Machines: the engine oil of the Dutch economy
The Dutch export revolves around machines. Not the tulips, nor the cheese, nor natural gas, nor cannabis are the big moneymakers of the Dutch export industry. The export of machines...
Developing a platform to give a broad push towards Industrial Heat Pump Implementation
For a sustainable and future-proof process industry, it is vital to reduce the CO2 footprint of industrial processes. Heat pump technology will play a major role towards realizing this reduction....
Students discover circular economy in old swimming pool
The annual ‘Week of Process Technology’ from January 23rd to January 27th enables students to discover the sustainable potential and opportunities in process technology. Young people from across the Netherlands...
New value creation: team work and learning by doing
Organizations need employees that are able to generate business ideas and employees that are able to evaluate the potential success of business ideas. Opportunities and their identification are of significant...
Innovative gas treatment technologies promise to reduce energy consumption
In ISPT’s Gas Separation & Treatment cluster, several projects were successfully concluded earlier this year. The projects focused on determining the technical and economical feasibility of innovative technologies to remove...
Hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents promise to play key role in making paper industry more sustainable
PhD research carried out as part of the PROVIDES project has recently resulted in promising new sustainable hydrophobic Deep Eutectic Solvents (DESs). These hydrophobic DESs could successfully replace chemical solvents...
Power to Ammonia nominated for Northern Enlightenment
We are proud to announce that our Power to Ammonia project has been nominated for the Northern Enlightenment award! The winner will be decided through an online poll, so we...
Netherlands to join the ranks of European ‘Innovation leaders’
The Netherlands has become one of the ‘Innovation leaders of Europa’. A new index made by the European Commission reveals that the Netherlands is viewed as one of the most...
How Dutch people make the world a better place (at least a little bit)
Heat, drought, flooding, food supply, sustainable energy. Solving global challenges, that is what we in the Netherlands are good at. In no smal part thanks to the collaboration between knowledge...
Energy transition Japan good comparison for Dutch strategy
Ever since the nuclear disaster in Fukushima in 2011, the transition in Japan to alternative uses of energy has gained momentum. The applications of hydrogen has taken a central role...
Chemistry generates more innovations
The innovation network of the Topsector Chemistry has realized a sizeable increase in the bustle in the chemistry sector. In 2015 up to 245 innovative start-ups and SMEs were registered withing the...
ISPT and NL-GUTS help accomplish your Early Adopter Project (EAP2016)
The Early Adopter Projects ( EAP ) programme of Topsector Energy supports energy saving technologies. Within these short term projects, SMEs as technology suppliers, will have the opportunity to test...
EColoRO and Pentair nominated for Water Innovator of the year
During the Water Vision Congress on February 18th at ICDuBo in Rotterdam, the Water Innovator of the Year will again be announced. Amongst the nominated candidates are innovative companies, start-ups...
Start of project ImPaCCt on Rotating Packed Bed Technology
Fast changing consumer demands, changing environmental regulations and fluctuating raw material compositions are challenges for chemical production. A promising concept to meet these requirements is the development of flexible, mobile...
Power to Products results handed over to Topsector Energy
On the 14th of October the results of the Power to Products project were handed over to the Topteam Energy and the Regieteam Topsector Energy. The ISPT Power 2 Products...
Maaike Kroon chosen as ‘Science-talent 2015’
Through her passion and ambition Maaike Kroon has managed to become the youngest ever female professor in the Netherlands. Her innovative research in the field of Sustainable Separation-processes in the...
ISPT Chairman underlines importance of new breakthrough technologies for savings in the chemical industry
Marco Waas stated this in Duurzaamgeproduceerd Magazine. In the article he describes four examples of promising process intensification technologies that can lead to both energy and capital savings in the chemical...
Intuition stimulates open innovation
Is it wise to start an initiative that emerges from a hunch? This was one of the questions for the research towards the mindset of the R&D professional in open...
Design next steps for catalytic membrane reactors
The EU CARENA project has led to successful results on many aspects of the membrane reactor technology. Next step is to put these results into a broader perspective. How does...
Joint SME Support Center
This year the Topsectors Chemistry and Energy will together kick off the Joint SME Support Center. One center for all innovative SMEs to support them in transforming their ideas into...
ISPT presents EuRyDice at Aqua Nederland Vakbeurs
Energy efficient valorization of Components from process streams is the full title of the new EuRyDice project that will be executed by AkzoNobel, Corbion, DOW, Hexion, ECN, KWR, VITO within...
Electrochemical production of ammonia using renewable energy
Stakeholders from the chemical, energy and food industries find it useful to jointly further investigate the idea of ‘Electrochemical production of ammonia using renewable energy’. This was one of the...
Flowid gets factory on Brightlands Chemelot Campus
Flowid Eindhoven places a small scale factory on Brightlands Chemelot Campus in Sittard-Geleen. At the factory, the company is going to apply the patented spinning disc technology on a commercial...
Dr. Peter de Jong appointed professor dairy technology at VHL University of applied sciences
As of September 1st 2014, NIZO expert and ISPT cluster director of the cluster Complexe Molecule Separations Processing for Protein, Dr. Peter de Jong has been appointed as professor of...