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4 x 50 years at Terberg
The 50th anniversary of our terminal tractors will soon be followed by the 50th work anniversaries of four of our people at Terberg Benschop. Here is their take on the past half century.
Conny van Hall “I started 1974 at the Sales office. At that time we only supplied trucks. The company was led by Goof and Ferdinand (Feb). Their sister To also worked here, she was the human face of Terberg. I worked with her for a long time, and learned a lot. My job as secretary is now very wide-ranging: managing calendars, communications with distributors, organising the distributor events, receptions and parties. I have witnessed many highlights, such as the production of the 1,000th, 25,000th and 40,000th tractors. Actually, I met my husband here at the office. His job at an accounting firm took him to Terberg. That was Goof Terberg’s idea: he asked Jos ‘Do you have a girlfriend? No? Then she’s the one for you.’ Great. Even after almost 50 years I’m still happy every morning when I cycle to work!”
“People stay here for a long time. The family is good to us, and we to them.” “Truus de Leeuw looked after the cash and accounts of the shop. At that time they had a shop and a petrol station.” “That was a special time, with Feb the boss and Goof. If we had to work late, Feb, George’s father, would go and get food from De Berenschieter in the village.”
“Feb the boss, George Terberg’s father, liked to put a dust coat on and help in the factory. In the 1980s we had a fire here, he helped shift components, in his white shirt, and brought us food in the evening. He was very close to the people here.” “I have worked for three generations of the Terberg family: Goof, George and Ferdinand.
Tom Buijserd “I worked briefly at a car dealer and then joined Terberg in April 1974. I started as trainee fitter and eventually became head of the workshop. At the start I mostly worked on trucks, later on terminal tractors. We used to do maintenance at Benschop, that’s now handled by Terberg Tractors Nederland in Lopik. I’m still working there, one day a week. I now restock the fitters’ mobile workshops and deliver spare parts to customer sites.”
That underlines it’s a great family-run business.”
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TERBERG SPECIAL VEHICLES MAGAZINE 2023/2024
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