3 May 2012

As mobile telephones and computers continue to shrink, new developments such as the tablet PC are joining the ranks of mobile devices that keep us connected at all times. An aspect that tends often to be overlooked, however, is the speaker. Smaller devices have less room for good sound waves to build up.

3 May 2012

A dent, a scratch. Generally, not the kind of embellishment people welcome in their brand-new gadget. Not so, however, in the wabi-sabi aesthetic. Wabi-sabi views every imperfection as adding character and uniqueness to a product, even those that have been mass-produced.

1 May 2012

At the symposium organized on 10 April at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven entitled "The power and strength of critical materials," during which the problems of critical materials was highlighted and qualified, the results were presented of a study into material scarcity issues carried out by M2I, TNO and the faculty of Design Engineering at Delft...

1 May 2012

At the university of Munich, research is currently ongoing to develop lithium batteries that utilize sulfur molecules to achieve a lighter weight and the greatest possible efficiency.

27 April 2012

Enschede, april 2012 – The Netherlands-based design and engineering consultancy People Creating Value has announced that it recently opened a German office in Odenthal, near Cologne, which is to be led by Mr. Stefan Ostermann .

26 April 2012

People Creating Value welkomes Jos Oosterdorp as network partner. People Creating Value believes in the power of networks. To that end, it has entered into strategic partnerships, enabling dedicated project teams with the required competencies to be put together at every stage.

24 April 2012

Last week Friday, on 20 April, we had a successful People Creating Value network meeting in Beetsterzwaag.

17 April 2012

Slowly but surely, the new generation of thin-film solar modules is looking set to conquer the market, especially now that businesses and knowledge institutes have launched the Fast-Track project. The EU has awarded funding of € 9.3 million towards the development of this new generation of solar cells.

12 April 2012

A cordless electric drill and a 5-meter race track was all the teams from the German Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaft und Kunst (HAWK) had to work with in the ‘Akkuschrauberennen’, or Race of the Cordless Drills, organized by the HAWK. In the Akkuschrauberennen, the cordless drill serves as the power source to cover the distance to the...

10 April 2012

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Reliability and Microintegration IZM in Berlin have made an important discovery for the car of the future. After all, future drivers will also want to make use of that somewhat nostalgic piece of equipment: ‘the radio’. However, this is not as simple and inexpensive in electric cars as it would seem.

10 April 2012

The first Cradle to Cradle network meeting of 2012 was organized by the DPI Value Centre on 5 at Royal Auping in Deventer, a Dutch bed manufacturer that puts sustainability at the top of the priority list.

4 April 2012

We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-looking lead mechanical engineer with experience in the development of consumer products.

27 March 2012

Last Thursday saw the launch of a collaborative project between seven students from the University of Twente and People Creating Value. A unique mixture of students of Industrial Design and of Mechanical Engineering at various stages of their education will be brought on board to become involved in a broad range of assignments.

27 March 2012

People Creating Value is growing and expanding at a rapid pace, as was convincingly demonstrated during the network meeting on 22 March at Restaurant Villa Van Heek in Enschede, where some 60 network partners and employees at People Creating Value gathered together to network, exchange ideas, discuss projects or simply to talk.

26 March 2012

Cradle to Cradle design is hot. Not only has the University of Twente set up a new master’s course on the topic, the Philips Design team has also turned its attention to this design methodology, and is coming up with various ideas and applications for C2C solutions. One of the first results is the Microbial Home concept.

21 March 2012

Integrated design solutions specialist Dog Back Design Solutions B.V. in Emmen has announced that it has successfully completed the design and engineering of the PictoWatch project on time, and on budget. “Within one year, achieving both target cost and planned launch date, we accomplished the design and engineering of this highly integrated and complex...

20 March 2012

A new type of anti-reflective coating has been developed that can reduce the reflection of sunlight from 40% to 1%. This coating can significantly increase the efficiency of solar cells or the quality of lenses.

16 March 2012

After a traineeship in China, where he worked as an Originality Stylist, Huub Rouwers is now working as a trainee at People Creating Value for a period of five months. Huub is a student of Industrial Product Design at Saxion in Enschede. Huub: “During my traineeship here I hope to be able to familiarize myself as far as possible with all stages of the...

15 March 2012

At present, I am a trainee at People Creating Value, which I am enjoying very much! Great assignments, varied work and interesting products. I am a student at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen, majoring in Human Technology. This course is aimed at teaching the importance of listening to the consumer, discovering his or her needs and how to...

6 March 2012

William McDonough and Michael Braungart published their book entitled Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way we Make Things in 2002. Today, however, this work continues to remain as compelling and relevant as ever, as evidenced by the new master’s course in this design methodology which will be taught for the first time this year at the University of Twente.

2 March 2012

During the last network meeting of People Creating Value, network partner Karin van Beurden, Product Design lector at Saxion University and technology initiator of FabLab Enschede, mentioned that the FabLab was planning to organize introduction sessions for SMEs, to offer them a chance to find out what the FabLab phenomenon is all about.

27 February 2012

People Creating Value congratulates core team member and runner Wouter de Boer (Enschede) on winning the 1500m title at the national Indoor Athletics championships held last Sunday. 

24 February 2012

Polyurethane is probably the most versatile synthetic polymer material around. Polyurethane applications include everything from foam insulation to car parts, from skateboard wheels to shoes and from wood glue to scratch-free coatings. It’s strong and virtually indestructible: landfill it and it will keep indefinitely; incinerate it and it produces toxic...

20 February 2012

As the awareness grows that raw materials are not infinitely available, the development of a new, sustainable, stiff, light and easily processable alternative comes as welcome news. A thermoplastic material that has an impact resistance 2 to 15 times higher than current thermoplastics and thermoplastic composites can offer.

15 February 2012

This year, People Creating Value is once again exhibiting at ESEF, the major trade show in the Benelux for suppliers, subcontractors and engineers. For us, generating new ideas is what we do; creating value is our job and integral product development our passion. We are proudly presenting the newest developments in our innovative product portfolio, including the...

10 February 2012

People Creating Value in Enschede welcomed another new employee as of 1 February 2012: Zeno van Veen. Zeno earned a master’s degree in Industrial Design Engineering from the University of Twente, after which he went to work for the Dutch beer brewer Grolsch. After spending three years as a packaging developer at the brewery, he moved to People Creating...

31 January 2012

Rising raw materials prices combined with rollar coaster prices are causing anxious sweats in processors and manufacturers worldwide. These are issues affecting raw materials of all kind: plastics, textiles, but also rare earth metals.

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.