June 2021
Euromex Microscopes
Euromex Microscopes BV is a leading manufacturer of microscopes and other high-performance optical instruments. Founded in 1956, Euromex has become a first-class supplier of biological and stereo microscopes, and since 2016 it has been a valued partner of PIEK’s. Euromex is operating in over 120 countries worldwide via distributors, suppliers and agents. A wide range of customers such as schools [...]
Agriculture going state of the art
With an ever growing world population the need to make agriculture more efficient and effective has grown. Technological developments and innovations make the difference, and a number of them will be shown in this article. Nanotechnology In agriculture nanotechnology is still in its infancy, though some developments are promising and have already been tested and implemented. One of the developments [...]
May 2021
Cybercrime: choose prevention over cure.
The Corona virus is currently all over the news, and the problem of cybercrime is no longer front-page news. Nevertheless, despite these hard times cyber criminals do not feel any scruples breaking into systems, even hospital systems. In a few articles we will tackle this theme and update you on what is going on. We will deal with such aspect [...]
The office of the future
Years ago the paperless office was expected to be the office of the future. In practice it still turns out to be a utopia to function without paper at an office, also because rules and regulations require this from organisations. Other technological developments in the meantime are pushing another phenomenon into our lives: the contactless office. In this article we [...]
April 2021
Building in the next decade
Waste is an architect´s design error. This is what Dr Elma Dumirsevic stated in her vision of circular building. Whether there will be many design errors in the future remains to be seen. One thing that is certain, though, is that today´s construction industry will not be that of 2030, because it is developing very rapidly. Construction firms tapping into [...]
Cybercrime and prevention. How contradictory is this?
Before we dig into the subject of preventing cybercrime, we would like to explain a few terms. You hear a lot about cyberattacks, in these Corona times too, and about security breaches, data theft, etc. What does all this mean? Hackers or hacker groups have developed so-called malware to support or facilitate their criminal activities. Their aims are the following: [...]
Medical robots
Developments in the field of medical robots are extremely fast. The breakneck speed leads to malicious gossip about surgeons no longer being needed and robots taking over the operating theatres, but such anxiety is uncalled for. Surgeons will always have a dominating presence in operating theatres, but they will more and more often be assisted by smart, ultra-small medical robots. [...]
March 2021
Hotraco
Hotraco develops innovative automation systems that help users to get the best possible results for animals, crops and people. Hotraco offers regulation, control and monitoring solutions for four segments: Hotraco Agri, Hotraco Horti, Mooij Agro and HG Industrial. Hotraco Agri‘s core business is regulating, managing and monitoring in-stable processes for poultry and pig farming. This ranges from ventilation and climate [...]
Every customer is a CUSTOMER
Your success is also PIEK´s success. That is why the complete PIEK team is always at your beck and call when it comes to education. This is quite apparent from the evaluations that PIEK receives from its customers. Below you can find some quotes found in the evaluation forms and in the annual customer satisfaction survey: ‘Everything runs smoothly. The [...]
The future of Logistics
Logistics is booming. Because of the COVID-19 virus more and more products are bought online, which have to be delivered to private individuals and companies. Below we would like to share a number of developments with you which could be inspiring for your own organisation. Wal-Mart is a huge US retailer experimenting with autonomously driving cars built by Nuro. In [...]
Outsourcing: outdated
More and more organisations are finding that outsourcing is not a panacea to reduce costs. A few decades ago outsourcing was hot. Organisations looked at which operations they could cut from the core, so which activities they could contract out. They also made agreements about deliverables and the required quality levels. On paper this made these organisations more cost-effective, but [...]
February 2021
Fire-fighting
Time has not stood still in fire-fighting. We have been faced with many major fires in the last few years. There were forest fires in Sichuan province, China, there was the devastating fire in Notre Dame cathedral, Paris, and there were huge fires in California and Australia. Every day firefighters are risking their lives to save others. They can lose [...]
Awacs: Airborne Warning and Control System
Since the defence industry is a major partner for PIEK, regular visits are paid to the main players. One recent visit was to AWACS in Geilenkirchen. AWACS was established by NATO at the end of the 1970s to protect the European airspace against possible attacks from the then USSR. A German air force base was turned into the main AWACS [...]
Cyberattacks: indirect attack on economic growth?
The time of Bonnie and Clyde has long gone, when banks were robbed by people with guns. These days guns are no longer necessary. Today’s criminal has his laptop as a weapon and has enough technical knowledge to get around firewalls, etc. This may sound simplistic, but the fact is that the number of cyberattacks has significantly increased, since banks [...]
To the top with PIEK
Mount Everest is the Earth's highest mountain above sea level, located in the Himalayas, Nepal.
January 2021
3D printing in health care: giving an arm and a leg to the underprivileged
All over the world, there are about 30 million people who have to go without various limbs as a result of a war, violence, accidents, etc. Only a small number of those people is fortunate enough to get a prosthetic limb, namely 6 million people. 3D printing could make a great difference here, as it would also allow the underprivileged [...]
