AI-Based Lightweighting Saves Billions of Dollars – Altair® PhysicsAI™ Drives Speed, Savings, and Sustainability for Consumer-Packaged Goods

Kinetic Visions’ consumer packaged goods (CPG) customers face constant pressure to reduce packaging costs and improve sustainability metrics without compromising on performance. However, traditional finite element analysis (FEA) studies are time and resource-intensive, often requiring weeks or months to arrive at optimum designs. This limits the ability of packaging engineers to explore alternative geometries at-scale. Kinetic…

Precision Fair 2025 attracts record numbers of visitors and exhibitors as innovation in precision technology accelerates

With more than 400 exhibitors and over 6,500 professionals from home and abroad, the Precisiebeurs 2025 once again proved its position as the meeting place for precision technology in the Benelux. On 12 and 13 November, the Brabanthallen in ’s-Hertogenbosch provided the backdrop for two days full of technological innovation, knowledge sharing, international knowledge exchange and…

Brabant takes the lead in sustainable chip production

The Province of Noord-Brabant and a group of high-tech companies have jointly invested over 4 million euros in the innovation coalition Circular Semicon (ICCS). With 2 million euros of government funding, this partnership aims to boost the circular transition within the semiconductor industry through practical projects and long-term collaboration. The initiative is co-led by Brainport Industries,…

Strengere regels voor de uitleenmarkt; wat verandert er onder de Wtta?

Onlangs heeft de Eerste Kamer de Wet toelating terbeschikkingstelling arbeidskrachten (Wtta) aangenomen. Met deze wet komen er strengere regels voor de arbeidsmarkt wanneer sprake is van uitlening. Uitzendbureaus en andere partijen die werknemers uitlenen mogen dit alleen nog doen als zij hiervoor een vergunning hebben. Door de wet worden werknemers, met name arbeidsmigranten, beter beschermd. Read more

ICT Group wins ASML Agility Award

We’re proud to announce that ICT Group has received the ASML Indirect Procurement Award 2025 in the Agility category, recognizing our work on the Twinscan Parameter Monitoring System (TPMS). Read more [Picture source: ICT Group on linkedin.com]

Deskundig op het gebied van veiligheid

Voor BKL is veiligheid van het hoogste belang. Veiligheid is een van de eerste stappen in het ontwerpproces van uw nieuwe product. Om te bepalen of uw product veilig is, moet er om te beginnen een risicobeoordeling gedaan worden. In een risicobeoordeling worden alle mogelijke risico’s in uw ontwerp geïdentificeerd en naar zwaarte geschat (met een…

E3.formboard Basics: From Schematic to Build-Ready Harness Layouts

This article is part of our series Mastering E3.series with Harry. In Chapters 1 – 4, we focused on getting projects started, placing parts, making connections, and preparing outputs. Chapter 5 shifts from what connects to what (schematics) to how it’s built on the bench: E3.formboard. If you need technicians to build the same harness the same way every time, a clear…