Innovate Go
This project identifies entrepreneurial talent within knowledge institutions and, in collaboration with the regional industry, launches an approach to stimulate new business activity within the SME sector by engaging this talent. Through this, entrepreneurship serves as a cohesive force to retain talent and sustainably connect it to the regional industry.
Twentenaar Develops Machine for Digital Weed Removal on Sports Fields
André Trip, owner of Grootgroener (landscaping services) in Wierden, has devised the ultimate solution for removing weeds on sports fields. With a self-designed and self-built machine, he digitally detects dandelions and plantain weeds, then removes them. “I’m rather technically minded,” he explains. “We maintain sports fields for many clubs, and my team and I always found it tedious work to remove weeds with a hoe,” he adds. “It’s skilled work, but it’s time-consuming. So I started thinking, and this idea came to me.”
Through the Innovate GO innovation programme by Novel-T, which provides entrepreneurs with coaching, knowledge, and guidance to develop and market their innovations, Trip built his first machine a year and a half ago. “The first two, by the way, ended up in the scrap metal heap—they didn’t work, but the third one is performing excellently.”
Funding
Regio Deal
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Contact Lisette Braker
P: +316 39 46 51 55
M: l.braker@novelt.com
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