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Ype Brada from Philips CL becomes a part-time teacher at NHL
“This step makes a long-cherished wish come true. I have wanted the idea of one day passing on my acquired knowledge to young technicians in training for a long time.” This is how Ype Brada characterizes his step towards a teaching position at the NHL. Ype spends 1 day a week with HBO students in the field...
Knowledge Circle Manufacturing Engineering visits Fokker Hoogeveen
About 15 employees of the Innovation Cluster Drachten will visit Fokker in Hoogeveen next Wednesday. This visit is an exchange of knowledge in the field of Manufacturing Engineering: an important field for companies that produce. Fokker has gained a lot of experience in the so-called Smart Factory project 1 and wants to...
Top talent MBO program completed
Last June 23, the final session of a special program for the better MBO students in the Northern region was held at Philips in Drachten. The assignment of this group was not an easy one: Create an educational sustainable water purification that is self-sufficient with energy consumption. The aim is to create an educational model that can be applied to the...
TEDxFryslân presents fascinating speakers
As a partner of TEDxFryslân, Innovatiecluster Drachten is proud of the fascinating and inspiring list of speakers. These speakers will give their TED talk on September 17, 15 in De Lawei theater in Drachten. View the speakers at www.tedx.frl/speakers. Don't have a ticket for TEDxFryslây yet? Motivate on www.tedx.frl/register-now why you want “Work Hard, Play Hard”, the TEDxFryslân theme...
Belgian ambassador visiting Philips Drachten
DRACHTEN - The Belgian ambassador Chris Hoornaert visited Philips Drachten on Monday 6 July, together with King's Commissioner John Jorritsma. They also visited the Innovation Cluster in Drachten. At the department where they assemble the razors in Drachten, Binne Visser of Philips showed, among other things, one of...
ZiuZ strengthens the Innovatiecluster Drachten
Gorredijk, June 23, 2015 – By signing the statutes of the Innovation Cluster Drachten, ZiuZ Visual Intelligence has officially joined this partnership of high-tech companies in the Drachten region as the twelfth participant today. In the meeting at ZiuZ in Gorredijk, the accession was confirmed by the signature of Gerrit Baarda, CEO...
ASKid wins Inventor Competition
For the third time, the Innovatiecluster Drachten organized the Inventors Competition in Schouwburg De Lawei on Tuesday, June 16. The twelve companies do this in collaboration with the municipality of Smallingerland. The students' assignment was to invent something that helps children with concentration problems to better absorb the lesson material. This year...
Together you achieve more
High-tech companies from the North joined forces in 2011 and formed the Innovatiecluster Drachten. The aim is to raise awareness of the area in and around Drachten as an innovative, technological and knowledge-intensive region. The results are not forthcoming. The companies exchange knowledge, together they are more attractive to (scarce) technical personnel and share...
''Without cows in the meadow you will not learn to be a farmer''
DRACHTEN - Three of the twelve high-quality technical companies of the Innovatiecluster Drachten will open their doors on Saturday, June 6, during the national Dutch Technology Week, to give young and old a glimpse into their high-tech kitchen. According to Roel ter Heide, director and owner of Whisper Power, students do not find technology attractive. ,,Us...