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28 January 2025

'International connected' project completed

De Hochschule Emden Leer (HESL), International Welcome Centre Noord Nederland (IWCN) en het Innovatiecluster Drachten (ICD) hebben een procedé ontwikkeld om non-EU studenten uit Duitsland hun stages en afstudeerwerk in Noord Nederland te verrichten. Hierbij is het consortium geholpen door een Interreg subsidie. Dit project, “Ecosysteemontwikkeling ICD-HSEL“, wordt mogelijk gemaakt door het Interreg-programma Deutschland-Nederland en...

27 January 2025

4 million European subsidy for innovative training courses in Drachten and Emmen

On Friday 24 January, the TONIC project received a European subsidy for innovative training courses. This subsidy of almost €4 million comes from the Just Transition Fund Groningen-Emmen. Friso Douwstra, deputy for economics of the Province of Friesland, presented this contribution. On Saturday, there was also a nice article about this in the Leeuwarder Courant (click on it for a larger...

24 January 2025

ICD organizes with partners: National Congress Autonomous Systems

The keynote of this National Congress Autonomous Systems is Aaron Saunders, from CTO Boston Dynamics! In connection with the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Innovatiecluster Drachten, we organize together with the European Digital Innovation Hub Northern Netherlands (EDIH NN), the AI Hub Northern Netherlands, the University of Groningen (RUG) and @North a National Congress Autonomous Systems. This will be...

23 January 2025

First Safari of the year for technical business administration students from NHL Stenden!

On January 16, the first Safari of the year took place for a group of first-year students from NHL Stenden. Getting to know a variety of ICD companies The safaris are a great way for students to get to know the innovative companies in the North. They also get more ideas about the professions they...

21 January 2025

A successful Safari for RUG students, already the second of the year!

Friday January 17th the second Safari of the year took place (the article about the first will follow soon). This time for students of the University of Groningen, and what an inspiring day it was! With 49 participants, right on time, we started with coffee and tea in the SKILL building on the Philips terrain. The day started...

6 January 2025

Last safari of the year for students of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences

On Friday the 13th(!) of December we welcomed 25 starting students in Drachten. They are from the Industrial Product Development (IPO) program of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences in Groningen. Almost all companies of the ICD deal with the design of their products that they deliver to customers. For Philips Drachten these are world-famous products...

December 16, 2024

Successful Matchmaking event in Groningen at ICD member Demcon

Last Wednesday, December 11, a diverse group of approximately 50 master students from the University of Groningen (RUG) were guests at Demcon Industrial Systems. The biannual matchmaking event took place there. This was the last one for 2024. The attendance of students was remarkably large. The majority of this group consisted of students from the Master Mechanical Engineering,...

November 21, 2024

NEW YORK 2024: NEW YORK 2024!

On Tuesday 19 November, 8 companies from the ICD and their engineers were present at the inspiring Engineering the Future 2024 event of the Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen. This event brought together students, companies and technology to shape the future of engineering. It was a fantastic opportunity to meet talented students and explore collaborations. 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘁...

November 21, 2024

𝗧𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗸 𝗣𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝗴 𝗥𝗨𝗚

On Friday 8 November, the PhD day of the University of Groningen took place. Many PhD students are thinking about their future: will I continue my academic career or will I switch to the business world? Companies of the ICD naturally hope for the latter. That is why they did their best...