How to develop processes faster

Developing a new process typically takes 6 years. It even can take decades. However, it can be faster and still have a successful in start-up. Here are four key elements for a faster and still reliable scale-up. Follow all critical success factors for development and...

Affinity Separation

Seminar: NL GUTS Topic: Affinity Separation Date/time: Wednesday October 20th 2021 / 10.00h -17.30h Location: BODEC, Scheepsboulevard 3, 5705 KZ Helmond   News item   By affinity separation one component is selectively separated from a component soup. It is...

Feasibility innovation stage advantages

Industrial process innovation nowadays is along innovation stages. Major innovation stages used are concept, development, and implementation. This is a relatively new stage in between concept and development, called feasibility stage. The purpose of the feasibility...

Vocabulary Process Scale-up

I give courses on process scale-up. In these courses always questions arise about the meaning of terms. Here are some definitions of terms and also alternative definitions. The general advice is always to ask further explanation if terms below are used. Scale-up is...

Project auditing experiences of Jan Harmsen

Here is some information on three of my technical audit experiences for companies. These three audits cover the innovation trajectory from idea to commercial scale implementation. One audit was on a project in the early concept stage, one audit was on a project in the...

Industrial Process Scale-up Courses are hot

Since August 2020 I have given 2 scale-up courses for in total over 60 participants, all from industry. I  also received requests from clients, via Symmetric, to provide inhouse scale-up courses. For the third course, due 24-26 November 2021 participant already write...