- July 8, 2007
- Posted by: EARSC
- Category: Members News
TNO is a leading European non-profit contract research organisation with a 556 MEuro turnover in 2004. About 4,900 employees provide a broad portfolio with deliverables ranging from R&D towards high-end marketable products, services and applications. Innovative solutions are provided to client worldwide – small and large organisations in both the public and private sectors.
The core areas are:
- TNO Quality of Life,
- TNO Defense, Security and Safety,
- TNO Science and Industry,
- TNO Built Environment and Geosciences, and
- TNO Information and Communication Technology.
TNO Space acts as joint cross-sectional operation between all five core areas, set up to support innovation in the international space community. TNO has a long track record – over 30 years – of space developments and projects. Most of our projects are carried out in alliance with ESA and Dutch space-related programmes, with various components and systems selected by the international industrial players. At home, we have formed partnerships with other Dutch players in the space field.
TNO is a partner in launching, in orbit and for applications (like earth observations), and active in the upstream as well as downstream sector. TNO is participating in the Dutch Technology Transfer Programme.
