Until recently, many millions of euros worth of high-value packaging and transport materials were thrown away every year. Not very sustainable. Partly for this reason, ASML started the Return4Reuse program. A large proportion of that material now ends up in the brand-new Return4Reuse center that the packaging specialist has set up in Schijndel. There it is prepared for the next cycle. More information? Take a look at the [...]

Men then and now on 25 years of IPS.

D.M. Groesbeek (Dennis, 51) joined the management board of Meilink B.V. on 1 April. The management board under the articles of association now consists of Mr P.F. Rikken (DGA) and D.M. Groesbeek.

Meilink, a specialist in packaging and transporting industrial capital goods, has acquired a 100% interest in IPS Technology in Eindhoven. The acquisition is the result of an interest that was acquired earlier. Founder and former owner Peter Geerts will remain with IPS for another two years.

Once a year ASML presents its best performing suppliers with the ´ASML Supplier Awards´. A prestigious award, which is normally presented during a meeting. This year it was done a little differently: the award was presented virtually in a video conference to the award-winning companies. Meilink - IPS Technology has won the ASML "Sustainability Excellence" award 2020 as a result of the sustainability and growth that we achieve for ASML.

GrowProud and Meilink can be seen Saturday, July 4 at 16:30 in the TV program How It's Done on RTL Z. Alfred Klunder talks about GrowProud, the importance of marketing and what GrowProud can mean for the manufacturing industry. 

Unwrapping a received package is something many people look forward to. 'Finally you have received your purchased product and you open the package. What a disappointment, when it turns out that its contents are damaged'. Recognizable? For the customer it is annoying, but for you as a supplier, reputational damage is lurking. The customer's trust disappears faster than it takes to restore it.

We took care of the entire chain: we packaged the product, flew with it, saw to it that it was handled carefully and delivered it personally on the spot. It was a very valuable product. If it had arrived damaged or not on time, it would have affected the stock market value of our client's customer.'

This year, from October 13 to 20, no less than four teams of Dutch TU/HBO students are competing in the biennial World Solar Challenge Event. The goal is to cover a distance of 3,021 km on solar energy as quickly as possible. The race goes straight through Australia, from Darwin to Adelaide. TU Delft has been the winner several times before; since 2005 TU Twente has been a formidable competitor. As of 2013 TU Eindhoven also competes - successfully - in the Cruiser class and this year a team of MBO, HBO and WO students from Groningen will take on the challenge!