Managing director Martijn Geerits nominated for JCI Award Limburg Young Entrepreneur 2026 : Toplas

Managing director Martijn Geerits nominated for JCI Award Limburg Young Entrepreneur 2026

We are proud to announce that Martijn Geerits, managing director of Toplas, nominated as a finalist for the JCI Award Limburg Young Entrepreneur 2026. The nomination was officially announced during the Launch event of JCI Limburg on December 9, 2025 In Genk.

Strong batch of finalists

Each year, the JCI Award highlights young entrepreneurial talent in Limburg. For the 2026 edition, four finalists were selected from a large number of high-quality nominations. Besides Martijn Geerits Tasso Limneos (Victus Sales), Thomas Jeurissen (MVT) and Dorien Breels (Pubmarket) along to the title.

JCI Limburg speaks of an exceptionally strong batch and stresses that the choice will be particularly difficult this year.

Theme 2026: Intergalactic

The theme of this year's track is Intergalactic, a metaphor for groundbreaking thinking and entrepreneurship that dares to grow beyond classical limits. An approach that perfectly matches the ambition and innovativeness of the finalists.

Final on 2 April 2026 at C-Mine Genk

The winner of the JCI Award Limburg Young Entrepreneur 2026 will be announced during the final show at 2 April 2026 at C-Mine Genk.
We know who our vote would go to ;-).

Working at toplas

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Job Toplas is looking for an operator sheet metal department. Your duties will be as follows: You operate the laser machine and, in time, one or more other machines You read CNC programmes You set up the machine You load and unload the machine If necessary, you programme the machine yourself You work with the overhead crane You are willing to [...]

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