We would like to introduce the people behind our film and water storage solutions
This month: a short interview with our longest-serving employee, Jouke Jippe. Jouke Jippe has been working at NPI for 31 years.
Allround welder
Jouke Jippe is an allround welder. He works with a high level of independence and can work on almost any production floor. He works in the pond liner department, he now and then works in the sewing department where he sews covers and produces fleece to measure, but Jouke Jippe really excels at the special products department. This is where he works 90% of the time.
Special products department
In this department, we produce a wide variety of custom-made film products. If you would walk in at any random moment, there is always a different product on the production floor: from tents, ice rinks, pond liners, air cushions, water beds to sails. Customised products, repair and maintenance, Jouke is skilled in all of them. He is a true craftsman, working precisely and with an eye for detail.
What did you find the most challenging project?
He had to think for a moment. “The gigantic film roof we produced for a recycling center in Hamburg, in 2012. That was a challenging project in many ways, but it luckily worked out well.” This project involved covering a waste collection and recycle center with a film construction that included 2.700 m2 of film.
And what was your favorite project?
He chooses this project in Germany again! And he adds: “I also liked a project in Sweden. We produced a film roof for a stage at a Swedish festival. That was quite a unique project.”
And what do you enjoy most about the work?
“No day is the same. Every day, a different product needs to be custom-made, which makes the work very varied.”
