Wim Harwig

Category: work related

  • changing employer

    I change employer and I’ll be leaving Electrawinds Greenfuel. Next month I’ll start with NMI EuroLoop in Rotterdam. A few years ago, Electrawinds had big plans for the future….. unfortunately all great plans succumbed to profit, political corruption and mismanagement. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJbRf_SIUuk An impression of NMI EuroLoop is in the next videos :

  • clearing up some old stuff

    I was cleaning up old stuff  and that gave me back nice and less nice memories …. forced parting of one of my best colleagues …. A Thermphos bidon A Thermphos plastic bag my last two agendas

  • old colleagues

    Yesterday I met some old colleagues at the Thermphos site. It was nice to have a chat with them after such a long time.

  • memories

    This time of year is for memories ….. may you all have a healthy new year !

  • Boots

    My boots are still going strong ….

  • good old times

    I visited the old phosphorus-plant where I worked for 32 years (before the company went bankrupt 2 years ago) )and two of my former colleagues accompanied me (Harold and Thijs). We had a few hours of fun chatting with the colleagues who keep on working at the plant for the curator. We had a feeling as if  we…

  • Hoechst / Thermphos

    I made a new page to fill with all the photos and videos I have with Hoechst and Thermphos related content. I’ll add new stuff regularly and I’ll try to add info on each photo. Just hoping that ex-colleagues will add comments on each photo with funny details or interesting memories …   click on…

  • biofuel

    Decades ago, my brother Henk produced biofuel in his backyard, in Cimahi Indonesia. I still have a sample of his biodiesel, that my other brother Jan gave me after one of his visits. Last week, I started my new job as senior-operator at the biofuel plant in Sluiskil. Life is full of surprises  😉 

  • memorial

    I made a sort of memorial for the 32 years that I worked at the Thermphos-site (former Hoechst) in Vlissingen-Oost. The cross of unemployed sample spoons symbolizes the end of the phosphorus-furnaces.  in this video (0.52 ) you can see how a spoon is used to take a sample of fluid iron

  • 5 years ago

    5 years ago, two of my colleagues died in an accident at the phosphorusplant where I used to work. Today I visited the plant to commemorate and honor them. The company went bankrupt and is now being sold piece by piece and demolished. Former colleagues monitor the site during this last stage and ensure that it remains…

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  • tough guys, hard workers and good colleagues

               

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      Thermphos , 23 October 2011.

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