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New addition to ICD: GeTech
On October 11, GeTech joined the Innovatiecluster Drachten. This brings the number of high-tech companies affiliated to the cluster to 22. To make the accession official, the ICD organized a ceremony in the presence of Henk Smid, treasurer of the ICD, Jan Geerts, CEO of GeTech, Mayor Cees Bijl and Alderman Jan Skipper,...
'Drachten hopes to have gold in his hands'
The 'Alliantie van Drachten' was signed on Friday 30 September! With this alliance we confirm Philips' collaboration with the municipality of Smallingerland, the Innovation Cluster Drachten, ROC Friese Poort, NHL Stenden, University of Groningen and the hospital Nij Smellinghe. A good example of collaboration within this alliance is the renovation and delivery of the SKILL building (Shared...
High Tech safari on product lifecycles
On September 20, a High Tech safari took place with about 50 students from the Industrial Product Design course at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen. During this safari, which focused on the life cycle of a product, they visited the companies Comecer, Philips and Sparck. At Comecer, Sjors gave the...
First pile for new NTS Norma premises
On September 14, 2022, the symbolic first pile was driven for the new NTS Norma building. The business premises will be realized by Bouwgroep Noord and will be built on WA Scholtenlaan in Drachten, with a visible location on the N31. This new building offers more space and better conditions for the production of ultra-precision parts and thus plays a role...
SRON discovers garbage dumps with large methane emissions using satellites
Using the Dutch space instrument Tropomi, the SRON methane research team identified methane emissions of 28 tons per hour at a garbage dump in Buenos Aires during a measurement in April 2021. In the various measurements, Buenos Aires, Delhi, Lahore and Mumbai stood out, because the emissions in those cities are on average twice as high...
Big 5 Podcasts
In our new podcast series we discuss the latest trends and developments in innovative technology. We discuss, among other things, the difference between telemetry, remote sensoring & Big Data, and we discuss how far we have come with Renewable power and energy. What can the latest technology mean for healthcare? How...
Regional joining of forces is a catalyst for growth in high-tech
Article Ondernemend Friesland Purchasing 3D printers together, captivating and retaining students of different educational levels, bringing talent back to Drachten and attracting companies that add something to the largest high-tech cluster in the Northern Netherlands. Innovatiecluster Drachten (ICD) does it. Program manager Joost Krebbekx: “One of our objectives is to captivate and bind people. This applies to school leavers, but also to...
Students of NHL Stenden close academic year with symposium
The end of the academic year has come, also for students of the Associate degree Associate degree Industrial Automation and Robotics at NHL Stenden. This dual training consists of theory and practice, in which the students work at a company to gain practical experience. In the last 10 weeks of Module 3, the students worked in...
Farewell to Jaap van de Loosdrecht, lecturer at NHL Stenden
A meeting was held on Thursday 7 July as a farewell to lecturer Jaap van de Loosdrecht of NHL Stenden. Jaap is the founder of the Vision community in the Northern Netherlands. His passion for images was not only expressed in his work, but also in his private life. In this way, hobby and work merged seamlessly. Businesses...