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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.
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.
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.
'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.
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.