Stories from the Techport Network - Techport - Together towards the Netherlands' first green industrial zone

Companies, schools and the government have been successfully working together within Techport for 10 years on the future of industry in IJmond. But the work is not finished yet. On the contrary, we are facing a major sustainability task that we can only accomplish together. On this page we look back and forward. And we do so with those who give hands and feet to the transition on a daily basis: the Techport network.

Techport chairman Mark Denys: "IJmond is a unique example of the challenges and opportunities of energy transition in the manufacturing industry."

Over the past year, we have worked with various companies and educational institutions to celebrate Techport's 10th anniversary. Mark Denys, president of Techport, concludes the story series....

Merel and Willem of Btac Solutions: "Thinking green and switching requires passion"

Merel van Luijk-Jonkman and Willem Jonkman, owners of technology company BTAC Solutions, want to be the leaders in the transition to a more sustainable future. For their own generation, but...

Amber Pranger of Strong Tech Education (STO): "Thanks to the Techport network, we have a huge advantage over other regions."

One of the main goals of Strong Technical Education (STO) is to get more young people to choose a technical vmbo education. Amber Pranger, program manager at STO region for the past two years,...

Amber Pranger of Strong Engineering Education

Rob and Paul of Harsveld Apparatenbouw: "We immediately saw the added value of Techport"

Thanks to a Techport Innovation Tribe, Harsveld Apparatenbouw entered into a partnership with start-up Symphony Wave Power more than three years ago. Director Rob de Visser: "This project is...

Quest for innovation: VanDerEng BV lets schoolchildren experience technology during Tech Your Talent On Tour

VanderEng BV is a Techport company from the very beginning and has been participating in Tech Your Talent On Tour for as long as they can remember. This is part of the Techport Technology Week, in which...

VanDerEng BV has been participating in Tech Your Talent On Tour for as long as they can remember

MyTec students and Techport companies collaborate on Floating Wind Challenge

This year, the MyTec mechanical engineering course at the Nova Campus Beverwijk won no less than two awards at the international Floating Wind Challenge in Marseille, France. Just like last year,...

MyTec students win two prizes at Floating Wind Challenge

Wouter van Gerwen of Bilfinger Engineering: 'Techport continues to inspire me'

Bilfinger was already a Techport partner before Techport officially existed. 'The main reason we joined as Bilfinger Tebodin was to see what we could do in terms of...

"The techie is the millionaire of the future"

Together with Techport, TES Industrial Systems is trying to get people excited about working in IJmond technology. "Since April we have been participating in a new pilot, the Techniektuin IJmond. At this...

TES Industrial Systems Beverwijk welcomes Techniektuin participants is one of eleven companies participating in the Techniektuin IJmond

"Tiny ML is key for SMEs to enable energy transition"

Last year, Techport and Hilton Foods Holland successfully completed the first use case Tiny Machine Learning. Jeroen Reiber of Hilton Foods looks back with us for Techport's 10th anniversary....

5 questions about technology from Sharon Wilmink of De Klipper elementary school

We asked Sharon Wilmink, educational support worker at De Klipper, five questions about her love of technology and how she conveys it to children.