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Transformation update Kennispark Twente December 2022
Preface Kennispark Twente is in the midst of a major renovation. We are transforming from a somewhat outdated business park - admittedly with a top 3 position in the national ecosystem of innovation campuses - into a modern, sustainable science park with a strong focus on technological themes: MedTech, Chip Tech, Advanced Manufacturing, Secure Systems and Materials. Our economic profile will be further sharpened in the coming years, we strengthen mutual cooperation and the physical layout will be given a thorough overhaul.
4 goals To manage this transformation, we set up a development strategy in the spring of 2020 based on the 2018 vision. This strategy describes 4 goals for the transformation of Kennispark. It also states how we will give substance to these four goals in the coming years. The goals (2 spatial and 2 programmatic) are: •
Adding an innovation district to the Hengelosestraat
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Transformation of existing Business & Science Park
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Strengthen the profile of Kennispark
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Strengthen the collaboration at Kennispark
KENNISPARK WHERE SCIENCE BECOMES BUSINESS
These goals are realized coherently through 7 interventions. Mixing functions. Making real estate and public space more sustainable. Providing mobility and parking solutions. Creating meeting places. Conducting quality direction. Strategic acquisition of new companies and functions. Strengthening cooperation between companies and community building.
In this update we provide insight into our activities and results of the past periode (april-december 2022). In doing so, we hope to give a good insight of the efforts being made by a wide range of organizations and companies to create a strong innovation campus. Does this update give you food for thought or does it raise questions? We are happy to talk with you. We need each other to make Kennispark Twente a science park where talent will enjoy working and be challenged to keep innovating!
Marieke Stokkelaar Director of Kennispark Twente a.i.
December 2022
This is Kennispark Twente Innovation from the very beginning! That is what characterizes Kennispark Twente. In the 1980s, Kennispark Twente wrote history with the construction of the BTC: the first American-style incubator building in the Netherlands. It marked the start of the growth of the first 'science park' in the Netherlands. Today, Kennispark is one of the top 3 biggest science parks in the Netherlands, more than 450 companies are located here and over 10,000 people work here. It is truly an engine for employment in the region!
Profile of Kennispark Twente Kennispark is characterized by the presence of relatively many companies and a lot of different breakthrough technologies. This diversity offers opportunities for knowledge crossovers and collaboration. Because of our culture with short lines of communication and strong ties, we know how to find each other and come up with new solutions for the societal challenges we face. Among others, we are strong in:
MedTech
Organ-on-achip
Robotics
Advanced manufacturing
Chip Design
Materials
Smart IT & Secure Systems
To further develop our sciencepark, we are taking a next step in the transformation of Kennispark. We are adding an Innovation District, which will literally and figuratively link the campus of the University of Twente with the current Business & Science Park. A district where living, working and meeting are the key elements. An area in which there is always a lot of activity. Where knowledge is shared and where the business community and researchers can find each other more easily. Together we work on the latest innovations.
Strategic approach of Kennispark: 4 goals
Transforming existing B&S Park
Adding innovation district
Spatial Programmatic
Strengthen collaboration
Connecting & Meeting Strengthen profile
Investment Power & Spatial Frameworks
The past few years have been about making plans and establishing frameworks. A great deal of energy has gone into set up the necessary vision and spatial documents. The city council has also frequently discussed the necessary investments and desired approach in the area. Agreement on the vision and the roadmap are, however, essential to actually get the developments launched. A timeline.
2018 Area Vision 2019 Spatial Development Vision (Structuurvisie) 2020 Urban development plan and mobility plan 2022 Investment Plan and Zoning Plan 2023 Zoning Plan expectoed to be approved
Download all documents here
01. Adding an innovation district to the Hengelosestraat: overview fase 1
01. Adding an innovation district to the Hengelosestraat
HIGHLIGHT: NEXT TWENTE ASR Dutch Science Park Fund has recently conducted research into the real estate needs in the area. This information resulted in ASR having sufficient confidence in realising NEXT Twente. The study revealed a high need for office space, production space and storage and, on a slightly lesser scale, technical workspaces, general lab, clean rooms and microbiological labs. There is a need for different types of spaces and more square metres. Scaling up is thus desired across the entire spectrum. Meanwhile, ASR DSPF has selected architect bureau Proof of the Sum for the design of NEXT Twente.
01. Adding an innovation district to the Hengelosestraat
WHAT WE ALSO WORKED ON IN 2022: •
Enschede City Council invests 10 million in further development phase 1, intended for creating new and improving existing public space, realising new solutions for mobility in the area and preparing plots of land for building.
