Opportunities of demographic changes in the Achterhoek
Region (the Netherlands)
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Martin Stor
13th October 2015
To expand its opportunities, the Achterhoek is looking for
partners throughout Europe.
Which European region wants to join us?
• Cooperation between government, companies and organisations
• Three main themes: ECONOMY LIVING ENVIRONMENT
ACCESSABILITY
ACHTERHOEK AGENDA 2020
Agriculture & food
Healthcare
Manufacturing - & construction industry
EMPLOYMENT ACHTERHOEK
SMART INDUSTRY
• Manufacturing technologies
• Digitalization
• Network centric.
SMART INDUSTRY ACHTERHOEK
Innovation RevenueRevenue JobsJobs Quality of life
• INNOVATION HUBS:– Achterhoek: 10 innovation hubs – Goal: Stimulating innovation– innovation hub:– joint enterprise of 1-5 sme’s –manager: young graduate – 7 – 12 students per hub (Intermediate
Vocational Education, Higher Vocational Education, University) –Continuing process: selecting innovation
projects, students
SMART INDUSTRY ACTION PLAN ACHTERHOEK
SMART BENDING FACTORY
• cooperation 10 sme’s outsourcing sheet metal bending
• state of the art technology• IT integration• lower cost of ownership
SMART INDUSTRY ACTION PLAN ACHTERHOEK
MASTERCLASSES SMART INDUSTRY ACHTERHOEK
• Curriculum development: 2 leading sme’s• the masterclasses initiates a smart industry
community • Initiative embraced by dutch smart industry
movement
SMART INDUSTRY ACTION PLAN ACHTERHOEK
AGRO innovation lab
• based on lora open source network• connecting internet of things application in agro
SMART INDUSTRY ACTION PLAN ACHTERHOEK
SMART INDUSTRY ACTION PLAN ACHTERHOEK
• CONNECTION– Fibre optic cable
• OPEN INNOVATION – Printing on concrete
INVITATION
The Achterhoek kindly invites you to visit our region on the 27th of November 2015