Corporate Social Responsibility

Before the term CSR was publicized, Vostermans Companies already devoted special attention to the relationship between the three important P's: People-Planet-Profit. In the coming period we will pay attention to the steps that the company continuously takes to improve dealing with people, the environment and the economy.

Bike-a-licious projectVostermans Companies believes that the manufacturing industry has a future in the Netherlands. The optimal use of technical knowledge and experience of its employees is a precondition. The company is also looking at the regional labor market for the future. Therefore Vostermans Companies spends a lot of attention to the cooperation between education and industry.

As a result Vostermans Companies is involved in:
• The working group "Technodome and industry" (training technique at vocational education level)
• Assisting the Technasium-project of College Den Hulster (pre-university education)
• Technical projects and internships for children from practical education
• Placement of students from institutions like the Gilde-opleidingen (secondary education) and the Fontys University of Applied Sciences.
• Innovation projects with the Delft University of Technology.
• Orientation internships, guest lectures and company tours

TechnasiumThis approach is certainly paying off. The company breathes attraction as a reliable, future-oriented employer. There are plans, together with the schools, to start a new aluminum caster course. The company is involved in, for example, the Bike-a-Licious project, where students test their own bike on aerodynamics. In addition, in cooperation with students from TU Delft, several parts for Nuna 4, 5 and 6 have been designed (participants of the World Solar Challenge in Australia.