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Fraunhofer Innovation Platform for Advanced Manufacturing is building its new location at Kennispark. Completion is expected in 2023.
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The design for the Smart Crossing over the Hengelosestraat is ready and preparations for construction have started. Completion is expected in May 2023.
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Demcon Headquarters is under construction and will be completed soon (spring 2023).
02. Transformation of existing Business & Science Park
01. 02. Transformation of existing Business & Science Park
CELEBRATING MILESTONES The mentioned investments in the innovation district are part of an overall plan for investments in the entire area. This overall plan includes 100 million worth of investments. On 21 April, we invited all parties involved in investing in Kennispark and highlighted them with their project. The special moment! Meet the people behind the '100 million plan' on the next page.
100 million plan: investments in Kennispark
Read the full story!
Sustainability of real estate In addition to investing in greening public spaces, we encourage real estate owners to make their buildings more sustainable. We have RegioDeal funds available for this purpose. Entrepreneurs can request a free BREEAM scan to gain insight into their sustainability options. Main goal is to make the buildings at Kennispark as sustainable as possible.
Current status 90 Buildings at Kennispark, of which:
23 No energy label (yet!)
55 Energy label C or better
04 Buildings certified according to BREEAM
09 Energy label D or worse
31 Sustainability scans completed or in preparation
VRAAG NU AAN!
Read more about the mobility hubs
02. Transformation of existing Business & Science Park
WHAT WE ALSO WORKED ON IN 2022: •
The municipality of Enschede wants to stimulate the use of shared transport. Therefore, with the help of € 40,000 from the Regio Deal, 25 mobility hubs have been realized at Kennispark in Enschede as a pilot project.
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A joint design for the layout of the public space Institutenweg is being prepared together with the surrounding property owners.
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A lot of effort has been put into a design for the area development on the corner Capitool - Institutenweg. HMO, municipality of Enschede and UT are working together on a Techarea for high-tech companies and facilities, located in a campus-style environment and with a circular parking building.
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The final steps are being taken to obtain the 3-star BREEAM certificate. The certification is expected in spring 2023. It provides insight into the area's current sustainability status and opportunities for improvement.
03. Strengthen the profile of Kennispark
Presenting the MedTech Cluster plan: MedTech Twente 2030
MEDTECH TWENTE 2030 During the MedTech Twente Week, the MedTech Twente 2030 Cluster Plan was presented. Over the next four years, a wide range of parties will work on three action lines: 1.
Strengthening the MedTech community in Twente
2.
Collaborating with other MedTech clusters in Europe
3.
National and international branding of MedTech Twente
This cluster approach has been made possible by a contribution from the province of Overijssel, municipality of Enschede and Twente Board. A Business Community Manager has been added to the Kennispark Twente team and will be committed to action line 1. Read the press release
Read more about the MedTech Twente cluster
MEDTECH TWENTE WEEK This year, we joined forces to expand the successful TechMed event into a first MedTech Twente Week. Besides a day especially for clinicians and researchers at the annual TechMed Event, we teamed up with WTC Twente, Oost NL, Novel-T, TechMed Center and Kennispark to further professionalise the MedTech Business day with a programme around investing and internationalisation. We also repeated the Exchange Dinner for startups and corporates ( with success!) and added the Talent Day to the programme. With the Robotics Summit and the MicroNano Conference in the same week, it was a nice highlight for all partners in MedTech Twente.
Read the press release
IAMFLUIDICS RAISES MULTIMILLION EURO INVESTMENT MedTech startup IamFluidics announces the closing of a €4 million financing round in september this year. The money will be used to establish a new head office, build a production facility, expand the team, and expedite the market introduction of its first products. Once invented for the encapsulation of stem cells at jet speed, the IamFluidics technology is a unique and proprietary microencapsulation technology that is up to 1,000x faster than its alternatives, while maintaining consistent control over shape and size. The uniform particles can be formed by different materials that are natural, vegan, biodegradable and plastic-free and can be loaded with active ingredients to address several large end-markets.
Presenting ambition plan ChipTech Twente CHIPTECH TWENTE Bram Nauta, Professor of Integrated Circuit Design at the University of Twente, and Timo Meinders, Director of the MESA+ Institute, presented to MEP Bart Groothuis Twente’s ambition plan to strengthen Chip Tech in Twente. ChipTech Twente will work on three action lines: 1. Continued investment in electronic chip design 2. Research programme for integration heterogeneous systems 3. Future vision on realisation of heterogeneous fab The past few months ChipTech Twente has worked on an application for the Twente Board to set up a professional team to work on a strategy and roadmap for realising these ambitions. We did this in close cooperation with Holland Semiconductors, MESA+, Oost NL and various SMEs. Twente Board approved the application on 15th December 2022!
