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October 8, 2018

'Innovatiecluster Drachten boost for innovation in the Northern Netherlands'

“The biggest innovative impulse for the Northern Netherlands comes from the high-tech manufacturing industry under the name Innovatiecluster Drachten.” This is the conclusion of ING in its annual report on the manufacturing industry in the Netherlands.

September 3, 2018

Binne Visser new chairman Innovatiecluster Drachten

He thinks we should promote the high-tech industry in the Northern Netherlands a little better. Especially because we are attractive to young talent. Exactly the target group that our new chairman Binne Visser (1968) wants to reach.

19 Jul 2018

VDH Products nominated for 'Drenste Company of the Year'

Ten Drenthe companies, including our partner VDH Products, have been nominated for the title 'Drentse Onderneming van 2018'.

July 4, 2018

'Millions of shavers a year! That is a lot!'

How expensive is a robot? Can he get up on his own if he falls? When will more robots come to help us? 26 Pupils of primary school Koningin Wilhelmina from Hollum ask more questions than can be answered during their visit to the Philips factory in Drachten on 25 June.

June 28, 2018

'Companies are looking for employees for whom it makes sense to share knowledge'

Better tailoring technology training to the needs of companies. Let students have more control over what they want to learn and regularly send teachers on internships. These are the most important ingredients for the collaboration between the high-tech companies of Innovatiecluster Drachten and the regional training centers ROC Friese Poort, Friesland College and Alfa College. On Thursday 28 June they signed a unique cooperation agreement.

June 27, 2018

First student course 'ICD mechatronics' passed

Proud and a little nervous, eight employees of Neopost Technologies, Philips, Delta Instuments and BD Kiestra received their diploma 'Leergang Mechatronics' on Wednesday 27 June. This group is the first batch of the special HBO course, designed based on the wishes of Innovatiecluster Drachten.

June 20, 2018

State Secretary Keijzer on a high-tech safari

At the invitation of the Province of Fryslân, State Secretary Mona Keijzer of Economic Affairs & Climate visited our high-tech business cluster on Monday 18 June. She was given a 'best practice' explained by ZiuZ and was given a tour of the production location in Drachten by host Variass.

June 11, 2018

High Tech Safari Industry Northern Netherlands: 'Data plus knowledge is the success to make or save money'

No innovation without big data. But what should you imagine in practice with this? That is what the boards and managers of thirty industrial companies in the Northern Netherlands wanted to know. That is why they came to Philips in Drachten on Thursday 7 June for the fifth edition of the High Tech Safari Industry Northern Netherlands.

June 9, 2018

Internship market Dutch Technology Week 2018: "Nothing is sold here, this is a real internship market"

On Saturday 9 June, at least eighty students from the Northern Netherlands, 12 of whom are international, will be attracted to the internship and graduation offer from the high-tech companies of Innovatiecluster Drachten.