Crafted with Care

Some stories show how personal passion and professional craftsmanship can flow seamlessly into each other. Aisha’s story is one of them. She originally worked in logistics, but during the pandemic she realised she was ready for something new. An old colleague encouraged her to apply at Alfen: “If you can cook, you can work on an assembly line.” It turned out to be an unexpected but striking comparison.

Cooking is Aisha’s great passion. In her small Indonesian catering business, she spends hours in the kitchen tasting, observing, adjusting; exactly as her mother taught her. “You cook with your eyes,” she says. “You can see when something is right.” She brings that same attention to detail to the Alfen assembly line every day.

There, Aisha helps build charging stations that are used across Europe. She joined without technical experience, but with motivation and perseverance she quickly grew into a trusted member of the team. Colleagues now call her “Mama Aisha” — not only because she often brings food to work, but also because she supports, encourages and guides new team members.

For Aisha, everything revolves around care and quality, whether she’s preparing sambal or assembling a charging station. She knows that what she creates will go out into the world. And that fills her with pride.

Precision in every step

Every morning, Erica travels from The Hague to Almere, an hour where the rhythm of the train sets the tone for her day. That steady movement mirrors the flow she creates inside Alfen’s production hall, where she works as a Production Engineer.

For Erica, efficiency isn’t just a metric, it’s a mindset. She bridges the ideas of our R&D teams with the reality of the production floor, turning new charger designs into production lines that work smoothly, safely and with human precision. Her focus is on more than throughput alone. She looks at how people move, how they reach, lift and assemble, ensuring every workstation supports both speed and ergonomics. Because a better line doesn’t just make more chargers, it makes the work better for everyone.

Having lived in the Netherlands for eight years, Erica finds inspiration in the structure and clarity of her daily commute. The timing of the trains, the landscapes passing by, the quiet moment before the day starts, it all shapes how she approaches her work. And outside of Alfen, she finds her own rhythm on the badminton court, where timing and movement matter just as much.

In everything she does, Erica brings flow, balance and a deep sense of responsibility to the people behind the product. She helps keep our lines moving and the energy transition with them.