Read the press release
Community building, events and branding ChipTech Twente
Read more about the ChipTech Twente cluster
Since the presentation of the ambition plan, we have worked hard to put ChipTech Twente on the map. For instance, we presented ourselves and several Twente companies at Semicon Europe in Munich at the HighTech NL stand, we received State Minister of Saxony Thomas Schmidt, we organised a number of lunches for ChipTech companies that want to put their efforts into the ambition plan and we were well represented (also programmatically) during the introduction of the national Chip Design community in Eindhoven. A great start, and… more to come!
Read the press release
QuiX Quantum will deliver 8- and 64-qubit fully Universal Quantum Computers based on photonics, integrating the existing technologies from their processors with sources, detectors, and feedforward to create a modular Photonic Quantum Computer. This represents the first commercial sale of Universal Quantum Computers based on light. Quix Quantum closed the 14 million contract deal with the German Aerospace Center DLR.
QUIX QUANTUM WINS 14 MILLION CONTRACT
03. Strengthen the profile of Kennispark
WHAT WE ALSO WORKED ON IN 2022: •
Together with Novel-T, the top workplaces High Tech Systems Park, Connect-U, Businesspark XL and Technology Base, UT, Saxion, Oost NL and other parties, we are developing a strategy to improve the profile of promising clusters in High Tech Twente. Together, we are working on a stronger profile for High Tech Twente. We are doing this in the RegioDeal project Profiling Top Work Locations, among others. The Campus Cafés are part of this.
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We have entered into a partnership with Innovation Origins to make the success stories from Twente nationally and internationally visible. We had 16 stories written and published on their independent innovation platform.
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We organised 5 Campus Cafés around the themes of Chip Design, MedTech, Battery Technology, Talent (matchmaking event) and Energy. The meetings were well attended and reviewed. Recently, we requested attribution of ratings by visitors. The last meeting on sustainability in aviation was rated an average of 8!
Read the full story
THIS IS HOW TWENTE WORKS ON AVIATION OF TOMORROW Ever since Belgian pioneering aviator Jan Olieslagers made a half-hour demonstration flight in Twente with a propeller plane in 1910, aviation has never looked back. In fact, educational institutions, Twente Airport and industry are working in the region to design the aviation of tomorrow. The aviation industry still has a huge lag to overcome in terms of sustainability. In 2020, the Dutch aviation sector emitted 7.6 billion kilograms of CO2. The more kilos that are released into the air, the higher the amount of CO₂ emissions. In other words: the lighter the aircraft, the lower the emissions. The Kennispark-based ThermoPlastic Composites Research Center (TPRC) conducts research into the use of thermoplastic composites for the construction of aircraft.
Read the full story about PHIX
03. Strengthen the profile of Kennispark
STRATEGIC ACQUISITION IN 2022: The following companies have settled (again) at Kennispark: •
PHIX Photonic assembly: PHIX is moving into a new building at Kennispark to enable further industrialization and scale-up of photonic chips.
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E Green Global: EGG from Seoul is opening a new lab for the production of micro tubers, an innovative way of seed potato production.
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5ahead: The German family-owned company ELA Container has opened an innovation branch under the name 5ahead, focussing on (digital) innovations for spaces and buildings composed of units.
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Beckhoff Automation: The company is a direct support point for technical support, training and implementation of automation systems in the manufacturing industry.
And more to come!
04. Strengthen the collaboration at Kennispark
Growth VONK, association for real estate owners and entrepreneurs Since VONK was founded just before the summer of 2021,
There are now a total of 34 members, of whom 7 were property owners and 27
the Association of Real Estate Owners and Entrepreneurs Kennispark has been experiencing steady growth. The
entrepreneurs. VONK has three committees active in the areas of Mobility, Sustainability and Park Management. It is being investigated whether there is
target for 2022 that 20% of the entrepreneurs and real
sufficient enthusiasm for a Talent committee.
estate owners will be members of VONK, has been achieved. VONK is more than able to meet the target amount for 2022 as a contribution to the area
The joint projects of VONK, among others: • Bicycle campaign: Lekker Onderweg
organization (€ 37,500) and the target amount for 2023
• Free advice and guidance on purchasing solar panels
(50% of € 150,000).
