News
If people think along, it will work
In January an article appeared in the Visiekrant about the Innovatiecluster Drachten. In this article, Nieske Ketelaar indicates how important it is to collaborate more in the future. You can read the article here.
Sixth ICD knowledge circle launched
The sixth knowledge circle of the Innovatiecluster Drachten started on 7 January. This time it was the turn of the Software and Engineering knowledge circle. More and more devices and installations depend on the correctly deployed software, which also creates many common issues/activities. There is interest from various companies to discuss these issues...
Growing together towards added value
Last week an article appeared in LINK about the collaboration between BD Kiestra and Variass. The entire article can be found here.
Fifth knowledge circle ICD launched
On December 16, the fifth knowledge circle of the Innovatiecluster Drachten started under the name Manufacturing Engineering. This profession has been neglected in the Netherlands in recent years, but is now receiving a lot of attention again due to the Smart Industries initiative of the High Tech Systems. Various ICD companies are showing great interest in...
The cow as a smart factory at a high-tech conference
ASSEN The cow as a smart factory; like a smart walking dairy factory. When this was discussed, the ears of participants in the working conference on the Northern Netherlands as a high-tech region immediately perked up. The clear story of Anne Gerben Terpstra of Delta Instruments from Drachten was completely appropriate in Assen, where it was about smart applications that the manufacturing industry...
Students pimp go-karts for go-kart race in March
A go-kart race with pimped go-karts will take place on March 18 next year. The aim of this initiative is to interest VMBO students in technology in a playful way and to bring them into contact with a (technical) company. Municipality and companies adopt go-karts. The students work in teams to pimp the go-karts. Several large companies in the municipality of Smallingerland participate...
YP Your Partner new member Innovatiecluster Drachten
Since Tuesday, October 28, Innovatiecluster Drachten has added another company: YP Your Partner. By being part of the Innovatiecluster Drachten, YP Your Partner, in collaboration with the municipality of Smallingerland and the province of Fryslân, helps to put the Drachten region on the map as innovative, technological and knowledge-intensive. Putting on...
Tenth competitor Innovatiecluster Drachten
Since Friday, the Innovatiecluster Drachten has added another company: Science & Technology Corporation, or S&T for short. This company has recently been established in Visvliet (between Grijpskerk and Buitenpost), in the same building as KXA Software Innovations. S&T helps other high-tech companies with the development of systems and processes and reliable software solutions. It...
Roundtable discussions during Promotion Days Northern Netherlands
We cordially invite you to a round table discussion with members of the Innovation Cluster about the challenges surrounding the development of new products. The talks will take place on November 4 and 5 from 3 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Martiniplaza Groningen during the Promotion Days Northern Netherlands. Developing products is complex. The cluster of...