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A full ICD Safari day took place on Thursday, Jan. 22, at the A7 site in Drachten. Three affiliated ICD companies welcomed 35 students of Technical Business Administration from NHL Stenden<\/a>. The purpose of the day was to introduce students to product and process innovations within ICD's industrial network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reception and tour at BD Kiestra.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The day began with a welcome by host\u00a0Tom Bergstra<\/a>\u00a0In the Shared Space of BD Kiestra<\/a>. This international company specializing in bacteria detection through advanced laboratory automation was able to show both types of innovations. Students were therefore shown around the R&D site and the production site ( 200 m away) to taste the differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon, the group moved to\u00a0Variass<\/a>, also in Drachten. Here the company was split into three groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Understanding high-tech production systems at Viventris<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Viventris<\/a>\u00a0provided insight into the necessary steps in developing production systems for inspection and assembly. Using a concrete example, he showed\u00a0Floris Goet<\/a>\u00a0see what it takes to successfully develop high-tech systems. In doing so, it became clear that close cooperation with partners and continuous innovation are essential for flexible production systems of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Innovation and process optimization at Variass Medical Systems<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In addition, Variass Medical Systems provided a comprehensive factory tour. Afterwards\u00a0Hendri Kortman<\/a> a presentation on organizing innovation. He not only addressed improving physical processes, but also showed how office processes can be optimized. This is done with self-developed low-code apps that support information flows. This creates context-rich information collections and avoids searching multiple internal databases. This results in significant productivity improvements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to ICD companies and future opportunities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At the end of the program, students received the ICD-leaflets with all affiliated companies. The now familiar cards with QR code to the ICD vacancy list were also in great demand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Although the students are still at the beginning of their studies, we had a good opportunity to show how technical business experts function in data-rich environments anno 2026. Therefore, we certainly expect to see some of them back as interns at ICD companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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