Neopost received the prestigious Logistica Award on Nov. 10, 2015, for its fully automatic packaging machine that packs products exactly to size. Jury chairman René de Koster of the Logisti...
Knowledge Circle Technology & Innovation management
On Wednesday, Oct. 14, the T&I management knowledge circle conclaved with each other again on the topic of roadmapping. Roadmapping is a widely used methodology to create a medium-term R&D age...
Innovation, innovation and innovation. Outgoing Philips director in Drachten Rob Karsmakers (54) gets up with it and goes to bed with it. ,,In the Netherlands and in Europe we are very good at it. With smart ind...
A vacuum cleaner made largely from recycled caps from soda bottles and other, discarded vacuum cleaners. It recently went on sale in Friesland. The plastic processing company AKG has developed the ...
Philips Drachten best factory in the Netherlands and second in the European Industrial Excellence Award election
Philips Drachten placed second in the European Industrial Excellence Award election yesterday, Sept. 29. The election was held during the annual Industrial Excellence Conference in...
Ype Brada from Philips CL becomes a part-time teacher at NHL
“With this step, a long-cherished wish is coming true. The idea of one day transferring my acquired knowledge to young technicians in training has been something I have wanted for a long time.” So t...
Last June 23 at Philips in Drachten was the final session of a special program for the better MBO students in the Northern region. The assignment of this group was not easy: Make ...
Knowledge Circle Manufacturing Engineering visits Fokker Hoogeveen
About 15 employees of the Innovation Cluster Drachten will visit Fokker in Hoogeveen next Wednesday. This visit is an exchange of knowledge in the field of Manufacturing Engin...
