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This article was published in the magazine Kijk op Oost Nederland.  It has been three years since innovation centre Perron038 opened its doors in Zwolle. With now 21 partners from the region, work with and learn from the latest technology for the manufacturing industry is taking place in the former NS building. The initiative is […]

A sixteen-day Art & Design event at which talented graduating MBO and HBO students and professionals in art and design showed their work. For more than two weeks, spread over various locations in Zwolle, there were exhibitions, workshops, lectures and other festivities. In addition, on 24 and 25 June the PROTO knowledge Festival will take

Seeing, feeling and experiencing technology: it happened during the Career Days in Zwolle on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 June. Almost 450 HAVO4 and VWO5 pupils were introduced to technology companies from the entire region. “The enthusiasm we create here cannot be captured in a brochure! says Arend Luten of participating company Tembo.  With Spot the

From cobots to robots, from AMR to Spot®. No technology went unmentioned during the Perron038 Demo Day on Wednesday 8 June. In front of the visitors, 35 students of the minor Factory of the Future, interns and graduates of Windesheim and Saxion University demonstrated the results of a semester of hard work. Innovative solutions were

How do we keep the objectives of Perron038 top-of-mind? And what do we expect from each other as partners in this? These two questions were central during the half-yearly partner day. The afternoon was kicked off by Marius with an update on Perron038 and a glimpse of the coming year. Then the stage was set

𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗼𝗻𝟬𝟯𝟴 𝗶𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱: the theme that was central to our semi-annual partner event on Wednesday 27 October. Together we make the future and therefore we brainstorm with all partners about the role of Perron038. In the region. In the manufacturing industry. For companies. For students. Dennis Freie kicked off the event with a great presentation

Coca-Cola, Heineken, FrieslandCampina, Bavaria, Bolletje, Unilever, Wavin, Royal A-ware; just a few of the major (world) brands where (packaging) robots of system integrator Robertpack in Zwolle operate 24/7. In order to guarantee and strengthen this position, it is important to keep innovating, to become more sustainable and to inspire each other. At Perron038, technical companies

This week more than 60 students were introduced to Perron038 and partners. During the kick-off day they got to know the partner companies through challenging escape games. The students will work at Perron038 on assignments for their minor, internship or graduation project. As Perron038 we wish all students the best of luck and most of

From medicine to mechanical engineering: when you apply for a study and you are not selected to participate, you have to choose a different path. This applies to third-year student Benthe Meijer. At an open day at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, she became interested in technology, especially robotics. “The choice was quickly made,

Technology students from the Zwolle region have the scoop: they are the first students in the Netherlands to have access to robot dog Spot, an advanced robot that works together with humans. Students and companies are researching what Spot means for the manufacturing industry. Nowadays, we are all familiar with the robotic vacuum cleaner that