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Figurehead Peter Stolk experiences innovation up close and asks ICD to organize national HHT event<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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A warm welcome in Drachten<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday, the Innovatiecluster Drachten (ICD) hosted a delegation from\u00a0Holland High Tech (HHT)<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Peter Stolk<\/a><\/strong>, the new figurehead of HHT, visited with HHT director\u00a0Leo Warmerdam<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0the cluster in Drachten to learn about the northern high-tech ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the ICD went Binne Visser (Philips)<\/a><\/strong>, Roelien Attema (Astron)<\/a><\/strong>, Lars de Groot (Demcon)<\/a><\/strong> and Joost Krebbekx (ICD)<\/a><\/strong> in conversation with the HHT delegation. Also professor Bayu Jayawardhana<\/a><\/strong> of the University of Groningen (RUG) joined in, underlining the importance of academic cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Northern Netherlands as a high-tech powerhouse<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

During the talks, ICD explained the latest developments in the field of Autonomous Factory Systems<\/strong> and other strategic programs. The delegation gained insight into the emergence of initiatives such as Cognigron<\/a><\/strong>, Future Compute<\/strong>, Forest Compute<\/strong> and the AI Factory<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ICD demonstrated how the Northern Netherlands is developing into a solid pillar within the national high-tech ecosystem. The region offers not only technological innovation, but also strong cooperation between companies, education and government. In doing so, the Northern Netherlands underlines its position as a one of the four leading high-tech regions of the Netherlands<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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ICD organizes nationwide HHT event<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

Peter Stolk and Leo Warmerdam suggested involving the ICD in a national event of Holland High Tech. The cluster immediately picked up that gauntlet. Soon the ICD will start organizing a national HHT event, giving the ecosystem in the Northern Netherlands even more visibility on the national stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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High tech in practice: company visits at Philips and Sparck<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

After the substantive discussion, the visitors moved into the field. At\u00a0Philips Drachten<\/strong>\u00a0Among other things, Stolk and Warmerdam saw the innovative OneBlade production line<\/strong>\u00a0and the advanced packaging department. A former Philips employee, Stolk was impressed by the high rate of innovation and the scale of production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then it was a short walk to\u00a0Sparck Technologies<\/strong>, where\u00a0COO Ben Scholtanus<\/strong>\u00a0took them into the world of smart packaging solutions. He presented the development of the\u00a0CVP packaging lines<\/strong>\u00a0and led the delegation through final assembly. Sparck showed how the company serves customers worldwide from Drachten with customized solutions in the packaging industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Building a future-proof high-tech ecosystem together<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

This visit gave Holland High Tech a powerful picture of the Northern Netherlands' innovative strength. The HHT delegation went home with new insights as well as plans. ICD is looking forward to the next step: organizing the national HHT event, in which the region will further shape its ambitions, successes and cooperation with other top regions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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