C.M. van ’t Land ran the seminar and consulting company Van ’t Land Processing between 1999 and 2020. Prior to that, he worked at Akzo Nobel Chemicals from 1968-2000 as process engineer, and later, process development manager and project leader. He is the author of Industrial Drying Equipment: Selection and Application, Industrial Crystallization of Melts, Drying in the Process Industry, and Safety in Design.