You may have noticed, but corona is on its way out. Not only in the Netherlands, but in (almost) all of Europe. The acute threat of this pandemic does not seem to be an issue for the time being. The…
From agriculture to health care: Technology is used extensively in all sectors of society. Starting a business, or growing as a business in Med Tech, Food Tech, and High Tech: how is that looking? Start-ups and investors were guests during…
Carpets are not recyclable after the end of their service life, as they belong to the group of composite materials whereby purely mechanical recycling is scarcely an option. Carpets are largely made up of petroleum-based polypropylene. They are generally burned…
Current trends in the transition to electric mobility are besides electrification, the continuous connectivity of the vehicle with the cloud, autonomous driving and MaaS (mobility as a service). Menno Kleingeld stated this during one of the DTW talks last week…
We all know more trees means more carbon dioxide removed from the atmosphere. Airlines certainly do – back in 2018, multiple European airlines began programs to offset their carbon usage. KLM began their ‘one ticket = one tree’ campaign while…
The vaporettos, the famous waterbuses of Venice, still spew their diesel fumes across the Canale Grande. With the end of the corona crisis in sight, it is only a matter of time before overtourism takes hold again in one of…
“With a huge smile, Auke settles down behind his scree; today he doesn’t have to get angry about nonsensical connections or energy-guzzling cryptocurrencies. “No, we’re going to talk about something special. And I immediately think, ‘wow, it’s really going in…
It’s safe to assume that new passenger cars will be fully electric in the next 10 to 15 years. But trucks won’t be all electric by the year 2025. Ron Borsboom, Executive Director Product Development at DAF Trucks, said this…
While the Coronavirus kept some indoors, the Dutch cycling industry has soared since lockdowns started. Numbers from BoldData indicate that as many as 10 new bicycle manufacturers started in the first half of 2021. The number of new cycling shops…
There is no doubt about Demcon‘s ambitions: with locations in Best, Delft, Enschede, Groningen, Maastricht, Münster, Tokyo, and Singapore, a large part of the globe is covered. At the same time, the spin-off from the University of Twente emphasizes the…