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Action agenda launched to strengthen collaboration between the space clusters in the regions of Bremen and Zuid-Holland

To strengthen cooperation between the space sector in the regions…
$ 3 mln. voor scale-up NewCompliance om uit te breiden naar de VS

$ 3 million for scale-up NewCompliance for expansion to the United States

Mayo Clinic, InnovationQuarter and Noaber Ventures invest in…
UNIIQ-investering voor Addoptics

Addoptics secures investment from UNIIQ to develop customer-specific lenses for optical systems

High-tech startup Addoptics has developed an innovative method…

WestHolland launched as composites hotspot during JEC World in Paris

InnovationQuarter presented the West Holland region as a hotspot for composites during the composite industry fair in Paris from 6 to 8 March. JEC World 2018 is the largest composites show in the world covering the entire composites value chain from raw material to processors and final products.

Dutch King opens Microsoft Quantum Lab on TU Delft campus

King Willem Alexander opened the Microsoft Quantum Lab on the campus of TU Delft. With the lab, Microsoft strengthens quantum research in Delft, a research area where TU Delft ranks among the world’s best. The QuTech Research Institute, a collaboration between TU Delft and TNO, is working with industry on the development of quantum computers and a quantum internet. Microsoft, which now has its own laboratory in Delft, is one of the most important companies that collaborates intensively with Delft quantum researchers

Two return trips to space per day. Dawn Aerospace’s spaceplane will do it – InnovationQuarter invests in Dawn Aerospace.

Dawn Aerospace receives an IQCapital investment from InnovationQuarter. The New Space company enables sustainable, flexible and cost-effective launches of small satellites. InnovationQuarter joins a €2 million investment round in which several other European, New Zealand and US investors participate. The investment was announced by Adri Bom-Lemstra, Regional Minister for Economic Development & Innovation, during the first lustrum celebration of the MIT subsidy scheme in the Province of Zuid-Holland, which took place in Rotterdam on February 13th.

More Foreign Companies Invest in Holland in 2018: 10,000 extra jobs

A total of 372 foreign companies such as Giant, Timberland and DAZN generated 9,847 additional jobs in the Netherlands in 2018. Collectively, these companies contributed 2.85 billion euros to our economy. These jobs and investments are credited to the Invest in Holland network, which consists of the Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA) – the investment promotion agency of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy – its regional partners (among which InnovationQuarter), and the Holland International Distribution Council (HIDC). In the previous year, 2017, 357 companies invested 1.67 billion euros in our country.

New partnership between Soft Landing The Hague and FindBrazil

During a signing ceremony at fast growing Tech community The Hague Tech on November 23rd, the founding members of the program ‘Softlanding The Hague’ officially welcomed economic trade representatives from the Brazilian Embassy in The Hague and the representative of FindBrazil.org to partner in this program. By doing so, the members declared their intention to explore collaborative opportunities for Brazilian start-ups that want to access the European market via the Netherlands and for Dutch startups and scale-ups that want access to a home base for doing business in Brazil.

New Airbus Netherlands facility for production of space technology officially opened by Dutch Prime Minister Rutte

On November 8th Dutch Prime Minister Rutte officially opened the new production facility of Airbus Defence and Space Netherlands in Oegstgeest. In the 5,000 sqm smart factory, which is equipped with industry 4.0 capabilities, the Leiden-based site of Airbus develops, builds, tests and qualifies the engine frames for the lower and upper propulsion module of the Ariane 6. “The new production facility of Airbus is relevant, not only for the development of space, but also for employment and innovation in the Netherlands,” Prime Minister Rutte emphasised in his speech during the celebratory opening event.

Delft hosted 37 European aerospace organizations during the EACP Annual General Assembly

By invitation of the City of Delft, NAG and InnovationQuarter, the European Aerospace Cluster Partnership (EACP), a network of European aerospace clusters, held its’ annual General Assembly from September 10 to 12 in Delft.

Space Campus Noordwijk launched during IAC Bremen last week

During the International Astronautical Conference (IAC) which was held in Bremen last week, some 16 Dutch space companies and organisations presented themselves in the NL Space booth. Newcomer was Space Campus Noordwijk, launched and presented by the municipality of Noordwijk and the Province of Zuid-Holland.

Finnish Quantum company Bluefors starts R&D site on Delft Campus

On 4 October during the Innovation Expo in Rotterdam, the Finnish company Bluefors announced that it will join the Delft quantum technology community and open an R&D office on the TU Delft campus. After Microsoft, Bluefors is the second international company to come to Delft. Their mission is to develop cryogenic technology for quantum computers. The Bluefors lab will be located in the old Applied Sciences building where QuTech is housed, the research center that has grown explosively over the last 5 years to over 200 fte.

No more burning risks as robots take over hazardous inspections

They look, listen, smell and feel for you, so that you no longer risk burning your fingers. The robots from ExRobotics are specially developed to conduct inspection and maintenance in highly inflammable and explosive (Ex) environments, removing the risk to people. Early September, ExRobotics will start manufacturing these robots in Delft for NAM, their launching customer. A salient piece of information: There are only one or two other companies in The World that are certified to produce Ex robots. ExRobotics will produce more Ex robots in 2018 than the other companies combined.

Autonomous delivery vehicles on pavements and in the air: these two companies from Qatar chose Rotterdam to make their innovation happen

A delivery service that doesn’t require deliverers anymore. If it’s up to the Qatar companies Airlift Systems and N-gon, drones will soon be the ones delivering the packages to your doorstep. Recently these two companies joined forces in a new company: Geeba. Airlift and Geeba have both set up office in Rotterdam to further develop their innovation.

Webhelp expands to Rotterdam, attracted by local talent

Mayor Aboutaleb officially opened the Rotterdam branch of Webhelp. This originally French business process outsourcer has secured premises at Delftse Poort, right next to Rotterdam Central Station.

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