News
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.
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.
Award winner VDH Products from Roden new addition Innovatiecluster Drachten
Once again an award winner joins Innovatiecluster Drachten, high tech company VDH Products BV from Roden. She is the official industry winner for the Measurement and Control Technology Industry of the National Business Success Award 2016 and will join the high-tech business cluster on Thursday 27 October.
Philips technician Jan Post professor of Digital Fabrication
,,A matter of the right time, the right dimensions and the right path. Science, industry and politicians agree that digitization is an important key to the future smart factory, in which governments, universities and companies, regionally, nationally and internationally, must work together.''
Hanze University of Applied Sciences and Innovatiecluster Drachten start their own technical course
The first for the new HBO course in Mechatronics in the Northern Netherlands is for high-tech company Neopost in Drachten. On behalf of Innovatiecluster Drachten (ICD), this high-tech company has set up its own course together with the Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen. Thirteen technicians had their first day of class last week.
Start Human Capital Agenda Innovatiecluster Drachten
On September 22, the kick-off meeting of the 'Human Capital Agenda - ICD' project took place at Neopost. A new initiative of the ICD - HR working group of the Innovatiecluster Drachten. All ICD companies and a large number of MBO schools from the Northern Netherlands were present at this meeting. There was a lot of enthusiasm and energy in the room to further improve the cooperation between the ICD companies and vocational education.
Variass celebrates: numerus fixus technology studies deadly for industry
High company Variass celebrated its 25th anniversary on Thursday 13 October with a substantive forum, the presentation of the new company logo and a staff party in the evening.
Festive opening ICD-Shared Facility Center
What a great day we had on Wednesday 12 October! Our own ICD-Shared Facility Center, in other words our high-tech field lab, is open.
Speech Kor Visscher at opening ICD Shared Facility Center
Speech Kor Visscher at the opening of our ICD Shared Facility Center, Wednesday 12 October 2016 in Drachten.