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14 Oct 2016

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.

14 Oct 2016

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.

13 Oct 2016

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.

13 Oct 2016

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.

October 12, 2016

Lead in high-tech Northern Netherlands thanks to new field lab

The possibilities in high tech are endless, but so are the challenges. Every reason for Innovatiecluster Drachten (ICD) to open a Shared Facility Center in Drachten where companies and researchers work together on the future. This takes place in the oldest piece of industrial heritage in Drachten, the Philips AA building. They will share pre-competitive knowledge and experience and an industrial 3D metal printer will be housed there. "In this way we give the Northern Netherlands a head start in the high-tech industry."

October 10, 2016

Nobel Prize for collaboration partner RuG

We congratulate University of Groningen on behalf of our 15 high tech partners on achieving this great recognition; the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for professor and chemist Ben Feringa.

September 21, 2016

YP Your Partner presents the HoloLens

By now everyone has heard of it, but only a few have seen or experienced it: Microsoft's HoloLens. According to many experts, these so-called 'augmented reality' glasses are the beginning of a new era. On October 25, our partner YP Your Partner will present the HoloLens including a self-developed augmented reality application on the...

29 August 2016

Grand opening Resato office Assen

Resato will open the doors of its new building in Assen on September 9 with a “Grand Opening”. After having Roden as its home base for 25 years, our high-tech partner has created a new workplace. "To realize the growth of our company, the staff and our ambitions," say CEO Rob Castien and...

29 August 2016

ZIUZ makes drug delivery safe and reliable

Handing out and taking wrong medicines is a thing of the past thanks to IRIS from high-tech company ZIUZ. The compact machine automatically checks bags with tablets and capsules for correctness. Hospital nurses no longer have to sort medicines or pay attention to the right combinations. The process of creating and distributing medicines is fully digitally controlled. Hospital Pharmacist...