Brainport companies are looking beyond China to expand manufacturing operations in Asia, but cooling relations between Beijing and the West play only a minor part in those plans.
In the past twenty years, high-tech systems have become incredibly complex. ASML and its supplier VDL ETG discuss how this has impacted the role of the system engineer. Architecting, they conclude, is becoming more and more a team effort – and so is the training of architects.
By fostering collaboration between companies focusing on atomic layer deposition as well as infusing them with the latest research results, a new TUE-led project aims to take the already strong Dutch presence in this field to the next level.
High-tech development processes are becoming so complex that organizations cannot avoid thinking and working in a multidisciplinary way. After all, the ideal solution is rarely one-dimensional. However, collaborating engineers from different fields are only successful if they understand each other’s jargon. VDL ETG T&D sends its technicians on a course at High Tech Institute so that they can train that skill.
Do Dutch high tech companies invest enough in software development? Bits&Chips poses the question to Guustaaf Savenije and Ton Peijnenburg of VDL ETG, the largest tier-1 high tech supplier and hardware company in the Netherlands. “Software is just one of the disciplines – no more, no less. Better participate in the multidisciplinary world!”
VDL ETG trapt samen met de universiteiten in Antwerpen, Delft, Eindhoven en Gent en een aantal andere partners de ontwikkeling van een compact synchrotron als gefocuste, vrij instelbare röntgenbron.
Op initiatief van branchevereniging High Tech NL hebben vijf toonaangevende industriële spelers en zes wetenschapsinstellingen afspraken gemaakt over verregaande krachtenbundeling op het vlak van robotica.
What’s the secret behind VDL Enabling Technologies Group? The supplier of high-quality mechanical components, modules and complete systems has weathered the financial crisis well and is taking work off powerhouse ASML’s hands by developing wafer handlers. From research to production, VDL ETG believes in working together as equals.
VDL ETG brengt zijn circa tachtigkoppige Research-tak per 1 januari onder bij zijn Eindhovense kantoren in Acht en op De Hurk.
Het Australische pv-bedrijf Dyesol heeft VDL ETG in de arm genomen om prototype productiemachines voor perovskietzonnecellen te ontwikkelen.
