On December 11, 2025, Hans Teijgeler was honored with a Royal Decoration Ridder in de orde van Oranje-Nassau during a ceremony at the Council Chamber of Bergen (NH), The Netherlands. This recognition celebrates his outstanding contributions to standardization of engineering information and data within the process industry supply chain, a field in which he has been a driving force for more than three decades.
Through his work at the Engineering Contractor Fluor which is a member of the association USPI, and his participation in projects under ISO TC 184/SC 4 (Industrial data), Hans played a pivotal role in developing ISO 15926, an internationally recognized standard series that enables Integration and exchange of information and data across the process industry supply chain—independent of specific software systems. His efforts have significantly improved the quality and consistency of engineering information in the process industries, and addresses growing demands for safety, environmental compliance, efficiency, and speed to market.
Despite limited resources and a shrinking pool of engineering experts over the past decades, Hans’s commitment and expertise have resulted in a robust, theoretically sound, international standard that can be adopted in practice which we see happening in several companies. Based on learnings from this, a second edition is being developed in ISO TC 184/SC 4/WG 3.
The decoration was presented by the mayor of Bergen with some 40 people from family, friends, and USPI colleagues, present. He explained the depth and the meaning of the Royal Decoration given. Paul van Exel, Director ISO standardization of USPI, expressed the admiration and pride of Hans, as felt within USPI and across the global process industry. Peter Paul Pruijn, a colleague from Fluor, shared the company’s perspective and his personal feelings of respect and appreciation.
The Dutch Chancellery’s decision to award Hans Teijgeler a Royal Decoration underscores the lasting impact of his work and his dedication to advancing industry-wide collaboration and innovation.