Fighting the skills shortage in packaging: 22 new NVC packaging professional graduates

Packaging Solutions

On Tuesday 26 June 2018, the graduation ceremony for NVC packaging professionals took place in Gouda, hometown of the NVC Netherlands Packaging Centre. Twenty-two business students passed the exam.

NVC packaging professionals provide an essential contribution to the development of packaging worldwide, both in the business sector and in government bodies and research institutes.

The following company students obtained the diploma:

Pieter-Jan Bogerd, Royal Bel Leerdammer BV; Maarten van der Borght, Bangma Verpakking BV; Elwin Brouwers, Koninklijke ERU; Riny Bruijs, Graphic Packaging International; Arjan Deij, Budelpack Poortvliet BV; Toine Engelen, Vrijdag Premium Printing BV; Rutger Fransen, Clondalkin Flexible Packaging, LPF Grootegast; Sofie van der Geest, Koninklijke Peijnenburg BV; Gerrit van Gils, VMI Holland BV; Petra Hartman, FrieslandCampina Kievit BV; Ton Kleiweg, Menken Orlando BV; Ruud Koens, Izico Nederland BV; Jochem Kuipers, Koninklijke Fruitmastersgroep; Sanne van Leeuwen, Van der Windt Verpakking BV; Jan-Joris Mertens, Neways Cable & Wire Solutions; Stefan Rutschmann, Ecolab Deutschland GmbH; Karmen Tsui, The Candy Store – Chocolate Factory; Jaap Verheus, Wild Juice BV; Paul Verstappen, Verstappen Verpakkingen BV; Ron Visser, Hordijk Verpakkingsindustrie BV; Henko van Voorthuizen, BV, Vurense Snackindustrie and Orhan de Wilde, Abbott Biologicals BV.