About Leypex

The Founder

Roland Leijdekker is the founder of Leypex and has over 30 years of international experience in the aerospace industry. He’s a dedicated, energetic, serious and humorous guy, with a huge drive to always successfully complete the biggest challenges.

Alright, enough about me in the third person. Now in brief, who I am, what I’ve been doing, and what I do now:

I’ve always been fascinated by technology and everything that goes with it. That’s why I studied mechanical engineering and worked for the past 30 years in technical and operational environments. Specialized in repairs, and repairprocess and component development of aerospace and large industrial gas turbines.

In 1988, I started working for a large American company based in the Netherlands; As a shop floor supervisor. Quickly, I started progressing through the ranks within the global organization, in engineering and operational positions worldwide.

For 17 years, I worked and lived abroad. In 1996, my wife and I (no children yet in those days) moved to Thailand and I started working for the same company as the Director of Engineering. Bangkok was truly Southeast Asia in those days; pretty “scruffy” and hard to find a decent cup of coffee. Big experience as a young couple to enter a for us unknown culture and to start something completely new in a language we didn’t manage (then).

After 7 years in Asia and with our second son on the way, we decided to move back to Holland. However, about 3 years later, we were asked to migrate to the USA. So we packed up our stuff and left for the USA. I became the Managing Director of Precision Component Technologies in San Diego (USA), a unit specialized in the design and development of gas turbine components.
San Diego, what a beautiful place to be, with the best climate ever, close to the beaches, mountains, and Mexico. Working long hard days, but the reward of living in sunny southern California made up for it.

Exactly 3 years later, we returned back to Thailand. The company was growing steadily and they needed someone with more experience, knowledge and vision to run Operations. With over 500 employees, many new blue-chip customers, and a gigantic growth potential, we didn’t want our staff to work harder, but “smarter”.
So for 7 years, I was the Director of Operations, focused on the development and implementation of structural improvements through Operational Excellence and Lean, AND with fabulous results.

Then, after many years abroad, many experiences and cultures richer, and with our 2 boys in college, it was time to head back to Holland.

And here we are. We live in a time where knowledge is key. People are stimulated to study, do courses, etc.
But the knowledge required to succeed cannot all be learned from books. Gaining practical experience is equally important.
And that is WHY I started Leypex. I do have lots of practical experience in engineering design, development, repair and manufacturing, 3D modeling, how to improve the shop floor processes of technological companies, combined with all the theoretical “Lean tools”. And I really want you to benefit from my knowledge, experience and expertise.

So HOW can I help?

Simply ask yourself the following questions:

- Do I need to reduce my operational cost and Time to Market?

- Can I get my product developed faster if I subcontract (some) engineering work?

- Can I decrease fixed cost and increase flexibility by hiring engineering support on a projectbasis?

If the answer is YES to one or more of the above questions, then I can most likely help.

Please contact me. CONTACT

Also when you’re interested to learn more about improvement opportunities, possibilities, training, coaching, etc., please call or email me to discuss the possibilities.