'Just do something you enjoy'This autumn, PhD candidate Luca Bouwmeester will complete her research into the properties of extremely thin layers of material. And that's not the only thing she sinks her teeth into. She’s always looking to latch onto to something else. Business controller Ruud Slot appreciates her energy and decisiveness. Like Luca, he is convinced that if you nurture your talent, you will progress naturally. As a person and as an organisation.Read more
Ysbrand Wijnant and Eric de Vries win 2021 Van den Kroonenberg AwardThe founders of 4Silence, Ysbrand Wijnant and Eric de Vries, won the Van den Kroonenberg Award this year. This entrepreneurial prize is awarded annually by the University Fund Twente; this year, during the Grand Finale of the UT Entrepreneurial Challenge 2021. The award goes to entrepreneurs who have proven that their UT spin-off has a right to exist. 4Silence develops and supplies noise reduction products along roads and railway tracks.
The company originated from research at the University of Twente. The basic concept emerged in 2007-2008. Ysbrand Wijnant worked at the UT Department of Technical Mechanics under Professor Tijdeman. He discovered how sound could affect sound. Together with the UT, Wijnant recorded the ideas in a patent that was obtained in 2009. With the support of NovelT, the company 4Silence was created based on this patent. Ysbrand Wijnant as CTO and Eric de Vries as CEO manage the company together. In recent years, the technical and economic viability has been proven in terms of the current market position, customers, revenue growth and result development. The company has shown steady development and clear choices have been made, resulting in a strong market position.Read more
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