Meet Kurt, our production leader

As HEC-Holland continued to grow, so did our production and warehouse operations. To support this growth, Kurt Aarts joined our team in September 2020 as Production Leader and Head of Warehousing, Distribution and Converting.

With his practical approach, strong organizational skills and eye for efficiency, Kurt plays an important role in keeping our daily operations running smoothly. From production planning and warehousing to distribution and converting, he makes sure our team has the right materials, capacity and planning in place to meet our customers’ needs.

Keeping production and logistics moving

For Kurt, a well-organized production environment starts with good planning. Customer demand can change quickly, which means that production planning needs to be both accurate and flexible.

“Good planning is essential for reliable deliveries,” says Kurt. “We need to anticipate production demand while remaining flexible enough to respond when things change.”

This is where HEC-Holland’s compact and dedicated team has an advantage. With short lines of communication between departments, we can respond quickly and keep everyone informed. This helps us maintain an efficient workflow while continuing to meet our high standards for service and quality.

A hands-on approach

Kurt is not someone who likes to sit on the sidelines. He believes in being involved in the day-to-day operation and working together with colleagues to find practical solutions.

His organizational skills and hands-on mentality are valuable not only in production and logistics, but throughout the company. Whether it is improving the warehouse workflow, coordinating converting activities or ensuring an order is ready for shipment, Kurt is always looking for ways to make things work better.

Outside HEC-Holland, Kurt also enjoys taking on practical challenges. Together with his family, he is involved in supporting children and young people who cannot live at home. And when he has some time left, he can often be found working on projects around his own home.

Electric driving and an electric forklift

At the time Kurt joined HEC-Holland, our operations in Goch were also becoming more sustainable. We introduced both a fully electric company car and an electric forklift.

Naturally, we had to ask Kurt which one he prefers. His answer is typically diplomatic: “I’m very happy to drive an electric car for HEC. But the forklift is indispensable as well. It allows us to stack goods quickly and safely and to move materials around the warehouse efficiently. So, I actually like both.”

Whether he is behind the wheel of an electric car or operating the forklift, Kurt’s focus remains the same: keeping our people, production and logistics moving.

Supporting our customers every day

Behind every delivery is a team of people making sure everything comes together. Kurt and his colleagues play an important role in that process, from production and converting to warehousing and distribution.

With a hands-on mentality, flexible planning and a strong focus on service, the team continues to support HEC-Holland’s customers across the international wire and cable industry.

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At HEC-Holland, we continuously look for ways to improve our service and create more value for our customers. As part of this commitment, we are expanding our converting capabilities with local aluminum tape converting.

This new capability allows us to convert aluminum tapes locally and tailor them to the customers requirements. By bringing more converting capacity closer to our customers, we can offer greater flexibility, shorter lead times and a more efficient supply chain.

Expanding Our Aluminum Converting Capabilities

Our converting facility has been an important part of HEC-Holland’s growth. We already convert waterblocking tapes and other cable materials to customer-specific dimensions. With the addition of aluminum converting, we are expanding these capabilities even further.

The new slitting machine is designed to process aluminum tapes according to the required specifications. This means we can offer a wider range of converted materials directly from our facility.

For our customers, this provides an additional level of flexibility. Instead of supplying standard materials only, we can prepare the material to the dimensions and format required for their production process.

Local Converting for Aluminum Tapes

Local converting gives us greater control over the complete process, from material handling and slitting to winding, packaging and delivery. Our converting specialists work closely with customers to understand their requirements and provide materials that are ready for production. Depending on the application, aluminum tapes can be converted into the required widths and formats to fit specific cable constructions and production processes.

This approach is part of our make-to-order strategy: providing the right material, in the right format, at the right time.

Tailor-Made Converting for the Cable Industry

Every cable production process has its own requirements. That is why HEC-Holland focuses on flexible, customer-specific converting solutions.

Our converting services include slitting, cutting, winding, labelling and packaging. We can convert a broad range of cable tapes and foils, including PE, PET, PP foam, mica and metal tapes such as aluminum, steel and copper. 

By combining our material knowledge with our converting expertise, we can help cable manufacturers optimize their production process and reduce unnecessary handling.

More Flexibility, Shorter Lead Times

Expanding our local aluminum converting capabilities is another step in strengthening our service to the European wire and cable industry.

With our production facility, we can respond more flexibly to customer requirements while keeping converted materials closer to the market. This helps us improve lead times and provide a more efficient solution for customers who require specific dimensions or formats.

We are looking forward to putting our expanded aluminum converting capabilities into practice and continuing to develop our converting services in line with the needs of our customers.

For more information on our ability to produce aluminium tapes, please contact us.

SHWX and HEC-Holland: Strengthening our collaboration

SHWX is a valuable partner for HEC-Holland in the international cable and wire market. At the time of the agreement, the collaboration supported the expansion of local capacity in China. This development was intended to improve flexibility and strengthen the supply of quality materials to European customers.

Furthermore, the collaboration created opportunities to respond more efficiently to changing customer requirements. Shorter lead times and reliable product availability were important benefits for customers.

The partnership also reflected HEC-Holland’s approach to building long-term relationships with suppliers and industry partners. By working closely together, both companies could better understand market developments and customer needs.ith the new expansion in China, HEC-Holland and SHWX further increases their market share within the European market of the cable and wire industry. The new local capacity will get into place within the first quarter of 2020 to serve our customers. On the newly made collaboration Mr. Lurkin commented: “This partnership is a big step forwards for both companies. The European cable industry will benefit greatly from this collaboration. Not only will it give more flexibility on the market, lead times of quality products will also get shorter.”

Expanding Converting Capabilities

At the same time, HEC-Holland continued to invest in its own converting capabilities in Tilburg, the Netherlands. The company expanded its product lines and production capacity to offer more customer-specific solutions.

The investment included a state-of-the-art slitting machine for converting aluminium tapes. This equipment enabled HEC-Holland to produce tailor-made dimensions according to customer requirements. At the time, the machine could process aluminium tapes up to 4,100 metres per pad.

As a result, customers could benefit from greater flexibility and more precise converting options. These capabilities complemented HEC-Holland’s distribution activities and strengthened its role as a solution-oriented supplier.

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