Today’s high-tech manufacturers push beyond what standard equipment was designed to do. Yet developing new manufacturing capabilities or making existing ones more effective requires expertise rarely available in-house. TNO at Holst Centre provides the knowledge, facilities and partner network to remove those constraints and turn manufacturing ambitions into reality. 

Holst Centre's Contribution

TNO’s New Manufacturing Technologies (NMT) team at Holst Centre brings together a multidisciplinary team of experts – scientists, engineers and manufacturing specialists – to tackle challenges that standard equipment cannot solve. The advanced and additive manufacturing solutions we develop often exceed what conventional machinery can achieve. While our primary focus is on manufacturing technologies for photonics, semiconductors, batteries and health applications, we are equipped to address a broad range of manufacturing challenges. We optimise equipment design, integration, processes and applications. 

NMT develops next-generation processes and equipment that push the boundaries of precision, speed and design freedom. The Equipment Development Team can also design entirely new technologies that meet, or exceed, our partners’ exacting standards. In the Work & Model Shop, these designs are prototyped and validated, from hardware to software to integration. When needed, we access a broad network of expert partners in the manufacturing ecosystem to ensure a robust development team.