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Meet Aisha

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.