By 2050, we will have transitioned to a circular and carbon neutral process industry. Together!

We believe that radical change can be achieved through technological innovation and cooperation. As an active and open innovation platform for sustainable process technology we connect stakeholders from different sectors and disciplines. At ISPT, industry, SMEs, scientists and governmental bodies find the inspirational and trusted environment where they can optimally work together to stimulate breakthrough innovations.

Our themes

ISPT Theme Circularity - KSI drum sieve©Omrin

Circularity

Circularity is the cornerstone of a sustainable future. In a circular economy, resources are kept in use for as long as possible while maximum value is obtained from their usage....

ISPT Theme Electrification - Wind turbines on sea - ©Shaun Dakin

Electrification

The use of sustainable electricity can significantly lower the CO₂-footprint of the Dutch process industry. And since this industry accounts for approximately one-third of total energy use in the Netherlands,...

ISPT Theme Food - Agricultural Greenhouse - ©Erwan Hesry

Food

In meeting the nutritional needs of an ever-growing world population, the food industry applies technology that is for a large part process technology. But with food processing come sustainability issues, in particular in energy and water...

ISPT Theme - Heat - Heatmatrix Project

Heat

Industry has a great need for heat, for example for elevated process temperatures, for drying, and for industrial hot water use. In fact, a large number of companies in the...

ISPT Theme - Hydrogen

Hydrogen

Green hydrogen, produced by electrolysis of water, is a crucial element in a large scale sustainable energy system. As an energy carrier, it enables the storage of renewable electricity produced by wind farms and solar plants. Green hydrogen...

ISPT Theme Industry 4.0 - Photo by Franck V

Industry 4.0

Industrial plants can benefit from current technological advances in communication, connectivity, computing and artificial intelligence. For instance, their equipment can be augmented with sensors that are wirelessly connected to a...

ISPT Theme People

People

At the Institute of Sustainable Process Technology, our core business concerns processes, technology, innovation, sustainability, transition and much more. Meaningful subjects as these are, one would not immediately assume that this is about people. At ISPT, we know better. It is all about people: ...

Water

Our planet runs on water and so do many industrial processes. However, clean fresh water is often not available where and when humans need it and in many parts of...

Latest news

February 6, 2020

Grip on Dryers: re-engineering in-mold drying for paper packaging

Follow our sequel on the casus results in the project Grip on Dryers – this month part 1 of 5. Within the ISPT Grip on Dryers program, several companies that...

February 6, 2020

Scaling-up of film Freeze Concentration as innovative energy efficient and mild technology

On January 30 a novel custom-designed and built pilot-scale apparatus for film freeze concentration was unveiled at Wageningen University. Film freeze concentration is proposed as an innovative mild technology that...

February 6, 2020

LOGIC: methanol production becomes circular

Industry and research stakeholders recently kicked off a broad cooperation, the LOGIC project for the circular production of methanol. Other than the present way of producing methanol from natural gas,...

ISPT projects

Deep Eutectic Solvents in the Paper Industry

The European project cluster aims to approach 80% CO₂ emission reduction in the lignocellulose processing chain, compared to the current chain based on kraft pulping by the application of Deep...

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Waterdruppels

COLFILM – Collapsing Films in Emulsions

Emulsions of little droplets originate from intensive contacting between for instance oil and water. For applications it is often important to have these little droplets coalesce into larger droplets again,...

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Upcoming events

March 2–4 2020

21st Netherlands’ Catalysis and Chemistry Conference: NCCC XXI

NCCC combines a number of national symposia in the field of chemistry and catalysis and offers an unique, international forum to exchange innovative ideas between academic and industrial scientists in...

Noordwijkerhout, Netherlands

March 5–6 2020

AI@Work Conference

AI has much to offer business. Yet we have also been warned: AI will reinforce biases, hide important decisions, and deplete employment.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

March 10–12 2020

ISPT course Molecular Affinity Separations

The famous ISPT course is back in 2020, on 10-12 March. In this course, several important molecular affinity separation techniques will be taught by experts in the field, this includes:...

Enschede, Netherlands

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