We wrote earlier this week that the Dutch province of North Brabant sees opportunities for Brabant companies as a supplier for electrolysis technology or fuel cell builders. How is this technology progressing? Is there already a market for a few…
Spectacular green landscapes are appearing more and more often on top of large-scale urban redevelopments. The roof park is an adaptable kind of spatial renovation that capitalizes on the changing climate. This is an excellent way to make the sought-after…
Eugène Franken has been working at his own architectural agency Architectenburo Franken for 27 years. Alongside his career in architecture, he also works as the secretary for the Stichting Landgoed Kasteel Geldrop (Geldrop Castle Country Estate Foundation). With two books…
The Netherlands in 30 years: A prosperous country. We breathe clean air because everyone drives on solar energy. We eat vegetable food and we only need a few hospitals. Four students from the four Dutch technical universities gave their first…
Many start-ups do not manage to grow up into a scale-up. We assume that it’s due to not enough investment money, not a brilliant idea, or insufficient turnover, for instance. That’s true, but what lies underneath all of that? More…
The scale-up PeelPioneers is opening a new factory that can process three times as much citrus peel a day. These peels are processed into, among other things, orange oil and animal feed. PeelPioneers has also developed new products using peels…
Attracting talent. Many companies even see it as war – the war on talent. In the Brainport region, too, organizations do everything they can to ‘lure’ well-qualified personnel from abroad into the local. tech sector. Last summer, Brainport Eindhoven started…
From October onwards, entrepreneur Wendy van Ierschot will write a column every month on the importance of HR policies in practice when it comes to innovation and start-ups. Van Ierschot is an HR expert, podcast maker, and speaker on international…
Purified Metal Company recycling plant opened its doors yesterday in Delfszijl, the Netherlands. This is the first plant where contaminated steel can be processed in a sustainable way. Given that this option is now on offer, the Dutch government is…
The ECOSTRESS sensor on the International Space Station (ISS) is capable of mapping geothermal fields, according to the Dutch University of Twente. These heat fields are important in the transition to fully sustainable energy. Researcher Dr. Chris Hecker started this…