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Second RUG lecture
In the series of lectures from the University of Groningen, the second lecture was given by Dr A. Vakis last Wednesday. He provided an extensive overview of recent studies carried out by the Advanced Production Engineering department so that an image was created where the strength of this department lies. The Advanced Production Engineering department is a...
"Innovatiecluster Drachten impressive collaboration"
Entrepreneurs and directors visit high-tech company Whisper Power in Drachten High Tech Safari for ING relations The management and relations of ING Northern Netherlands find the collaboration between our companies within Innovatiecluster Drachten impressive. On Thursday, May 26, as part of the Dutch Technology Week 2016, they experienced a High Tech Safari at Whisper Power and...
Dutch Technology Week 2016 a great success
No fewer than 5,500 visitors experienced our High Tech Discovery Route on Saturday, May 28, during the Dutch Technology Week 2016. At Philips Drachten and Neopost, our companies presented their latest high tech and visitors could "play" with robots, collect aircraft parts and assemble and package them themselves. experience the important role high tech plays in our daily...
Our Solar Boat unveiled! Have you spotted it yet?
It has been revealed and we are very proud of our Solar Boat! Friday afternoon 27 May at Whisper Power in Drachten the guys from the Solar Team showed our boat, which we will race in the Dutch Solar Challenge 2016. We start on 2 July in Amsterdam for a tour through the canals and sprint races on...
Just a little patience…
Also curious about our Solar boat that we will race in the Dutch Solar Challenge 2016? We will present it on Friday, May 27! We will do this at 4 p.m. at high-tech company Whisper Power, one of our partners. You are very welcome. Together with Whisper Power we have put together a solar team that works hard...
Discover the High Tech companies of Drachten – DTW 2016
Have you always wanted to take a look behind the scenes of a real High Tech company, where the future is already being made today? This is possible on Saturday 28 May in Drachten, during the High Tech Discovery Route in the Dutch Technology Week 2016. Discovery Route The 14 High Tech companies of Innovatiecluster Drachten will present themselves that Saturday...
Variass helps build largest radio telescope
From left to right: Alexander J. Brink (Head of Science Alliances at IBM and Chairman Steering Board Dome), Jet Bussemaker (Minister of Education, Culture and Science) and Henk Smid (Managing Director Variass). Variass will produce the first series of 26 64-bit microservers for the largest and most sensitive radio telescope ever built, the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). Variass is doing this on behalf of ASTRON and...
Very successful first RUG lecture
On Wednesday April 13th the first lecture was given by the University of Groningen (RUG) for the members of the Innovatiecluster Drachten. By organizing these lectures we hope to gain more insight into all the interesting departments that the RUG has to offer. In the presence of 22 interested engineering from 7 different companies, professor Jayawardhana gave a...
Enthusiastic girls during a successful Girslday Drachten
More than 300 girls from schools in Drachten and the surrounding area experienced Girlsday 2016 on Thursday 14 April. A day with activities especially for girls with an interest in technology. Innovatiecluster Drachten offered the girls a special programme at the locations of the high-tech companies Philips, Whisper Power and BD. While at the location of Whisper Power...