• Lease a bike
With the arrival and growth of VONK, entrepreneurs are much more closely involved in developments at Kennispark and provide valuable input from the perspective of Kennispark residents. VONK participates in our Supervisory Board, directors meeting and area team Space. Tasks with major influence.
• Kennispark geeft Energie integrated with the committee Sustainability • Project Fietsmaatjes, together with province of Overijssel • MSG sustainable logistics hub • Research project solar parking at FC Twente • Design public space Institutenweg • Advice about walking paths accross Kennispark
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Read the full story
04. Strengthen the collaboration at Kennispark
KEEPING TALENT IN TWENTE THROUGH ESPORTS Ass. professor Guido Bruinsma, Kennispark Twente and Twente Board introduced in November 2022 the eSports Ladder: an online gaming and community platform where gamers – both students and employees – can connect with each other through gaming. It is a new way for the region to attract and retain talent. The introduction of the eSports Ladder took place during the WirWar festival, an offline event in the Grolsch Veste stadium of FC Twente, where 600 gamers of different games compete with each other under the watchful eye of colleagues, students and others who are interested. Initially, the software will be made available to UT students and companies located on Kennispark Twente. The next step is to devise an umbrella competition for all science parks and innovation districts in the Netherlands.
Check our latest events
04. Strengthen the collaboration at Kennispark
COMMUNITY EVENTS IN 2022: •
Healthy Life Event for all inhabitants of Kennispark – 23 March
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Kennispark op de schop, pertner event – 21 April
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5 Campus Café’s for engineers, students and scientist – several dates
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ChipTech Twente lunches, for the chiptech communitie in Twente – monthly
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WirWar, sponsorship, for gaming community at Kennispark – 25 November
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Kennispark.run, organised by Kennispark Ondernemers – 22 June
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Kennispark Regatta, organised by DRV Euros – 8 July
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Novel-T Tenniscup, organised by Novel-T – 1 July
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Company visits, organised by Kennispark Ondernemers - monthly
Collaboration national and international
IASP & NCO Kennispark Twente participates in the National Campusses Consultation (NCO), in which the ten top campuses in the Netherlands exchange knowledge and experiences. Themes such as cluster formation, physical aspects of innovation and joint lobbying are discussed at the NCO. In addition, we joined the international association for science parks, IASP, this year. Our core team went to the annual conference in Seville to gain knowledge. This year, sustainability and digitalisation of science parks were central issues. A valuable experience!
We deploy various communication channels to strengthen the online connection with the community. Below are the online channels. In
Communication Tools and CRM system
addition, we send mailings where necessary (online and in person) to bring current developments to the attention of the public and we organize events on location.
Medium
Followers
Followers
2021
2022
Newsletter
1.130
1.330
3.840
4.537
487
492
290
298
718
811
Dashboard for analytics and community building with Exite ICT All entrepreneurs, property owners, cooperation partners, schemes, conversation reports and perhaps in time also relevant figures and statistics will be stored in a robust and reliable data system before the summer of 2021. Together with knowledge parker Exite ICT, we will set up a relationship database with the possibility for future dashboarding, so that we can make connections more quickly. This system will also include relevant information such as key technologies, premises data, available shared facilities and needs. We are also looking at future wishes and possibilities, such as providing insight into developments at our park, the status of sustainability measures, establishment figures within a particular cluster and investments. We work closely with knowledge partners in the area or nearby, such as Stegehuis Infra for BREEAM and sustainability information, Novel-T and top work locations for community building, Exite ICT, Kennispunt Oost, Twente Board, Oost NL and the municipality of Enschede.
Employment numbers
The magic mark of 10,000 jobs has been broken!
Job growth at Kennispark exceeded the magic limit of 10,000 jobs for the first time: 10.259 in total. Because Kennispark accounts for a quarter of the job growth in Enschede and can therefore rightly be called a job engine, the government and municipality must continue to invest to prevent this innovation engine from grinding to a halt. On the page you’ll find an overview of the fast growers and largest copanies. These figures are from 2021, the most up-to-date overview that can be given. These figures are updated annually. We now know that some high-tech companies have grown faster that these figures show. We have decided to keep the official figures for this release.
Employment growth 2017 2018
8.921 8.785
2019
9.425
2020
9.841
2021
10.259
One of our ‘worst enemies’: the war on talent!
