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29 Nov 2016

US Backcountry.com buys three CVP-500 packing stations

The American Backcountry.com, one of the largest online outdoor specialists in the United States, has purchased three CVP-500 packing stations from Neopost Shipping in Drachten. Two machines will be placed in their distribution centers in North America and one will run at the European warehouse in Stuttgart, Germany. The sale brings the total number of machines installed in the United States to four since the CVP-500 was launched in early 2016.

21 Nov 2016

Neopost honored with French All4Pack innovation award

At the All4pack fair, our partner Neopost was awarded the French All4Pack innovation award, in the category machines, systems, equipment.

21 Nov 2016

Old and new world merge at Philips in Drachten

The Philips factory in Drachten is the world's largest production and development house for home appliances. The Eindhovens Dagblad made a nice report about our partner.

November 18, 2016

Kwant Controls newest member Innovatiecluster Drachten

High-tech company Kwant Controls from Sneek, winner of the prestigious Rolls Royce Innovation and Technology Award, has been the newest member of Innovatiecluster Drachten since Friday 18 November.

November 10, 2016

Precision fair 2016: meeting point for precision technology

The Precision Fair, the meeting point for companies and organizations active in high and ultra-precision technology, is a combination of a trade fair and a conference with an international reputation and will be held on 16 and 17 November in the NH Conference Center Koningshof in Veldhoven.

November 7, 2016

Variass provides seminar at Astron and IBM Center

On November 17, Variass will host a Design for Testability seminar at Astron and IBM Center on the testing of analog and digital systems.

November 2, 2016

'Innovating is managing the chance of coincidence'

Six innovators had a cup of coffee together at the Knowledge and Innovation House (KEI) Northeast Fryslân in Buitenpost. In the person of program manager Joost Krebbekx, our business cluster participated in this roundtable discussion about innovation.

31 Oct 2016

3D printing training for innovation technicians

3D printing is hot! That is why technicians from Irmato, Philips, Neopost and Norma followed a special training on 3D printing during the autumn holidays. To increase insight and knowledge about the possibilities and applications. To conclude the training, the students paid a visit to the Fraunhofer research institute in Aachen.

28 Oct 2016

Students enjoy technology to the full

The 55 first-year Electrical Engineering students of the NHL reacted enthusiastically, curiously and passionately during the High Tech Safari of the Innovatiecluster Drachten. They were eye-to-eye with the most modern product, IT and process technologies.