Once walking around UV systems in nappies, they are now ready to take Van Remmen UV Technology to even greater heights. Thomas (30), Dorien (28) and Wessel (24) van Remmen share their love for the family business and look to the future. ‘I get to spend 8 hours a day with my family, how special is that?!’
Heaven in a horse stable
Some kids struggle for years to become popular among their peers. Other kids cheated by having both a jacuzzi and a swimming pool at their disposal. Thomas, Dorien and Wessel van Remmen belonged to the latter group. Though there was a reason for this. “The pool and Jacuzzi were meant to test the functionality of the UV systems. And what better way to do that than with a bunch of kids covered in snot and filth to properly contaminate the water?’’, laughs Dorien. ‘But it was amazing to do that with friends. Even if the pool was set up among the installations and supplies in a former horse stable.
Fifth child
It highlights how the brothers’ and sister’s childhood were intertwined with their father’s company. ‘The business was really Ton’s fifth child’, says Thomas. ‘And we grew up with it right from the start. At first, by playing with bubble wrap and cardboard boxes, and later by doing small tasks in the office. I still remember how thrilled we were to stick labels on things and cut electrical wires.” Wessel, being a few years younger, delayed his productive contributions for a bit longer. “I mainly snuck into the office with my friends to steal biscuits. We’d make s’mores with marshmallows. We thought no one had noticed us, but it turned out later that they had.”