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November 13, 2020

PTTP Students Graduation Ceremony

On the 11th of November, the Graduation event of the Process Technology Talent Program (PTTP) students Cohort 2018 took place. Every year, this event is a big event. Due to...

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November 12, 2020

Pre-treatment with Pulsed Electric Fields (PEF) can lead to increased drying robustness of bacteria

PhD defence of Evelien Vaessen The Probiotics project team of the project Low Energy Living Bacterial Food Formulations celebrated Evelien Vaessen’s PhD defence on Monday the 12th of October 2020....

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Dutch National Growth Fund
November 2, 2020

Dutch National Growth Fund: dare to excel

The Dutch National Growth Fund offers great opportunities for green hydrogen and chemistry.

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October 30, 2020

ISPT study brings gigawatt scale electrolysers a step closer

The Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT) coordinated a unique study into the cost of scaling up electrolysers to the gigawatt scale for producing green hydrogen. ISPT hosted a webinar on...

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October 16, 2020

Circularity in cellulose

Renewable raw material for the chemical industry For Recell’s Erik Pijlman there’s no doubt: cellulose extracted from waste streams is a valuable sustainable resource for the chemical industry. Thanks to...

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Circular Plastics Initiative - Martine Brandsma of NTCP
October 15, 2020

“We need to get going towards application-driven recycling”

The National Test Center Circular Plastics has state-of-the-art technology and facilities for sorting and separating plastic waste streams. With testing and research on an industrial scale, it contributes to closing...

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plastic waste
October 1, 2020

Extended Producer Responsibility: does it also apply to plastic packaging?

Are producers responsible for the recycling of plastic packaging? This was the subject of the sixth online panel discussion held on 17 September 2020 as part of ISPT’s Industrie in...

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September 21, 2020

A good idea: Saving electrical energy using artificial intelligence

ISPT gladly offers start-ups and SMEs access to its broad network in sustainable process technology. In this way, good ideas get more resonance and innovation more potential. A good example...

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September 21, 2020

War on plastic waste: eerst de kraan dicht, dan dweilen (press release)

Plastic is een geweldig materiaal: het is licht, multifunctioneel en goedkoop. Tegelijk vormt plastic afval een van de grote uitdagingen van onze tijd. Daarom gingen we zaterdag, tijdens World Cleanup...

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Impacct
September 18, 2020

The next generation process installations

DSM, Nouryon and Huntsman researched the potential of rotating packed beds with the TU Dortmund and the Institute for Sustainable Process Technology (ISPT). RPB technology offers many advantages, as the...

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R-ACES - Map Europe
September 11, 2020

Effective Energy Exchange in Industrial Clusters across Europe

New project R-ACES helps to turn industry clusters into eco-regions Press release How can European industrial parks reduce their CO2 emissions, waste, and material consumption? The European project R-ACES aims...

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Imperial College London - The footprint of fossil-based plastics
September 10, 2020

Imperial College London: Plastic packaging materials have the least impactful carbon footprint

How do alternative materials perform compared to plastic when it comes to their carbon footprint? This was the central question in the research of Imperial College London and Veolia. In...

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Springtij- Beach dunes
September 4, 2020

Connecting climate innovations from industry with social issues during Springtij

During the last weekend of September the annual sustainability forum Springtij takes place on the island of Terschelling. For three days government, NGOs, industry and society will focus on sustainability...

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ISPT Team - Frans van den Akker ©marc van der kort
August 31, 2020

“We will all have to get used to it”

This statement is made by Frans van den Akker in an interview on Industry 4.0 for the Dutch magazine Europoort Kringen. They talk about how the introduction of Artificial Intelligence...

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August 6, 2020

“We want to be a global leader in chemical recycling of plastics.”

In today’s world, plastic has become indispensable. The material plays an important role in almost all aspects of modern society. As a detrimental side effect, plastic waste can be found...

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August 3, 2020

Carbon flows take central stage with the new Carbon Transition Model

The Carbon Transition Model (CTM) explores the options for emission reduction, as well as their interaction and impact on the greater Dutch industrial system.

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July 31, 2020

Reducing energy use and material loss by controlling agglomeration spray drying

The new StAgglop project aims to develop scaling-relations to manage sticky behavior and agglomeration in spray drying.

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July 30, 2020

Establishing shared values at the RiConfigure Dialogue Days

Together with experts from innovation policy and innovation practice, the RiConfigure initiative organized the online Dialogue Days session on how innovation processes can be democratized. To do so, knowledge and...

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R-ACES - Eco regions map
July 28, 2020

Kick off R-ACES project

Earlier this month, the virtual kick-off meeting of R-ACES took place. The focus of R-ACES is to turn high-potential, high-impact industrial clusters into eco-regions that achieve at least a 10%...

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July 21, 2020

Dedicate 1 day every 3 months to learn a new skill

While we innovate for the future, the current crisis today presents major challenges for everyone. During the Industrie in Gesprek session mid july, Onno de Vreede (Top Sector Chemistry), Arjen...

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INSPEC - laptop
July 15, 2020

Improving dynamic synchronization of production data for better process modelling

Together with FrieslandCampina, the chemometrics department of the Radboud University has compared different methods for the dynamic synchronization of production data that has to be performed before multivariate statistical analysis....

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Researchers in the IMPROVISE project have received the IFAC Journal Paper Award
July 9, 2020

Journal Paper Award for researchers IMPROVISE Project

Researchers in the IMPROVISE project have received the IFAC Journal Paper Award

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Event - agrifoodketen
July 3, 2020

The ambition of a new agri-food system in the Netherlands

High-quality nutrients in a nitrogen-closed system What does the agri-food chain of the future look like? Elzo de Lange discussed this with Peter Bruinenberg of Avebe and Reggy van der...

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July 2, 2020

Share your opinions on the risks and opportunities of AI

Almost unnoticed, an unprecedented revolution is currently taking place: the development and application of artificial intelligence (AI). More concretely, one can think of autonomous driving vehicles, robotization in healthcare, assisted...

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