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In short, Oost NV's role is to stimulate actions.
It's like them passing the ball to me...
and all I have to do is head it into the goal.
Polymer Science Park is a foundation that aims at stimulating innovations and development
in the field of polymer and plastics technology.
Companies come to us in order to innovate
in a faster and cheaper way than they would have been able to do so by themselves.
The consortium attracts a number of major parties.
From the industrial sector we have Wavin, DSM and Van Wijhe Paints.
And the education sector is also actively participating,
like the Windesheim Academy, ROC Deltion from Zwolle and the University of Twente.
So the education sector is very well represented within our organisation.
Polymer Science Park is located in Zwolle in an industrial area close to the soccer stadium
and near the Isala hospital. It's a very beautiful location.
11% of the Dutch employment within the polymer industry can be found here
in the Overijssel province and particularly in the area around the city of Zwolle.
there's a very good connection with several education institutes.
One thing I really have to get used to in this region, is the cooperation with the education sector.
Companies can be so different from each other, that too can be quite a challenge.
For example Oost NV had a major role in connecting those parties within the network.
and continues to do so.
How should I deal with people from the education sector? They think and work in a different way.
I can be a bit impatient and I can't always directly grasp what people mean.
Oost NV helps me tremendously in that respect and I can't handle 300 companies by myself.
Oost NV really helps me with that.
When I dream of the year 2017, which is the year the goals for Polymer Science Park are targeted,
then I hope that the 60 companies we hope to to establish here, are actually present.
I hope this will be a place the whole country will turn to for plastics and polymer technology,
to develop and create products,
knowing they need to be in the Overijssel province for the production industry,
and in the city of Zwolle for the design phase.