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102nd anniversary of Beenen Batenburg
2020 was a special year, because then Beenen existed 100 years! 1920 – 1983In the year 1920 John Beenen focused on electrical installations for generators, lighting and later also radio installations. 1986In 1986, the electrical engineering company with its winding department was sold to Batenburg Techniek NV. This gave Beenen a healthy financial basis...
OMRON and ICD join forces with industrial automation solutions
OMRON and Innovatiecluster Drachten have teamed up to take the collaborating companies and schools of the ICD during a multi-day event on the evolution from production to today's factory floor. 😊 The program consisted of interactive presentations and live demos focusing on the latest technologies in Robotics and Vision...
High Tech Safaris for Students with ICD Companies
The past calendar month was a busy month for the Innovation Cluster. On the occasion of introductory days, about 350 university and HBO students visited the ICD companies. During these High Tech Safaris, the students were able to follow five different routes to satisfy all their hunger for knowledge about technology. The goal is to show our high-tech Big five: 3D...
The largest radio telescope in the world is located in the north of the Netherlands
It couldn't have been nicer weather to make a real "field trip" to the LOFAR (LOw Frequency ARray) antenna system from ASTRON. It was a good place to be on the "Superterp" near Buinen with the many chattering skylarks in the blue sky and a fine sun plus the pure seepage water of the Drentse Hondsrug under your feet....
Technique Tangible Sneek
Technology never stands still and is always evolving. Technology is more important than ever and essential in many sectors. This requires many (young) enthusiastic professionals. We would like to show and experience what is possible with technology in today's society. For these reasons, the Techniek Tactbaar event is being organized. Technology Tangible is...
Matchmaking mechanical engineering students with ICD companies
After a period of two years of digital matchmaking via a computer screen, it was a relief to meet the current generation of eleven Mechanical Engineering master's students in person. The sound of the one-on-one conversations buzzed through the Alexander Horrowitz room at Philips in Drachten. The last meeting was two years ago, before corona came into our lives...
Working students of the NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences Industrial Automation and Robotics start classes in Drachten
On Friday 22 April, the official start of module 3 'Robo Future' of the dual 2-year higher professional education program: Associate degree (Ad) Industrial Automation and Robotics of NHL Stenden. The first lessons took place in the SKILL building in Drachten, where the students use the robot lab every Friday for about ten weeks during their training....
girls day
After two years it was again possible to organize a Girls Day. This day aims to introduce girls in the age of 10 to 15 years to female technical role models in a technical work environment. For years, the number of girls and women who choose a profession in science, technology...
Farewell to ICD secretary Piet Fellinger
After ten years of being active at the ICD, Piet Fellinger, secretary of the ICD and director at Sparck Technologies, said goodbye. With his large network within the municipality and province, he is one of the founders of the ICD. Henk Smid, CEO of Variass and treasurer of the ICD, gave a speech in which...