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September 10, 2015

Knowledge Circle Manufacturing Engineering visits Fokker Hoogeveen

About 15 employees of the Innovation Cluster Drachten will visit Fokker in Hoogeveen next Wednesday. This visit is an exchange of knowledge in the field of Manufacturing Engineering: an important field for companies that produce. Fokker has gained a lot of experience in the so-called Smart Factory project 1 and wants to…

September 10, 2015

Top talent MBO program completed

Last June 23, the final session of a special program for the better MBO students in the Northern region was held at Philips in Drachten. The assignment of this group was not an easy one: Create an educational sustainable water purification that is self-sufficient with energy consumption. The aim is to create an educational model that can be applied to the…

September 2, 2015

TEDxFryslân presents fascinating speakers

As a partner of TEDxFryslân, Innovatiecluster Drachten is proud of the fascinating and inspiring list of speakers. These speakers will give their TED talk on September 17, 15 in the De Lawei theater in Drachten. View the speakers at www.tedx.frl/speakers. Don't have a ticket for TEDxFryslây yet? Motivate on www.tedx.frl/register-now why you want “Work Hard, Play Hard”, the TEDxFryslân theme…

July 8, 2015

Belgian ambassador visiting Philips Drachten

DRACHTEN - The Belgian Ambassador Chris Hoornaert visited Philips Drachten together with King's Commissioner John Jorritsma on Monday 6 July. They also visited the Innovation Cluster in Drachten. At the department where they assemble the shavers in Drachten, Binne Visser from Philips showed one of…

June 25, 2015

ZiuZ strengthens the Innovatiecluster Drachten

Gorredijk, June 23, 2015 – With the signing of the statutes of the Innovation Cluster Drachten, ZiuZ Visual Intelligence today officially joined this partnership of high-tech companies in the Drachten region as the twelfth participant. In the meeting at ZiuZ in Gorredijk, the accession was confirmed by the signature of Gerrit Baarda, CEO…

June 18, 2015

ASKid wins Inventor Competition

For the third time, the Innovatiecluster Drachten organized the Inventors Competition in Schouwburg De Lawei on Tuesday, June 16. The twelve companies do this in collaboration with the municipality of Smallingerland. The students' assignment was to invent something that helps children with concentration problems to better absorb the lesson material. This year…

June 16, 2015

Together you achieve more

High-tech companies from the North joined forces in 2011 and formed the Innovatiecluster Drachten. The aim is to raise awareness of the area in and around Drachten as an innovative, technological and knowledge-intensive region. The results are not forthcoming. The companies exchange knowledge, together they are more attractive to (scarce) technical personnel and share…

27 May 2015

''Without cows in the meadow you will not learn to be a farmer''

DRACHTEN – Three of the twelve high-quality technical companies of the Innovatiecluster Drachten will open their doors on Saturday 6 June, during the national Dutch Technology Week, to give young and old a look at their high-tech kitchen. According to Roel ter Heide, director and owner of Whisper Power, students do not find technology attractive. ,,U.S…

21 May 2015

"Robotization not a threat, but an opportunity for work"

High Tech Discovery Route in Drachten ''Robotization not a threat, but an opportunity for work'' DRACHTEN – Three of the twelve high-quality technical companies of the Innovatiecluster Drachten will give a look behind the scenes for young and old on Saturday 6 June. With a special discovery route, anyone with an interest in technology can experience for themselves why working in the high…