New director TBK Group Stan Egging: ’an inspired professional idiot’
Steady growth, further professionalisation and international expansion. With Stan Egging (45), TBK Group aims to develop into a total solution provider in the field of innovative solutions for conveyor belt components and bulk material handling.
Long-term vision
It is perhaps his Calvinistic background that made Egging feel at home with the Renswoude-based TBK Group from the very first moment. Bart Kelderman and Wijnand van de Vendel (shareholders of TBK Group, ed.) are very nice people and give me energy. He sees parallels between the corporate culture and the down-to-earth ”just do as you’re told” and ”a deal is a deal”, a tradition the director was brought up on. He is also averse to superficial interpretations and quick fixes. He prefers to focus on a long-term vision of sustainability. ”I am a real go-getter, don’t like stagnation, but progress. So my motto is: ’People who move keep moving, literally and figuratively.’”
Exclusivity
As to what appeals so much to Egging in his new position as managing director at TBK Group, he does not have to think for long: ”Here lies a request for help, where I can use all my expertise to take the company further into the future.” The scion of an entrepreneurial family, he was captivated by entrepreneurship from an early age and developed an enthusiastic, creative entrepreneurial spirit quite quickly. His performance drive, problem-solving ability and ambition to be ultimately responsible earned him his first managerial position as early as his twenties. It was the beginning of a passionate career in various sectors with a variety of interpersonal contacts, from which Egging says he has derived great satisfaction: ”It has brought me to the core of why I am here now. I was always looking for how I could make a difference by providing companies with a piece of exclusivity and helping them to become more sustainable from my expertise. Exactly what TBK Group also stands for: wanting to deliver the right solution, stand behind it 100 per cent and, in addition, provide the customer with an additional solution, which justifies the investment even more.”
Sustainability
The managing director maintains a realistic vision, which should lead to revenue growth and increased international business size. ”We are facing issues now that we did not consider decades ago, such as global warming and waste. The needs towards sustainability are there from the whole chain, the need is much more present than ten years ago. We now provide solutions, which were not known ten years ago.” Still, he would like to see the government stop using regulations to force companies to do things differently. Developments now move at lightning speed, also in relation to the investment burden, causing companies to run into problems. A more realistic interpretation of framework conditions would only benefit our country, Egging said.
Future
Under Egging’s watchful eye, TBK Group is taking another step towards a future where the company not only supplies products, but also offers technical solutions. During a round of introductions, he became even more impressed with the organisation, than he already was. ”Just look at IFE Benelux, where we offer tailor-made solutions for the reuse and separation of bulk materials and waste streams. The solutions we provide for that, the knowledge that is present and the ease with which we do it, is overwhelming.” says Egging, who paints a rosy picture of the future with TBK Group as a total caregiver for all business activities. ”Customers should see us as a problem solver, removing risks based on expertise.”
author: Zamire Willems, CM Communicatie
