When it snow like last week , Hans Boer of J.F. Boer from Berkel en Rodenrijs , also known as Boer Berkel , knows what is going to happen . grower get nervous and call him . " It has always been this manner . But thing are ordinarily not that bad and we can provide a well-timed solution .
Hans should get it on , the ' Afrikander ' have been active in the business for a while . More than a hundred years ago Hans Boer ’s grandfather , Piet Boer , pop manufacturing heaters . Over the old age , he decided to focus more on the sale of generators . by and by , his son Jo , Hans ' Fatherhood , took over the business . Hans has now been in charge for almost thirty year .
Hans Boer
The work has changed substantially over the year . " We used to visit all those low agriculturalist . Now , they already take care online to see what they want . Of course , the power has grown tremendously . It can happen that we betray 2,200 kWh source weighing 16 tons . And employment often leads to more work . If we sell a source to a greenhouse constructor , the raiser also ask a new generator in his new glasshouse . The busiest period is usually just before Christmas . Greenhouses are empty and agriculturalist want to make some last investments . "
" The cyberspace has also made the demand a good deal more international . I just sold another author to someone in Bulgaria . This is also due to Dutch raiser who begin cultivating elsewhere in the world and still come up to us for their generator , our range has develop a lot . 40 % of our author are specify for exportation . For example , we trade a lot of generator to flower growers in Africa . If they have Wi - Fi , we can access to the source . But if that does n’t work , every author has a phone number . With the phone number , we can often tell them what is blend in on jolly quick " , Hans laughs .
Africa has become Hans ' favorite destination . He has a sign there and has spotted many wild animals already . His customers delight it through the Christmas card that he get off to his node every year with a photo and the fix text edition ' De boer was away again ! Happy Holidays ! " unluckily , because of the coronavirus I have n’t been in a year . But even there there is work to do . You ’re sitting in a lodge in Namibia and the owner thinks the author is making a unusual noise . And if you could take a spirit at it … Well , then you ’re up to your cubital joint in grease again . "
Although Boer Berkel sell few generators because of industriousness consolidation , the same apply to the number of provider . " There are two or three histrion on the grocery . In that gumption , competition is not so great anymore and we prize each other . " How does he differentiate himself ? " Say what you do and do what you say . And of course with his military service . If someone calls with a problem , we immediately go over there , so they can always resume their activities . "
latterly , Hans has been getting quite a band of query from growers because generators now descend under boiler and are capable to the SCIOS inspection . " An authority comes to manifest the generator that move around out to have been run for forty year without an hour counter or a bird could have ended up in the exhaust system . No one want this , but you have to deal with it . "
Besides author , J.F. Boer also hire out trailers . " We started with this to have enough employment during the summertime , when it was unruffled with the generator , but now it ’s something we do yr - around . We in the main sell poke to individuals , but also a agriculturist who has to move his pipework railing trolleys to another glasshouse knows where to bump us . multitude derive and go here the whole sidereal day .
Boer Berkel looks at the future with confidence . " We just keep pass . Our author have been used in horticulture for decade and that will not change in the coming years . And the enquiry continue divers . Sometimes you deliver a generator to a grading machine supplier who require to test it for an international project , but for the Covid-19 testing locations they also knew where to find us .
For more information : Hans BoerJ.F. Boer Aanhangwagens en StroomaggregatenRodenrijseweg 392651 BM Berkel en RodenrijsTel : +31 ( 0)10 - 511 38 12[email protected]www.boerberkel.nl
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