buttons today, the director/manager who prefers to deal with technology. Name: Jouke Dassen Age: 37 Residence: Hengelo Marital status: married to Rianne, father of Thije (2) Position: director and manager sales & projects Since when have you been working at Powerspex and how did you get there [...]
Building Veenendaal occupied to great satisfaction
Powerspex's completely renovated facility in Veenendaal is ready and up and running. "It has become insanely beautiful." As branch manager, Hans Hiemstra is happy to show visitors around the renovated building on the Wildeman in the Veenendaal business park. "After being temporarily housed elsewhere, we returned to this location on June 1. [...]
Anniversary gift from Damen Dredging: detailed CSD to scale
Powerspex has received a special anniversary gift from Damen Dredging: a scale CSD. Hendrik-Jan de Kluiver and René Broenink of Damen Dredging personally presented the gift to Powerspex. Jan Wilmink, Gerko Dubbink, Bart Zijsveld, Rien Broekkamp, Peter Volker and Jasper Hofste had the honor of receiving the gift. The large package [...]
Registration for Powerspex on Tour 2023 opened
Registration for Powerspex on Tour 2023 is open. All Powerspex colleagues and customers are welcome to participate. Powerspex on Tour will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9. There is a 120-kilometer cycling route and mountain bikers have a choice of 50- and 75-kilometer routes. Start and finish are at the [...]
Spinning Jenny operational; tour of innovative textile factory
At Powerspex, work is currently in full swing for Spinning Jenny, the first Dutch factory to spin large quantities of yarn from recycled textiles. Lars Weiden and Jouke Dassen visited on behalf of Powerspex to see the progress of the project. Operations manager Liset Pander took Weiden and Dassen on a detailed tour of the [...]
Powerspex on Tour on Sept. 9
The date for Powerspex on Tour 2023 is known: Saturday, Sept. 9. Just put it in your calendar. It will be the fifth edition of the cycling event that all Powerspex customers and employees can sign up for. There will again be two routes; one for cyclists and one for mountain bikers. The exact route will be announced soon [....]
Bas Hupjé new simulation engineering colleague
Powerspex has a new colleague. Bas Hupjé (23) from Overdinkel joined Powerspex simulation engineering on April 1. Hupjé recently graduated from Saxion where he studied chemical engineering. How did you come to that study? "In high school, I was advised to do something with chemistry in particular. I chose [...]
Featured: vacancies for hardware engineers in Hengelo and Veenendaal
For the hardware engineer position, Powerspex currently has two vacancies open. At both Hengelo and Veenendaal locations, the vacancy is open. "Intended for hardware engineers who have more in more in their abilities and thus aspire to a unique, varied job." More than draughtsman What kind of colleague are you hoping for? "On a hardware engineer who has already [...]
Simulations PsxCad applied to heat buffers Stadswarmte Utrecht and Nieuwegein
The district heating network in Utrecht and Nieuwegein is provided with four heat buffers, simulated by Powerspex. A nice example of the long-term added value of simulations in PsxCad. Powerspex has a long history with Eneco's heat grid in Utrecht and Nieuwegein. Once started as an assignment to replace outdated automation with new systems, now grown [...]
Niek Dreierink 12.5 years of service
Congratulations to our jubilarian Niek Dreierink. He was 12.5 years of service on Monday, May 22. Colleagues were on hand Monday morning to congratulate him and Gerko Dubbink addressed him with a kind word. "12.5 years ago you applied for a job at Powerspex. Evert Haandrikman and I immediately agreed: 'We'll hire that one.' [...]