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5 Feb 2018

'Th3 L3g0 H4ck3rz' from Delft winner ICD Robot Programming Award

'Th3 L3g0 H4ck3rz' from Delft is one of the winners of the Benelux Final of the First LEGO League, which was played in Leeuwarden on Saturday 3 February. From the hands of our chairman Kor Visscher, this team received the 'Innovatiecluster Drachten Robot Programming Award' for the best programming work.

2 Feb 2018

City without electricity? Call Sneek

Wonderful article in the Leeuwarder Courant on the occasion of Stork Turbo Blading joining our cluster. 

22 January 2018

,,Becoming a member of Innovatiecluster Drachten is no brainer''

“A company that has existed for 190 years is an example of adaptability to the market.” With these words, Kor Visscher welcomed Stork Turbo Blading from Sneek at Innovatiecluster Drachten on Friday 19 January.

January 19, 2018

Stork Turbo Blading newest member Innovatiecluster Drachten

With the entry of Stork, during a festive gathering on Friday 19 January in Sneek, Innovatiecluster Drachten now connects 18 international and highly innovative high-tech companies in the Northern Netherlands. 

December 18, 2017

André Kuipers guest at EDU-robotics event

Astronaut André Kuipers is the main guest during the Frisian EDU-robotics event on 21 February in Leeuwarden.

December 8, 2017

EDU robotics challenge winners go to Philips Drachten

After handing out more than 400 robots to all Frisian primary schools, it is time to see them all 'alive and well'. That is why we are holding the Frisian EDU robotics event on Wednesday 21 February 2018. Here it will also be announced which school has won the vlog challenge and will win an exclusive tour at Philips in Drachten.

November 27, 2017

Zero defect with paperless operator support in assembly

Despite the robotization and digitization, part of the work in the high-tech industry remains human handiwork. How can this manual work be done as optimally as possible? Ten Northern high-tech companies discussed this with TNO, at the invitation of the Knowledge Circle Manufacturing Engineering of Innovatiecluster Drachten.

November 23, 2017

Opening talk third edition TEDxFryslân by high tech entrepreneur Gerrit Baarda now online

Our partner Gerrit Baarda (Ziuz) opened the third edition of TEDxFryslân in Thialf Heerenveen on 5 October, with a personal and inspiring story. A nice report in the latest issue of Ondernemend Friesland (OF).

20 Nov 2017

Big Data lecture: setting up astronomical databases or starting small?

Big data will remain an explosive subject for a while. LINK Magazine draws this conclusion after the knowledge session that our cluster organized at Resato in October in collaboration with the trade journal.