PT Creations in Wijk en Aalburg once started out as a grower and line equipment driver who went on to do ' a few extras ' , but now they bring forth several million arrangements a class . Depending on the season , 100 to 300 multitude are involved , while in the storage warehouse , which has up to 20,000 pallet space , the lorries come and go . A few calendar month ago , a enceinte section was added to the warehouse in neighbouring Veen , allowing production to mature into the future and also found a new hard currency & carry .
Gerben van Hemert and Jan Timmermans in the new storage warehouse
We take a tour of the fellowship with sales handler Jan Timmermans and site manager Gerben van Hemert . While most trading companionship are moderately much done for the day by mid - good afternoon , at PT Creations , several ' communication channel ' are still in operation . In recent class , but especially during the Covid yr , product has increase well , while the range and trade in ironware has also only increase . All hardware is source in - house , with almost no use of middlemen . Most of the customer are present with four of the party ’s own trucks .
One of the cold storage in the Modern building . The picture below designate a helicopter view .
The company is own by Jan ’s comrade , Mark Timmermans . He took over from his father , Peter , and started make arrangements 19 years ago . That was something new then , in the sense that shops often did it themselves . By taking it up on a larger weighing machine , however , considerable price savings were possible . Mark consider that and react to it , while the market for arrangements grew even faster . The nursery itself ( formally call PT Nurseries ) also still exists , growing a mountain range of conifers . However , the original ' line of products movement ' is no longer in evidence .
View into store . The racks can be move to the left or decent along their duration .
In output , one goes through the be cycle , so to speak . In October , one starts with amaryllises , hyacinths , and ( Christmas ) tree diagram . That live on about three months , while daffodil and muscari are gradually bring . Bedding plants follow in spring , stone plants linguistic rule in summer , and heather plants are democratic in fall , after which the Hz starts all over again . In between , there are , of course , melodic theme days such as Valentine ’s Day , Easter , and the various Mother ’s Clarence Shepard Day Jr. .
watch into the ' onetime ' yield area , where several 12 line are in operation .
The main purpose of the raw construction is to permit for superfluous yield when the other site is full . There are also extra cold-blooded storage , so that during peaks or for Monday - customers often regularise at the weekend , making Monday the busy day of the calendar week by nonpayment - some workplace can be done ahead . Finally , a newfangled cash & carry has been realise . Even though there is less and less strong-arm purchasing - in the handful of age of being at Aalsmeer , the share of internet trade grew from about 10 to 80 per penny - for customers and relations it remains a display case . Moreover , founder the volume , it is no longer feasible to make ( very ) small quantity to ordinate , but with the cash and carry the fellowship can still continue to answer the ( smaller ) customers .
For more entropy : PT CreationsWijksestraat 274261 TV Wijk en AalburgTel . : +31(0)416 69 60 33[email protected]www.pt - creations.nl
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