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Making money with a product that never breaks

March 4, 2020

Making money with a product that hardly ever breaks is a real challenge and requires a different perspective: don't sell your product, sell the use of your product or its functionality. Does this sound a little abstract? We will make it concrete by giving an example of an SME that manages to offer its product - an entrance mat - as a service to the customer.

Veldeman Bedding brings circular design into practice

Thomas Vandenhaute

January 27, 2020

Veldeman Bedding in Opglabbeek, Limburg, is one of the major mattress and bed manufacturers in Europe. The company is working on a sustainable approach to its product and manufacturing processes and recently came out with their first circular collection.

Help! Our productivity growth is going down! Another five tips to boost your productivity (part 6)

Pascal Pollet

June 25, 2019

Belgium is the fourth most productive country in the world, but our productivity growth has been sputtering. In this series we present five practical tips to boost productivity in the office and on the shop floor.

Help! Our productivity growth is going down! Another five tips to boost your productivity (part 5)

Pascal Pollet

June 11, 2019

Help! Our productivity growth is going down! Five new tips to boost your productivity (part 4)

Pascal Pollet

May 23, 2019

Circular entrepreneurship boosted with Expedition Circular

Thomas Vandenhaute

May 6, 2019

An innovative circular model is not a standard R&D project: it requires a structured process approach that goes far beyond the product and requires quick tests and continuous adjustments from entrepreneurs. These are the main findings of the pilot project Expedition Circular, a collaboration between VITO, Agoria, Sirris and Start it @KBC.

The circular economy and its advantages in figures

Thomas Vandenhaute

October 31, 2017

Shrinking raw material stocks, rising prices ... the figures prove it all, the need for a circular economy is growing. However, this change also brings some interesting opportunities.

BMT Aerospace successfully invests in swarf waste processing

Thomas Vandenhaute

October 3, 2017

The valorisation of metal swarf waste is an underestimated problem; that much became clear at the event ‘How to make money from swarf waste?’ on 14 September. A testimony from BMT Aerospace showed that there are some interesting options.