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  • April 10, 2026

NCAS’26 in Drachten: From Vision to Implementation of Autonomous Systems

After the National Congress for Autonomous Systems, or NCAS’26, in Drachten on April 2nd, we honestly needed some time to find the right words, it was...
  • March 24, 2026

ICD Zwaan sticks to it: collaborating in the region

On Wednesday, March 18th, a special ICD activity took place: the ‘Zwaan Kleef Aan’ (Sticky Swan) meeting. During this edition, ICD companies invited a friendly company from the region. Additionally, they closed...
  • March 11, 2026

HR Knowledge Circle ICD delves into codes of conduct within organizations

On Thursday, March 5, the first HR Knowledge Circle of 2026 took place. This meeting was organized for and by HR professionals from the 23 member ICD companies. This time the theme was gedr...
  • March 11, 2026

Ventura Systems represented ICD at European Career Fair in Cambridge (Boston, USA)

During the MIT European Career Fair March 5-8 organized by and held on the grounds of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, near Boston USA. Hilbrand Wijbenga ...
  • March 6, 2026

Koen Eekma bids farewell to Smallingerland municipality

Yesterday Koen Eekma bade farewell to the Smallingerland municipality. As group director for the past seven years, he was the highest-ranking official within the municipal organization. In that role, he was direc...
  • March 3, 2026

Manufacturing industry North Netherlands works on concrete steps for tomorrow

On Tuesday, Feb. 17, the Innovatiecluster Drachten (ICD), in collaboration with Rabobank, organized an interactive afternoon for the Northern Netherlands manufacturing industry. A total of 31 companies from d...
  • February 20, 2026

ICD MBSE Knowledge Circle at Philips: practical insights and knowledge sharing in Systems Engineering

A well-attended knowledge circle session on Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) was held at Philips on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. The meeting was organized by ICD as part of the K...
  • February 17, 2026

Robotics and Vision working group visits Ophtec in Groningen

On Friday morning, Feb. 13, a delegation from the ICD Robotics and Vision working groups visited Ophtec in Groningen. This international company develops and produces high-quality intrao...
  • February 17, 2026

From job to career in the region: farewell to Marten van Wijhe

Within the ICD, we believe in sustainable careers in the region. A great example is Marten van Wijhe. Thursday, Feb. 12, was his last day at ICD member Viventris. At the same time, h...
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