Introduction of new WIC members

We are happy to announce that we started the new year with over 150 members.  For an overview of all members, click here. 

Since September 2022 (our last introduction of new members), we welcomed 17 new organisations:

Virya Energy is the sustainable energy pillar of Colruyt Group and of Korys, the investment vehicle of the Colruyt family. Virya and its subsidiaries (Eoly Energy, Parkwind and Eurowatt) own and operate more than 1GW of green power capacity worldwide and are active in numerous green hydrogen production projects such as Hyoffwind and projects in Terneuzen and Vlissingen.

Bosal is a manufacturer and supplier of quality automotive and industrial products, which is currently developing a new branch of products based on solid oxide technology.  Their ambition is to realise a mass-production system for solid oxide electrolysers and fuel cells in the coming decade.

Euroports is one of the largest port-infrastructure companies in Europe. Each year they handle more than 60 million tons of liquid, bulk, breakbulk and containerised goods. They develop, operate and manage global maritime supply-chain solutions for international customers in specific industry sectors.

Swagelok Belux is a supplier of the Swagelok components, a.o. tube fittings, valves and regulators, but is also a partner for many companies by providing support for the assembly of their components and supplying custom made solutions. They have also expertise in the use of their components in hydrogen equipment.

Hyster Yale designs, engineers, manufactures, sells and services a comprehensive line of lift trucks and aftermarket parts marketed globally primarily under the Hyster^® and Yale^® brand names. Subsidiaries of Hyster-Yale Group include Nuvera Fuel Cells, LLC, an alternative-power technology company focused on fuel cell stacks and engines.

Emerson is an international company, which manufactures products and provides engineering services for industrial, commercial, and consumer markets. Emerson brings sustainable solutions to vital industries like power, life sciences, food and beverage, heating and cooling, energy, food service and more. Their capabilities are on energy source decarbonization, electrification and system integration, emissions management, and energy efficiency and optimization.

Luyckx works as a specialist in distribution and service of equipment for civil engineering, goods handling and agriculture. They have constructed together with CMB Tech the first dual fuel excavator on hydrogen.

C-energy focuses on energy management and ‘energy as a service’ and uses different sustainable technologies, a.o. hydrogen, to realise low cost and low carbon energy solutions. C-energy and the Cordeel group have experience with hydrogen for mobility applications with a refuelling station in Temse and a few fuel cell cars.

Tialoc Belgium is as an engineering company closely involved with the technology development of hydrogen process and hydrogen combustion reaching the best possible emissions. Tialoc serves a wide range of industrial markets, especially in chemicals & petrochemical, oil & gas, power & renewable energy, semiconductors & photovoltaic, as well as food & beverage.

TNO is the Dutch research organisation, that works with national and international partners on making the industry more sustainable. They are working on several solutions related to Power2Heat,  Power2Hydrogen via innovative electrolyser technology, power-to-fuels/chemicals and Solar2Hydrogen with production of hydrogen via photo-chemical processes.  

Ortus SA is an inland barge operator. They are looking for opportunities to transport hydrogen over water.

Ruitenberg groep is active in different sectors of inland barging. They consist of Ruijtenberg Shipping BV,  Jenero BV, Othello Shipping BV, Rivierenpoort BV, Ruijtenberg Maritiem BV en ShipVision BV.

ATCP is part of the VTTI group. VTTI is one of the world’s leading storage providers for energy and other essential products like chemicals. Located at major shipping crossroads and supply gateways, VTTI provides over 10 million cubic metres of storage capacity across five continents. ATPC is looking for storage solutions in hydrogen and its derivatives.

Vandersanden is a manufacturer of bricks, facade systems, brick slips, and pavers for buildings and streets…. They have the ambition to operate completely CO2-neutral by 2050 and are strongly investing in sustainable products and production methods.  Hydrogen can be an energy carrier to fuel some of their processes.

KBC is a Belgian bank, that is more and more investing in renewable energy products and wants to monitor the developments in hydrogen as one of the promising technologies.

Kalmar is offering cargo handling equipment, automation, software and services. The Kalmar product range includes straddle and shuttle carriers, reachstackers, empty container handlers, terminal tractors and forklift trucks. Kalmar’s offering also covers maintenance contracts, technical support, spare parts, training and crane upgrades and Kalmar One automation system. Bromma spreaders are also part of the Kalmar business area. They are looking for opportunities in hydrogen powered equipment.

Somarine is active in consultancy for inland barging. Their main focus in hydrogen developments lies on the propulsion of inland barges, but also on the transport of it.