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Into space with Innovatiecluster Drachten
Students of the University of Twente can take a space trip on the campus in Enschede today, during the start of the annual Business Days for students. The journey goes to the recently discovered planet 'No. 9', where Innovatiecluster Drachten has made a successful landing. At the invitation of the Twente students, the high-tech companies of Innovatiecluster Drachten present...
Students face-to-face with the most modern high tech
90 students from the Alfa College in Groningen were given the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes at five high-tech companies of Innovatiecluster Drachten. They came face-to-face with the most modern technological developments. The students were taken on a High Tech Safari along BD Kiestra, Variass, Delta Instruments, WhisperPower and YP Your Partner. One...
Delta Instruments part of PerkinElmer
"This acquisition offers us good opportunities for further growth," says Anne Gerben Terpstra of Delta Instruments. High-tech company Delta Instruments has been taken over by the American company PerkinElmer. This American high-tech company is a global player in the field of health and safety for people in their living environment. With 7,700 employees, the company is...
I look for the twinkle in the eyes of customers
Constant change is now the only constant in the high-tech industry. Theun Prins, general manager and owner of YP Your Partner, responds to this with the CARS community. "What we rolled out ten years ago we can still meet today's demand." By Berend Henk Huizing Modern high tech is...
'We make the impossible possible'
Anyone looking for ultra-precise parts, components or systems 'on the edge of technology' will come to NORMA in Drachten. The former Philips toolmaker is the worldwide preferred supplier to the high-tech industry and one of the few companies that can guarantee an accuracy of (less than) one thousandth of a millimeter. By Berend Henk Huizing Proton irradiation is...
'Innovating is stepping over your own shadow'
He literally works 'behind the scenes' in the high-tech industry and offers solutions by bringing science and technology together. He himself calls it focusing on software engineering in a scientific way. Paul Hiemstra, data analyst and software engineer at S&T, gets his inspiration from helping people who want to improve themselves. ,,I...
Cow happy, farmer happy thanks to high tech
Theun Prins from YP-YourPartner told the Omrop Fryslân camera on behalf of Innovatiecluster Drachten how the collaboration between the Innovatiecluster Drachten companies leads to beautiful products. He showed how cows and farmers stay happy through the high tech of Delta Instruments and YP-Your Partner.
A clear view of the future of high tech
High Tech Systems & Materials. What are they, how are they made and what are the main trends? Innovatiecluster Drachten has listed the most important information and trends in an informative booklet. This way, everyone who has something to do with high-tech systems has the same starting point in a discussion about the importance of...
Resato Roden newest member Innovatiecluster Drachten
DRACHTEN - High-tech company Resato International from Roden joined Innovatiecluster Drachten on Wednesday, December 2. The business cluster now has 13 members. Chairman Kor Visscher is happy with the arrival of Resato. "It is great to welcome the winner of the Erasmus Innovation Award 2015 to our high-tech cluster. It leaves...