On Tuesday, September 10, 30 participants left from the IJmond to Eindhoven to visit Brainport Industries. Renée Versteegde-Derks gave a tour of the campus building and Saartje Jansen showed us how the campus-based Summa College operates. Afterwards, managing director John Blankendaal on the history, the way of working together and the challenging future of Brainport Industries and the campus. Astrid van Deelen from Brainport Development gave a clear presentation on how Brainport deals with trainings, engineering promotion and the cramped labour market. We allowed ourselves to be guided by Mark van Lieshout talk about the Experience Centre, which houses various test rigs and demos. An inspiring example for the development of het Techport Innovation Centre. Edward Voncken, CEO of KMWE, then, together with colleagues, showed via a tour of the impressive company how KMWE is implementing 'Manufacturing the Future'. We ended the afternoon with a drink that lasted too short. After all, there is much more knowledge and inspiration to be exchanged. So: to be continued! For now, we thank Brainport Industries and KMWE for their hospitality, and the participants for their enthusiasm and commitment.
The field trip was organised as part of the Techport Green Incubator (Just Transition Fund) programme.
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