NP Plastics announces the appointment of Rob Smit to the position of general manager of the company. Rob assumed his new role from 1 January 2020. Rob joins NP Plastics from Phillips Medisize in Hillegom, where he had held the position of production manager for the past 7 years. The current ad interim director of NP Plastics, Piet de Groot, will remain with the company in the role of chairman.
Rob has over 30 years of experience in the plastics industry. Prior to his stint with Phillips Medisize, he served in various other positions within this industry, through which he has gained broad technical expertise and a deep knowledge of plastics. He also has extensive experience with multi-component injection moulding. Based on this broad experience of the market, Rob will now take on the task of driving further growth and development at NP Plastics, in order to future proof the company for years to come.
“We are confident that with his extensive knowledge of and experience in the plastics sector, Rob will provide the strategic and managerial leadership required to expand and build on the quality improvement process embarked upon two years ago by NP Plastics,” Piet de Groot commented.
“We are pleased that Rob has chosen to continue his career at NP Plastics and are convinced that, with his excellent track record in the industry, he is a perfect fit to lead our company to the next level.”
In 2019, NP Plastics will once again be take part in the Internationale Pflanzenmesse – better known as the IPM in Essen, Germany.
