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Successful third ICD session
On Wednesday 14 May, the third Innovatiecluster Drachten (ICD) session with the central theme – PDM-PLM – was held at BD Kiestra Lab Automation in Drachten. The aim of this session was to exchange knowledge and experience within the cluster. The agenda had two themes: Rapid Prototyping and FFF. These topics were led...
Variass nominated for Best Training Company NN 2014
As a recognized training company in technology, Variass has been nominated by Kenteq for Best Training Company NN (Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Gelderland) 2014 in the category companies with more than 25 employees. The nomination is based on companies that pursue an active training policy with passion and commitment to bind young professionals and retain valuable employees...
High Tech Discovery Route 24 May attracts 400 people
On Saturday 24 May, 3 ICD companies opened their doors to the public. Guided tours were provided every hour from Whisper Power, Delta Instruments and Variass Medical. At Whisper Power there was also a market where all companies presented themselves with their activities and their passion for technology. There were also many...
Serious Gaming meeting
Serious Gaming is in full development. Companies are increasingly discovering the possibilities of solving business problems with SG. That is why the ICD has organized an afternoon with 5 northern SG companies to see and discover whether there is also a potential opportunity for the Innovatiecluster Drachten companies. After a presentation per SG company,...
Session biobased polymers
Two experts came to Drachten especially from the south to update the ICD on the latest state of affairs regarding the academic progress of research into biobased polymers and the state of affairs in the global industry. Dr. Peter Nossin (biobased polymers program manager at the Dutch Polymer Institute) has informed us from a scientific point of view...
Neopost Shortlisted for Prestigious World Mail Awards 2014
The winners will be announced on June 18. read more.
Start of third knowledge circle Technology & Innovation management
This knowledge circle has been set up especially for managers, senior engineers and project leaders, which will meet 4 times this year. The first session was a great success because of the 26 interested parties. On the agenda was a very topical theme: scrum management within mechatronic projects. Agile project management with scrum methodologies is already successful in software projects. After an introduction to scrum management,...
Fully automatic packaging machine for growth e-commerce
The shipping companies are already busy packing and sending all that stuff. Literally, because with the exception of a small process step, it is mainly people (hands) who get the job done. 'There has to be another way – more mechanically, faster and cheaper,' thought the technicians at Neopost Technologies in Drachten. The result: the fully automatic parcel packaging line...
Northern Netherlands as 'Region of Smart Factories'
Northern Netherlands as 'Region of Smart Factories', the region with smart factories. Because in this way employment in the North can be maintained and even increased. The manufacturing industry forms the basis for this, because it creates spin-offs and therefore also jobs. That is the firm belief of Rob Karsmakers, site manager of Philips...