Nijdeken is open to fresh ideas from students
There was a lot to see and discuss at the kick-off in Hengelo. After an initial round of introductions, director Leo Huijser gave the 8 international students from FH Münster, Westfälische Hochschule and Saxion Hogeschool a tour of his company and presented his machines and numerous examples of products that Nijdeken sells. With this newly […]
Sustainability is a top priority in the exciting Smart Lab for bellanet in Rhede!
8 international students from Saxion Hogeschool, Westfälische Hochschule and FH Münster listened to bellanet’s challenging task: What steps can the company take to reduce the footprint of the well-known microfibre cloths? bellanet already uses recycled microfibres, but the company is not satisfied with that: It wants to do more in the direction of sustainability! Over […]
Starting for innovation: Two new Smart Labs launched
Two new Smart Labs have been launched as part of the Interreg VI project Smart Solution Labs! Eight talented students from Germany and the Netherlands from Hogeschool Saxion, FH Münster and Westfälische Hochschule are coming together to work on innovative solutions for companies in the German-Dutch border region. Our students, who come from a wide […]
First Smart Solution Labs student team presents various solutions to Pfreundt GmbH
The Südlohn-based company’s task was to simplify the calibration of excavator bucket scales. The eight German and Dutch students asked many comprehension questions and repeatedly approached Pfreundt employees with interim results during the eight-week R&D sprint. They created various solution approaches, which they now presented at the Smart Solution Labs project day at Saxion in […]
First Tech Garage at Smart Solution Labs
50 students from three universities and company representatives from the border region gathered information on the topic of artificial intelligence at Tobis Software in Ahaus. And the networking and co-creation event was a hit, as CHAT GPT confirms: “Hey Chat GPT, write me a concise summary about an instructive day organised by the Smart Solution […]
Smart Solution Labs as a finalist at the 5th Grenslandconference
The Grenslandconference took place for the 5th time. The venue changes every year. This year, the oldest city in the Netherlands, Nijmegen, welcomed more than 500 guests from Germany and the Netherlands. The conference offered the opportunity for numerous discussions and informative workshops. All of them focused on the dismantling of the border, the labour […]
Kick-off for the new Smart Lab at PFREUNDT GmbH!
Excavator, bucket, angle, force triangle: these and other details for calibrating the new hydraulic excavator scale were discussed by the students of the Smart Solution Labs at the kick-off at Pfreundt. Marco Becker and Wolfgang Holtermans took the time to explain the task to the students and work together to come up with initial ideas. […]
Completion of the first Smart Lab for HTM
Students from Saxion, Westfälische Hochschule and FH Münster jointly presented their findings from the first Smart Lab. They ranked their recommendations from “low hanging fruits” to “costly, but with great benefits”. André Jansen, Managing Director of High Tech Maintenance, was very satisfied with the results. The content of the numerous interviews they conducted with a […]
Full of energy into the Smart Lab
They are studying mechanical engineering, design or international management at the universities Saxion Hogeschool, FH Münster and Westfälische Hochschule. Despite or perhaps because of their different backgrounds, these 8 motivated students came together on September 22nd o at the inno.lab of FH Münster for the Smart Solution Labs innovation training. What is an innovation? How […]