The Netherlands is not a country of merchants, but of engineers. We don't earn our money by trading cleverly, but by making things. From chip machines to Mars bars: the whole world wants them....
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The Dutch energy transition is going much better than you might think. So says Olof van der Gaag, the chairman of the Dutch Sustainable Energy Association (NVDE)....
Universities should be at the foundation of the Dutch knowledge economy. But they hardly convert their knowledge into business. As a result, the Netherlands is missing out on billions. How to turn the tide?
Gloom prevails over Dutch industry. It is said to be on the verge of collapse, especially in the port of Rotterdam. But the strange thing is that various industry figures actually show optimism. Much more than in other countries....
In one week, both the CO2 tax and the customization agreements for industry came under threat. What does it mean for the future of industry in the Netherlands that even the two most well thought out plans from The Hague turn out not to work?....
The Netherlands has the largest chip industry in Europe. That industry will grow very rapidly in the coming years. The Netherlands faces a choice: will it make room for this growth, or will it let the sector wither away?