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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."
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.
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...
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...
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...
VARIASS celebrates 25th anniversary
This year marks 25 years since Variass was born. The company wants to celebrate this anniversary together with its relations on Thursday, October 13, 2016 in “de Oude Suikerfabriek” in Groningen. According to the high-tech company, it will be "a substantive afternoon with an electronic & mechtronics sauce."
Nomination for upcoming ICD partner VDH Products in Roden
Our almost partner VDH Products BV in Roden has been nominated for the National Business Success Award 2016. In September, this innovative high-tech company will join our cluster and perhaps with the title of “most innovative company in the Netherlands in 2016”. The jury report of the National Business Award Institute is full of praise for VDH...
Robot spiders steal the show
Innovatiecluster Drachten congratulates Spider Scarjo as the winner of the NHL Spider Day 2016. Scarjo, named after the reference to Scarlett Johansson, wowed the audience with her speed and suppleness in the dance moves and stole the show. The third edition of Spider Day took place on Wednesday, June 22 on the NHL. In...
Saxion winner Inventor's Competition 2016
Robert the robot, who can create a real work of art controlled by music via an app, won the fourth edition of the Inventor's Competition on Thursday in Schouwburg de Lawei in Drachten. Willem van den Bogaard, Bas Nijkamp, Daniel Sauret and Machteld Vermeer, students of Saxion, demonstrated live how their robot made a work of art. Students of the...