{"id":4646,"date":"2021-07-01T09:10:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T07:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/?p=4646"},"modified":"2021-07-01T09:10:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T07:10:44","slug":"50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/","title":{"rendered":"50 years VDP Group: &#8216;We take care of each other&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\">\u201cThe company was small, but our ambitions were great,\u201d shareholder Wim van der Plas says about the company that his father Willem van der Plas Sr. started in 1971. One by one, Wim and his brothers Henk, Hans and Anton start to work at the company. Wim: &#8220;Everything depended on us: from sales to packing and from loading to delivery. That is very different now.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\">Family business<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\">Wim is referring to the more than 1000 employees who now keep the robust family business afloat. In more than eighty countries, over 6.5 thousand customers are served throughout Europe. Henk: \u201cWhen we bought our own building in Rijnsburg, not only did our range grow, but also our clientele. Where we first only served florists, increasingly larger retailers and supermarkets joined us.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\">In the past 50 years, many companies from all over the Netherlands have merged into Van der Plas Group; from specialist retailers to e-tail and import. When Heembloemex became a full part of the family business seven years ago, the four brothers got a fifth business brother: Cees de Mooij. \u201cThey always refer to me as their adopted brother\u201d, Cees says with a smile. \u201cI am the living proof that a blood tie is not crucial for being part of the family. Every company that joins us as a partner, retains its own face and identity. At the same time, we utilize synergy benefits and jointly focus on sustainable value creation. Because only when we work together, we can we achieve a permanent top 3 position in European trade.\u201d <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-4641 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/DSC_2732-scaled-e1623162743535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"523\" \/>Solid foundation<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\">Sharing the latest knowledge and craftsmanship as a family of companies \u2013 from Business Intelligence, e-commerce, ICT and sustainability to operations and trends \u2013 creates a solid foundation. \u201cTogether we can deal with setbacks much better,\u201d says Anton. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\">\u201cFor example the corona crisis. Some of our customers almost saw their entire revenue evaporate in a short period of time. It was as if we were sitting in a crashing plane, of which we ourselves were the captain. During such a crisis you realise how important it is to spread risks. We have never made a loss in all those 50 years and we are proud of that.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Personal relationships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\">Although the &#8216;Van der Plas Group family&#8217; continues to grow, the lines remain short and the connections warm. Hans: \u201cWe used to know everything about your customers, but that is different now. Fortunately, we have employees throughout Europe who maintain the personal relationships. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\">Our added value lies in our enormous scale, our market insight, our personal service, never saying no and solving problems immediately. In addition, we are fortunate that many young talents work at our family business, who bring knowledge of the latest trends and techniques. This is how we stay ahead.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Golden anniversary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"VIiyi\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"JLqJ4b\" data-language-for-alternatives=\"en\" data-language-to-translate-into=\"nl\" data-phrase-index=\"0\">Flourishing 50 years together: in the next few months we will be celebrate our golden anniversary together! With all our different companies and employees. With a special anniversary magazine, a festive family day, warm memories from 50 years of VDP Group, beautiful stories and photos from our younger years. Follow us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/floral-trade-group\/?viewAsMember=true\">LinkedIn<\/a> and celebrate with us. On to the 100 years, together!<\/span><\/span> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThe company was small, but our ambitions were great,\u201d shareholder Wim van der Plas says <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/\"><span class=\"blog-button\">Read more<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":4808,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":{"titel":"50 years FTG: 'We take care of each other'","intro":"Once upon a time there was a one-man business, which in 50 years grew into a large family business with more than 1000 fine employees. The secret, according to the founders: \u201cOur people are the most important; that is and remains the highest good!\u201d","_thumbnail_id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>50 years VDP Group: &#039;We take care of each other&#039; - Van der Plas Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"50 years VDP Group: &#039;We take care of each other&#039; - Van der Plas Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u201cThe company was small, but our ambitions were great,\u201d shareholder Wim van der Plas says Read more\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Van der Plas Group\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-07-01T07:10:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"beheerftg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"beheerftg\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"beheerftg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9de6e104abd0f19d053d088367ef2fd7\"},\"headline\":\"50 years VDP Group: &#8216;We take care of each other&#8217;\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-01T07:10:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":525,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/\",\"name\":\"50 years VDP Group: 'We take care of each other' - Van der Plas Group\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-07-01T07:10:44+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9de6e104abd0f19d053d088367ef2fd7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/?lang=en\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"50 years FTG: &#8216;We take care of each other&#8217;\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Van der Plas Group\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9de6e104abd0f19d053d088367ef2fd7\",\"name\":\"beheerftg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/beheerftg\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"50 years VDP Group: 'We take care of each other' - Van der Plas Group","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"50 years VDP Group: 'We take care of each other' - Van der Plas Group","og_description":"\u201cThe company was small, but our ambitions were great,\u201d shareholder Wim van der Plas says Read more","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/","og_site_name":"Van der Plas Group","article_published_time":"2021-07-01T07:10:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"beheerftg","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"beheerftg","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/"},"author":{"name":"beheerftg","@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9de6e104abd0f19d053d088367ef2fd7"},"headline":"50 years VDP Group: &#8216;We take care of each other&#8217;","datePublished":"2021-07-01T07:10:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/"},"wordCount":525,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/","name":"50 years VDP Group: 'We take care of each other' - Van der Plas Group","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2021-07-01T07:10:44+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9de6e104abd0f19d053d088367ef2fd7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aandeelhouders-Floral-Trade-Group-1-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/50-years-ftg-we-take-care-of-each-other\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/?lang=en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"50 years FTG: &#8216;We take care of each other&#8217;"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/","name":"Van der Plas Group","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/9de6e104abd0f19d053d088367ef2fd7","name":"beheerftg","url":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/author\/beheerftg\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vanderplasgroup.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}