Wim Harwig

Category: work related

  • The end.

    3 January was the last day of Thermphos International. Just a few colleagues are working for the trustee now, just to keep the plant safe. We can only hope that some company is able to continue the production of phosphorus and has a vision on how to produce it “greener”. An old video shows how…

  • reunion

    We organised a reunion for the old guys of my shift.  Due to the bad situation in which our employer is trying to survive, only a few colleagues were present. But the retired all gave “acte de presence”.   Kim; thanks for your great support !

  • thermPhos

    I had a day off, but my colleagues organised a demonstration so I did my usual commute anyway, to support them. This time of the year the sky in Zeeland is sometimes breathtaking beautiful. Everytime I’m “en route” in the Quest, I take my camera with me to catch the light.   A short impression…

  • The day I lost my job …

    … I made this photo on my commute. I have to work till the end of December and all I can do is hoping that some company will start the production again. But on the same day I also read an article about the “Suffiency Economy”, wich inspired me. It’s a vision which includes Cradle-to-Cradle…

  • bankrupt

    My employer is declared bankrupt.  I’ll have to make a video of my commute while I still can, because the last one was 6 years ago.

  • To the Provincial Government …

    Yesterday, me and most of my colleagues went to the provincial government in Middelburg. We were there to ask for support for our employer. Our employer is the only producer of elementary Phosphorus in western-Europe. Over the past 100 years all small and non-profitable phosphorus-furnaces in Europe stopped producing. Only with much knowledge , experienced…

  • commuting

    Part of my commute alongside the Schelde. Yesterday the sky was painted orange …… maybe because our national football-team is starting in the European Championships ?

  • real commuters …

    … keep cycling in freezing cold weather; like this colleague !  A hero.

  • The “E-Shift” …

    … was together for the last time in it’s old formation.  Next year most colleagues will change over to another Shift. Hans is always the same … see here. Maybe the “photoblocker” is an idea he can use in bars …

  • Me & Mo

    …resting on the couch, before the first night-shift …

  • TAED

    23 years ago this group started to produce TAED at a new production-plant in Vlissingen.    

  • smelly bicycle hippies

    I entered Google+  …. Looks a lot better than Facebook, Hyves, Linkedin and all the other stuff.  Richard Masoner, alias “Cyclelicious”  wrote at his blog that he started a “circle” called; “smelly bike hippies” 😉 I liked the idea …. so I have a circle of “smelly bicycle hippies” too. And on the photo is…

  • … thermPhos by night…

    On my ride back home after the late shift.

  • All we are saying ……..

    is give P a chance ! He visited our company for a warmhearted lecture on cradle to cradle .  Michael Braungart is an inspiring man for many scientist in Europe. He convinced me of the importance of our company in the near phosfate-future. Now I hear John Lennon singing; “All we are saying is give P…

  • E-shift

    Had a drink with my colleagues of the E shift in a café ….          It was too dark to film.