TechTalks

Innovation in action

What turns a promising idea into an innovation that creates real customer value? Discover how curiosity, collaboration, and testing can transform new thinking into practical solutions.

In this special TechTalks episode, host Linda Ekwall meets award winners Richard Salloum, Vanderson Lopes, and Rob Hoogmartens. Together, they explore innovations in semiconductor manufacturing, offshore nitrogen generation, and sand printing for serial production.

Hear how listening to customers, testing ideas, working with partners, and learning along the way can turn ideas into practical solutions. Because innovation is not only about technology. It is also about staying curious, challenging established ways, and finding a better way.

Get to know the experts

Turning problems into innovations 

Meet Richard Salloum, Senior Marketing Manager

Making room for new ideas 

Meet Rob Hoogmartens, Technology leader

Tackle challenges and new technologies 

Meet Vanderson Lopes, Head of Business and Products

Building confidence in critical connections

What keeps a wind turbine standing, a bridge secure, or a mining machine running safely? Often, it comes down to a critical connection where precision, control, and confidence matter: the bolted joint.
TechTalks episode 8 team photo in studio