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Products that Last

Acknowledgements This book is the result of the research project Products that Last. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the Innovation-Oriented Research Programme ‘Integrated Product Creation and Realisation (IOP- IPCR)’ of the Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs, facilitated by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO).

The authors would like to thank our business partners in the Products That Last project consortium for their active cooperation and contribution to our research: Ahrend Produktiebedrijf Sint-Oedenrode, Beroepsorganisatie Nederlandse Ontwerpers (BNO), Enviu, Interface Nederland, Océ Technologies - A Canon Company, Koninklijke Auping,

PARK Noordeloos, Philips Electronics Nederland and Vodafone Libertel as well as those companies outside the consortium that helped shape our thinking by allowing us to interview their key people or working with us in student graduation projects. A special thank you goes to the Chair of our project committee Jos Oberdorf (npk design) as well as the RVO programme managers Michiel de Boer and Christien Dohmen and RVO programme consultant Joop Postema.

We would also like to express our thanks to all our TU Delft IDE students, who during their graduation projects or our lectures both challenged and supported us.