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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...
NWGD needs you!
The Dutch Team Drying (NWGD) promotes the development and application of sustainable drying technology. Since 1974 the NWGD connects drying experts in the Benelux. They want to continue to do...
2014 is fairly positive for chemistry
The Hague, December 3, 2014 – The Dutch chemical industry show a slight growth during the first three quarters of this year. Compared with the same period in 2013, sales rose...
Green Deal TaBaChem signed
On the 24th of November, ISPT signed the Green Deal Take Back Chemicals (TaBaChem), together with the Directorate-General Chris Kuijpers of the Ministry of I&M, and the participating parties of...
ECN, DOW and AkzoNobel investigate batch processes
This project examines the energy and cost savings that can be achieved using thermal energy storage DOW, AkzoNobel and ECN are currently working together on an ISPT project to assess...
1.6 million for ‘greening’ of production
Production processes in the chemical industry can be greener: with less energy and less waste. This requires better understanding of the production processes. Theoretical and experimental research in Eindhoven, Twente...
Shortage of engineers inhibits activity
November 11, 2014 © Het Financieele Dagblad FD Gazelle in Zeeland see bottlenecks in the labor market, but prices approach to infrastructure. Read the entire article here
Herman Wijffels Innovation Award winners 2014 announced
Condi Food in Leiden, Flowid in Eindhoven and District Business Bilgaard in Leeuwarden, the winners of the Herman Wijffels Innovation Award 2014 (INNOPRIJS). The audience prize goes to the Maxim...
NPS14 opens her doors tomorrow
Only a few more hours and the doors to NPS14 will open! We are looking forward to welcome you tomorrow at DeFabrique and enjoy an exciting programme full of exciting...
Groningse investeringssteun voor procesindustrie en procesinnovatie
Vanaf 15 oktober a.s. kunnen bedrijven investeringssteun aanvragen voor projecten in de Eemsregio en de campus de Zernike campus van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen. De investeringssteun kan oplopen tot 15% met...
Doekle Terpstra reikt toptalenten certificaat uit en belooft hen nu al een baan
De talenten van het Proces Technologie Talent program ontvingen 30 september tijdens de Industrial processing beurs hun deelname certificaat. Het HBO talenten programma PTTP biedt de top HBO studenten van...
CoRIAC- project pilot installations for a new type of reactor are installed
CoRIAC- project starts delivering positive results: pilot installations for a new type of reactor are installed The CoRIAC-project as part of the research program in Action Plan Process Intensification that’s...
Lancering Green by Choice Green by Design
De project start van het project green by choice green by design heeft de aandacht gevangen van het blad Deal! van de Nederlandse Vereniging van Inkopers (NEVI). De NEVI is...
Hoogewerff Stimuleringsprijs 2014 toegekend aan dr.ir. Kirsten Steinbusch
De Hoogewerff Stimuleringsprijs is de 3-jaarlijkse prijs van de Stichting Hoogewerff-Fonds ter stimulering van innovatief en baanbrekend werk op het gebied van de procestechnologie in Nederland. De Hoogewerff Stimuleringsprijs 2014...
Free on line course Complex problem solving and innovation available
Starting on October 8th 2014, a massive open online course (MOOC) entitled “Solution and Innovation Skills” will be available on the internet. With the online-course, participants learn how to develop...