Our culture
TR prides itself on its ‘family’ style culture and this can be felt in every location, no matter where that is in the world
IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE
The Trifast Group prides itself on its family culture and this can be felt in every location, no matter where that is in the world
All of our employees feel part of the Group and are supported to constructively challenge processes and procedures where necessary and to contribute to the continuous improvement of the business.
All employees are provided with equal opportunity through our recruitment, selection, training and development processes. We are committed to ensure all of our workplaces throughout the world are free from unlawful or unfair discrimination of any kind and that all employment decisions are made in a fair and objective way.
Core values
rust
espectful of each others' abilities
ntegrity/open & honest
airness
dding value and embedding quality in everything we do
triving to achieve excellence/continual improvement
eam player acting for the good of the Group, recognising the bigger picture
eople focused/handling with empathy
eadership giving the empowerment to employees to take responsibility for their own actions
ommercially minded/entrepreneurial & innovative
TR Holland
Ron Vlutters, Managing Director has been with the Group 20 years having sold his business to TR – over this time he has enjoyed using his entrepreneurial skills to help build TR’s presence in Europe.
Situated in Oldenzaal, near the German border and on the main transport route from Rotterdam harbour into Germany, Poland, Czech etc.TR Holland is one of the fastest growing locations in the Trifast Group, having more than doubled its revenue over the last six years to €16 million.
Focusing on the automotive industry Ron and his team have more than 80% of sales coming from the automotive industry (Tier 1), from customers who are manufacturers of car seats and dashboards. Their success makes this operation the largest supplier of the Group within Europe.
Since 2017, the Dutch sourcing team, consisting of Patrick Italiaander (17yrs service), Joost Vlutters (15yrs service) and Alexandra (2yrs service) source and quality review automotive enquiries for TR Kuhlmann and TR Spain.
The team of 26 people in total in Holland are highly skilled and multilingual (speaking Dutch, English, German and Polish). This experience is helping these locations and Trifast to a larger footprint in mainland Europe.
