Gorredijk, June 23, 2015 - By signing the statutes of the Innovation Cluster Drachten, ZiuZ Visual Intelligence has officially joined this partnership of high-tech companies in the Drachten region today as the twelfth participant.
In the meeting at ZiuZ in Gorredijk, the accession was ratified by the signature of Gerrit Baarda, CEO of ZiuZ, and Piet Fellinger on behalf of the board of the Innovation Cluster Drachten. In their speeches during the event, both the Mayor of Opsterland, of which Gorredijk is part, and the Alderman for Economic Affairs of Smallingerland, of which Drachten is part, emphasized the importance of cooperation in this region between medium and large businesses in the field of High Tech Systems & Materials. A field in which several companies in this region are leading the way. Both nationally and internationally.
“As a specialist in image analysis applied to various niche markets, ZiuZ is a global player for the police and security world and for medical applications,” said Gerrit Baarda. “That acquired knowledge and expertise ZiuZ now brings to the cluster. In doing so, we would like to benefit from the expertise and experience of the other participants in the cluster to set up new innovations and perhaps even further develop them together. ZiuZ wants to provide its customers with products that really matter and expects that the cooperation with the other eleven companies can contribute to this.”
The Innovation Cluster Drachten now has 12 participants: the companies Neopost Technologies, BD Kiestra, Variass Medical systems, Irmato, Norma-IMS, YP Your Partner, Whisper Power, Delta Instruments, Philips CL Drachten, S&T, Photonis and now ZiuZ Visual Intelligence. The Municipality of Smallingerland supports and facilitates the Innovation Cluster particularly in the area of communications.
The participants in the Innovation Cluster are companies engaged in the development, production and sale of high-tech products. Together they have over 2700 employees of whom 850 are product developers. More than €100 million is invested annually in research and development in the Drachten region. The companies work together in order to continue to innovate. For example, they make use of each other's expertise and unique business facilities. In addition, the companies seek out training institutes to jointly look for a good connection between education and the labor market.
For further information about ZiuZ Visual Intelligence, see on the Internet: http://www.ziuz.com/en
For further information about the Innovation Cluster Drachten, see: http://www.icdrachten.nl