Environment and energy Pioneers in international business

Environment and energy

Pioneers in international business


From a 17th-century water mill…


to environmental care and energy

Wind energy


Biological water purification


Solar energy


Solar car


Agrotechnology


Agrotechnology


Water purification


Water purification


Pioneers in International Business



Environmental industryCharacteristics

• The environmental industry is a growing part of the Dutch economy

• Most companies in the Dutch environmental industry are SMEs

• The Dutch environmental industry is an innovative sector, in particular environmental services

• Export is of growing importance for Dutch environmental companies


Environmental industrySubsidiary sectors

There are 1455 companies in total in the Dutch environmental industry

Activities:

• design and engineering

• equipment manufacturingand assembly

• consultancy

Specializations:

• non-chemical waste

• chemical waste

• water treatment/purification

• soil treatment/ decontamination

• air treatment/purification

• noise pollution


Environmental industryExpertise

Some examples of advanced Dutch expertise

• biological in-situ soil remediation

• biological water purification (including anaerobic technology)

• full recycling of non-chemical and chemical waste, turned into high-calorie energy and compost

• turning medical waste into high-calorie and sterile fuel

• software for combating noise pollution

Pioneers in international businessPioneers in International Business


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Environment and energy Pioneers in international business