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Trip to “Innovatie Land”

In 2015, the Netherlands came in at an impressive 4th place in the Global Innovation Index ranking published by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), which is the organization that manages applications under the international Patent Cooperation Treaty. According to this ranking, the only countries considered to be even more innovative were Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Sweden.

A group of about 20 representatives of German precast plants, industry associations and BFT International recently embarked on a journey to get a first-hand impression of the equally innovative Dutch...

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