News

17 Feb 2022

Delegation of Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs visits ICD companies

On Friday 11 February, Focco Vijselaar, Director-General for Business and Innovation of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate, visited a number of ICD companies. Allard van Dijk, Sr. advisor at the Ministry of Economic Affairs in the North region, Adriaan Beenen, Regional Ambassador for North and Jos Darwinkel, Sr. policy officer team North of the ministries of EZ and Climate/Agriculture,...

15 Feb 2022

Great deal of interest in companies contact lunch

On February 15, the Tech Hub Assen took place, a business contact lunch for students. More than 80 students attended this event from the Smart Industry program of the Drenthe college and the Electrical Engineering programmes, the minor Industrial Automation and the Master's program Smart System Engineering of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences. Twelve entrepreneurs each told in two minutes...

January 24, 2022

Deputy Friso Douwstra visits ICD companies

On Friday 21 January, the new Frisian deputy Friso Douwstra paid introductory visits to three companies of the Innovatiecluster Drachten (ICD). The ICD aimed to provide more insight into what the cluster does, which companies and knowledge institutions are affiliated and what the future plans are to further strengthen mutual knowledge sharing and cooperation. At the...

January 19, 2022

Omron and ICD confirm their cooperation

On January 19, a visit was made by OMRON, represented by Barry Oorbeek, Key Account Manager Industry solutions and Rob Verbeek, marketing manager. The purpose of the visit was to celebrate and reinforce the collaboration with the ICD. Attention was also paid to how OMRON wants to give substance to the cooperation on the...

January 18, 2022

On High Tech Safari with Isaac Newton

On January 18, a digital High Tech Safari took place for Isaac Newton. 15 students from this study association for Mechanical Engineering of the TU Twente took part. The Safari focused on modern technologies in the field of robotics, 3D printing, renewable energy and Big data. The program consisted of a short introduction...

December 23, 2021

Astron shares Wireless Data Lab

Astron launches the so-called Wireless Data Lab. Researchers and entrepreneurs from all over the Northern Netherlands can make use of Astron's knowledge and resources. This is beneficial for Astron as well as for companies. The new measuring equipment for the lab has arrived and companies in the Northern Netherlands can immediately use the new facility. "We...

December 1, 2021

High Tech Career Matchmaking at Engineering the Future

During Engineering the Future of Hanze University we organised last week the High Tech Career Matchmaking with our 20+ high-tech companies in the North especially for students.

December 1, 2021

Haptic feedback by measuring movements

Kwant Controls, one of the world's leading manufacturers of marine joysticks and vessel propulsion control systems, has been using haptic feedback in their products for many years. During a knowledge session earlier this week, they shared knowledge on how to enable bi-directional interaction with the machine operator (operator) using the...

November 24, 2021

Principia Prize 2021

The Principia Prize 2021 took place on Thursday 18 November. 35 mechanical engineering master's students, divided over 9 teams, examined the case of Stork Turbo Blading. They were observed and judged by an expert jury.