31 January 2012

On 17 January, Arne Nolles joined the People Creating Value team in Beetsterzwaag as new trainee for a period of six months.

27 January 2012

There is no doubt that packaging innovation and sustainability are important key performance indicators for food and beverage manufacturing companies. But has the role of packaging changed over the past few decades?

26 January 2012

Wakawaka: in Swahili it means “bright light”. It is also the name of the new, compact, ingeniously designed solar LED lamp developed by the young Dutch company Off Grid Solutions to provide the 11.5 billion people around the world who are “off the grid” with better and safer light.

17 January 2012

The ESEF Awards presentation has become a traditional event at the ESEF, the major trade show in the Benelux for suppliers, subcontractors and engineers. This year, the organizers received 15 submissions of which the quality was exceptionally high. People Creating Value entered the competition this year with a submission in the category of Engineering &...

13 January 2012

People Creating Value has been involved with pipes producer Georg Fischer in developing Variofleks plastic sealing rings. These are for Georg Fischers Multi/Joint 3000 epoxide resin coated cast iron metal water and gas (WAGA) pipe joint fittings.

11 January 2012

Biomimicry gave us Velcro – copied from thistles – and the winglets at the tips of today’s airplane wings. And now, Shrilk.  

10 January 2012

An important innovation in design software has been the introduction of simulation tools. Using these tools allows a product or design to be tested in a virtual user situation, which, during the engineering phase, offers important support to the product development process.