STICHTING S-ISPT

Their core work

S-ISPT (Institute for Sustainable Process Technology) is a Dutch foundation that orchestrates industrial collaboration on sustainable process technologies, with a strong focus on industrial symbiosis — getting factories and industrial parks to share resources like waste heat, water, and minerals. They bridge industry, research, and policy to accelerate the transition toward circular industrial processes, particularly in water treatment, resource recovery, and inter-company energy exchange. Their work spans from textile wastewater reuse to designing frameworks for energy cooperation across industrial sites and eco-regions.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In their early H2020 period (2015–2016), S-ISPT was involved in industry networking events (IND2016 conference on smart industries) and exploratory process technology projects like bio-based solvents (PROVIDES) and textile wastewater reuse (ECWRTI). From 2017 onward, their focus sharpened decisively toward industrial symbiosis, circular resource flows, and inter-site energy cooperation — keywords like "brine effluent," "minerals recovery," "heat exchange," and "eco region" dominate their recent portfolio. The trajectory shows a clear maturation from broad industry facilitation toward a specialized niche in making industrial parks and clusters operate as circular ecosystems.

S-ISPT is converging on industrial symbiosis as its core identity — expect future projects on inter-site resource sharing, waste-to-value chains, and regional circular economy frameworks for industrial clusters.

How they like to work

S-ISPT splits evenly between leading and joining consortia (3 as coordinator, 3 as participant), suggesting they are comfortable both driving projects and contributing expertise to others' initiatives. With 80 unique partners across 19 countries, they operate as a well-connected hub rather than a loyal-partner organization — typical for a foundation whose mission is to bring diverse industrial and research actors together. Working with them likely means access to a broad Dutch and European network of process industry players.

S-ISPT has collaborated with 80 unique partners across 19 countries, indicating a broad European network well beyond the Netherlands. Their partner base likely spans universities, process industry companies, and water/energy utilities given their project themes.

What sets them apart

S-ISPT occupies a rare position as an independent foundation that sits between industry, academia, and government to orchestrate practical industrial symbiosis — not just studying it but designing the frameworks and testing them on real industrial sites. Their combination of water treatment expertise, energy exchange design, and multi-actor governance makes them a strong anchor partner for any consortium targeting circular industrial parks or regional resource optimization. Based in the Netherlands — one of Europe's most process-industry-dense regions — they have direct access to chemical, food, and manufacturing clusters where these solutions can be demonstrated.

Highlights from their portfolio

• ECWRTI
  Their largest funded project (EUR 581K) as coordinator, tackling textile wastewater reuse — a concrete industrial application demonstrating their process technology roots.
• ZERO BRINE
  Ambitious circular economy project addressing the full value chain of industrial brine — from water and mineral recovery to waste heat — exemplifying their industrial symbiosis expertise.
• R-ACES
  Most recent coordinated project (EUR 545K) designing energy cooperation frameworks for industrial sites and eco-regions — represents where the organization is heading.