DSTI is a virtual institute in which industry, universities and institutes work closely together to develop breakthrough separation technologies for application in different sectors of the process industry. “Together we can take bigger steps, have more impact, and share the risks”. The result will be a considerable improvement of the competitive position of the Dutch process industry.
So far, 39 companies from the food, pharmaceutical, oil and gas, chemical and process water industry and 8 knowledge centers have joined DSTI. The institute’s budget for the first year is € 10 million; there are plans to double this in the near future. Companies and knowledge centers pay 50% and the Department for Economic Affairs contributes the remaining 50%.
The coordination and meeting center of DSTI is in Amersfoort. This is a city centrally located in the Netherlands.

What makes DSTI unique?

• Co-operation with all stakeholders in process industry including small and medium enterprises 
• Research program derived from long term business drivers and trends = up front need articulation
• Program covers whole process from knowledge creation to implementation
• All partners (industry, institutes, universities) are actively involved in definition and execution of the program
• Organization structure is market oriented
• Funding based on in-cash and in-kind contributions
• Project definition manager and project manager from industry