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'Millions of shavers a year! That is a lot!'
How expensive is a robot? Can he get up on his own if he falls? When will more robots come to help us? 26 Pupils of primary school Koningin Wilhelmina from Hollum ask more questions than can be answered during their visit to the Philips factory in Drachten on 25 June.
'Companies are looking for employees for whom it makes sense to share knowledge'
Better tailoring technology training to the needs of companies. Let students have more control over what they want to learn and regularly send teachers on internships. These are the most important ingredients for the collaboration between the high-tech companies of Innovatiecluster Drachten and the regional training centers ROC Friese Poort, Friesland College and Alfa College. On Thursday 28 June they signed a unique cooperation agreement.
First student course 'ICD mechatronics' passed
Proud and a little nervous, eight employees of Neopost Technologies, Philips, Delta Instuments and BD Kiestra received their diploma 'Leergang Mechatronics' on Wednesday 27 June. This group is the first batch of the special HBO course, designed based on the wishes of Innovatiecluster Drachten.
State Secretary Keijzer on a high-tech safari
At the invitation of the Province of Fryslân, State Secretary Mona Keijzer of Economic Affairs & Climate visited our high-tech business cluster on Monday 18 June. She was given a 'best practice' explained by ZiuZ and was given a tour of the production location in Drachten by host Variass.
High Tech Safari Industry Northern Netherlands: 'Data plus knowledge is the success to make or save money'
Without big data there is no innovation. But what should you imagine about this in practice? This is what directors and managers of thirty Northern Dutch industrial companies wanted to know. That's why they came to Philips in Drachten on Thursday, June 7, for the fifth edition of the High Tech Safari Industry Northern Netherlands.
Internship market Dutch Technology Week 2018: "Nothing is sold here, this is a real internship market"
On Saturday 9 June, at least eighty students from the Northern Netherlands, 12 of whom are international, will be attracted to the internship and graduation offer from the high-tech companies of Innovatiecluster Drachten.
ICD study trip: "A hundred people keep 1,700 robots at work"
They have no secrets at Volkswagen in Emden. However, the Innovatiecluster Drachten delegation is not allowed to take photos on Tuesday 5 June during the excursion through the assembly plant.
Kor Visscher royally decorated
,,With Innovatiecluster Drachten you have laid a foundation on which we can continue to build in Fryslân in the coming years.'' With these words, King's Commissioner Arno Brok Kor Visscher spells out the decorations that belong to a Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau.
Kor Visscher: "High-tech companies are crucial for quality of life in the Northern Netherlands"
High-tech companies are indispensable for a solid economic basis and the quality of life in the Northern Netherlands. Kor Visscher says this in a farewell interview in the Leeuwarder Courant.