The scope of this thesis of Gerrit Bouwhuis, lecturer at Saxion Research Centre for Design and Technology in Enschede is the development of a new industrial applicable pre-treatment process for cotton based on catalysis. The pre-treatment generally consists of desizing, scouring and bleaching. These …

A lot of research effort is put in developing enzymatic treatment of textiles by focusing on the performance of enzymes on lab-scale. Despite all this work upgrading of these developments from lab-scale to industrial scale has not been really successful. Companies are nowadays confronted with rapid developments …

This report is written for the plywood manufacturer Allin SAS in Le Vanneau, France, as a final thesis. The thesis is a part of the bachelor “International Timber Trade” at Hogeschool van Hall Larenstein. The goal of the research is to create a clearer view of the market for Bruynzeel Hechthout in the …

The head office of Stiho B.V. decided to make their organization stronger. Now the product specialists of the northern region are spread over two establishments, this results in a longer communication time between the salesmen of the two establishments. Because the specialists are not in the same office …

To find the demands for Dutch civil waterworks constructions literature was studied and an Internet Survey was created and sent to customers of civil waterworks constructions such as most Dutch water boards, Rijkswaterstaat and the province of North Holland. This created a broader vision of what is used …

What are successful companies? That question will be investigated. The determination of successful factors will be identified by explaining the successful factors of a company by the following questions: How come successful ventures are successful and non successful ventures are not? What are the most …

Heeft plastic op basis van aardolie zijn langste tijd gehad? Steeds meer bedrijven in binnen- en buitenland gaan over op het gebruik van kunststoffen die worden geproduceerd uit natuurlijke hernieuwbare grondstoffen, zoals maïs, aardappels en suikerbieten. Deze zogenaamde biopolymeren zijn niet nieuw, …

De markt voor smart materials, een andere naam is dynamische materialen, groeit gestaag. Het Kenniscentrum Design en Technologie van Saxion helpt het midden- en kleinbedrijf met het toepassen van smart materials in producten. Saxion doet dit in het innovatieprogramma „Materialen in Ontwerp?, waarin wordt …

This thesis is an analysis of the increasing impact of strong fluctuating prices of raw materials on specific investment costs of renewable and new energies technologies. It studies the interaction between the investment cost for power plants and the real material prices

Student report on the on the possibilities fro use of bamboo in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, industrially manufactured bamboo products are mostly used in indoor applications, and hardly in outdoor applications. However, there is an increased interest in using bamboo for outdoor applications, …