Last Friday, 31 May, the Techport Innovation Centre was festively opened. The Techport Innovation Centre is the development and meeting centre for the technicians of the future, companies, education and government in the Amsterdam Metropolitan Region, with a focus on IJmond. From this 'hub', various companies and educational institutions will work on innovations in the field of cleaner and circular production, more energy-efficient maintenance and more sustainable transport. On the way to the Netherlands' first green industrial zone!
During the opening, several projects from the region showed through a mini-exhibition how their innovations contribute to a sustainable IJmond region. We list them here:
Block System Supply
Blok System Supply is an expert in engineering, innovation and development. Their vision is to develop every product and associated process more efficiently. For instance, last Friday, 31 May, they took the disinfection robot, see here for more information on Blok System Supply.
Innomax
Innomax helps companies make their production processes more sustainable. For example, by designing more energy-efficient machines or developing systems that minimise waste. Innomax also supports and guides start-ups and other companies in the region in developing sustainable innovations. This includes guidance, financing and technical support to bring sustainable ideas to life. See here for more information.
Z-Bridge
Z-Bridge specialises in building, designing and hiring offshore systems. With the 'Walk-to-Work' and 'Bring-to-Work' system, they ensure a safe and efficient way of working for their customers. During the exhibition, they used Virtual Reality to show how the system works and what processes are followed for this. See here for more information.
Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
The Hogeschool van Amsterdam conducts various research projects in collaboration with Techport and affiliated Techport companies. These focus on topics such as renewable energy, Tiny Machine Learning and other sustainable themes. In this way, they try to develop innovative solutions for the sustainability challenges facing the IJmond region. See here for more information.
Tata Steel Academy
The Tata Steel Academy contributes to making the IJmond region more sustainable through various initiatives and programmes aimed at sustainability, innovation, and training technical staff within the steel industry. They also support research projects aimed at developing new, sustainable steel production methods. They displayed the impressive H2 kart, which runs entirely on hydrogen, during the exhibition. See here for more information.
Symphony Wave Power
Symphony Wave develops and implements technologies that convert wave energy into electricity. Wave energy is a renewable energy source that has less impact on the environment compared to fossil fuels. By generating energy from waves, Symphony Wave reduces dependence on fossil fuels and thus contributes to reducing CO2 emissions in the IJmond region. See here for more information.
Strategic HR of Techport
With this project, Techport facilitates strategic HR services for SMEs in the IJmond region. The focus is on maintenance and installation companies, which contribute to making industry more sustainable. Participating companies and their employees receive concrete help to meet their HR challenges in a future-oriented manner. The primary goal is to improve the intake, retention and development of workers for the engineering and energy transition. See here for more information.
AE Group's WaveHexapod
The WaveHexapod converts wave energy into electrical energy. Wave energy has been extracted for some time, but commercial initiatives are still scarce and, in addition, the efficiency is lower than that of the WaveHexapod. Whereas known systems only move up and down, the WaveHexapod can capture much more energy by absorbing the full wave rotation (both horizontal and vertical energy) with the six generators attached to three floats. See here for more information.
TES Industrial Systems
TES Industrial Systems Beverwijk develops and manufactures sustainable industrial drive concepts and industrial automation solutions. They contribute to making industry more sustainable by, among other things, using ultracaps used in various industrial and maritime cranes. This saves energy and fuel, reduces CO2 and nitrogen emissions and thus contributes to making business processes more sustainable, but also extends the 'life cycle' of these capital-intensive installations. See here for more information.
Green Incubator Techport
The Green Incubator is an accelerator programme specifically for SMEs and startups whose product, service or innovation is still in the development phase. There is already some traction, such as sales or deals already closed. The team of the startup or SME is strong, flexible and able to move quickly. During the Green Incubator, it is investigated whether the market really needs this innovation. For more information here.