1 May 2024 marked twelve and a half years since our colleague Martijn te Winkel joined the company! We love to hear about our colleagues' personal career journeys, so we took the opportunity to ask Martijn why he has chosen to remain at VB-Airsuspension for 12.5 years ... and counting. He told us:

"Twelve and a half years: Well! I applied to VBA for a position working in Aftersales & Service back in 2011 – on the suggestion of my wife, who also worked for VB-Airsuspension. I've never looked back since then!

I joined VB-Airsuspension on 1 November 2011 and almost immediately went on a week's parental leave for the birth of our second daughter. At the time, there were only around 40 people working for VBA. I've seen the organisation grow massively in the intervening twelve and a half years to where it is now.

Around six or seven years ago, I moved from the Aftersales department to the Project Management department. I started as a Project Leader Assistant, and have now been a Project Leader for a few years. Alongside my other duties, I am the main contact for the emergency response team at VBA. My role is all about managing everything so that things run smoothly for our emergency response team members.

This is a great place to work with a good working atmosphere and plenty of challenges to keep me interested in my work, all of which make me look forward with great pleasure to the next 12.5 years. Here's to 25 years!", concludes Martijn.

Martijn, we wish you many more happy years working at VBA and congratulations on this anniversary!