Largest employers at Kennispark and biggest growers 2021
(see note on previous page)
RANKINGS
Highest growth in employees
Largest companies
1. Xelvin Oost 2. Nar
1. Commando Diensten Centrum HR 2. KroeseWevers
3. HoSt
3. Apollo Tyres Global R&D
4. YER Nederland
4. DEMCON advanced mechatronica
5. OV software 6. Ecare
5. Sqills 6. Damsté advocaten - notarissen
7. KroeseWevers
7. Kienhuis Hoving
8. Bond 3D
8. HoSt
AWARDS
9. Eshuis accountants & adviseurs 10. Sqills
9. Universal Electronics 10. Equinix
Bond 3D
11. Kongsberg Actuation Systems
11. Switch (now Dustin)
12. TDC Services 13. Solmates
12. Micronit 13. Ecare
14. Extendas
14. Mecal Focal
15. 3T
15. Bizzdesign
16. Commando Diensten Centrum HR 17. Lipocoat
16. Eshuis 17. Demcon Production
18. PCE Brookhuis
18. Medical Measurements Systems
19. NX Filtration 20. Boers & Lem
19. Stratech Automatisering 20. 3T
Technology Fast50 Deloitte #29 PHIX Photonic Assembly The Photonics 100 Jelmer Renema, CTO Quix Quantum
Innovation of the year – 3D printing Industry Awards 2022 Innovation Sprint Category winner of Disruptive Health– Innovation radar 2022
Source: Kennispunt Oost 2022, excl. University of Twente and Twente Village
We just picked some examples
The following Kennispark companies have indicated in discussions with the area organisation that they expect substantial growth:
Demcon Xsens Micronit Mecal HoSt NX Filtration 3T Solmates Maser ProLeit LipoCoat
To realise our plans, money is needed. Investments from the state, province, municipality and private parties are essential to carry out our ambitions. Over the past two years we have
RegioDeal Twente
raised some nice grants and investments. A mayor fund is the RegioDeal Twente. These are our projects within this fund.
RegioDeal 6.3 million, awarded • BREEAM Area & Building, sustainability scans: €500,000. The first tranche will be used for sustainability scans for companies to gain insight into their sustainability opportunities. Certification for BREEAM Area NL 3 stars is also being requested. • Kennispark Gives Energy for sustainable energy, smart mobility and more biodiversity: €400,000 reserved. • Green Deal Fund for the sustainable redevelopment of B&S park: € 1,510,040 • Smart connection between B&S park and UT campus: € 750,040.
• Central building for shared services, such as: common canteen, flexible workstations, meeting rooms and lab facilities: € 2,000,000. • Housing student teams at Kennispark, including making building more sustainable and adapting public areas: € 600,000. • Programming of top work locations at Kennispark, Technology Base, High Tech Systems Park, Connect-U, Business Park XL: € 330,000. Uniform approach formulated, test cases carried out, rollout to national acquisition to be started in cooperation with various Twente organizations. Campus Cafés in progress and heading towards perpetuation of organization. Interest from other science parks.
Who does what for Kennispark?
OOSTNL Acquisition Cluster strengthening
AREA ORGANISATION
UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE
Strategic acquisition
ASR DSPF
Community building
Cluster strengthening
Building design and construction
Implementation of RegioDeal projects
Encouraging cooperation
Acquisition
Cluster formation Direction and coordination area development
research – business
Lobby
Profiling and lobbying
VONK MUNICIPALITY OF ENSCHEDE Spatial plans
PROVINCE
Realization UT buildings
Cluster strengthening
Unite property owners, business
TWENTE BOARD
owners and area organization Drafting parking strategy
Lobby Marketing, PR
Parking strategy
NOVEL-T
Licensing
Funding Direction Twente-wide approach
Preparation of furnishing plans for public space
Community building
Realization of crossing
Profiling
BREEAM certification
Contributing knowledge for
Note: further visualization
valorization and innovation SMEs
cohesion parties follows
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Always #nearby! Want to know more? Questions? Tips or ideas? We'd love to talk to you. We'll stop by, you can email us, and a call will do as well. We are always #nearby to connect you with the community, with entrepreneurs, real estate owners, national and regional government partners, scientists, students, ecosystem builders and other relevant parties in and around our science park.
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Alfred Stobbelaar
Marieke Stokkelaar
General contact information
Director
Project Manager RegioDeal
Director a.i & Clustermanager
Address:
Hengelosestraat 500, The Gallery, 7521 AN Enschede
www.kennispark.nl
Email: alfred@kennispark.nl
Email: marieke@kennispark.nl
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