AME and Variass join forces by establishing Metis Group

Establishing Metis Group marks a new step in the international buy-and-build strategy.Eindhoven, 9 January 2024 - Variass, AME, and Gimv are delighted to announce the establishment of Metis Group, effective as of today, January 9, 2024. Metis Group is a group of...

Henk Smid steps down as CEO of the Variass Group

Henk Smid will step down as CEO of the Variass Group on January 1st 2024. Fortunately, all of his knowledge and experience will remain available to us, because he will take an active role in the supervisory board of Variass and its sister company, AME.   The...

Variass develops its own cobot and 3D mold

Cobot VERA Variass has demonstrated the work of their own developed cobot VERA (Variass Eerste (first) Robot Arm) on the event “Tangible Technics” in Drachten. About 2000 students and parents of practicle and secondary education came to the event, where they could...

Secretary of State visits Variass Drachten

On June 18th, 2018, Variass Drachten was visited by Secretary of State (Economics and Climate) mrs Mona Keijzer. By invitation of the province of Friesland she got acquainted with the Innovatie Cluster Drachten. A co-operation of 18 hightech companies in the Northern...

Variass demonstrates Soldercobot on Hannover Messe

On April 25th Variass was present on the international Hannover Messe. Together with other companies of the Region of Smart Factories of the North, Variass showed their innovative soldercobot. An efficient robot that makes it possible to setup solder configurations...

Variass included in new book “The-Practitioners-Guide-to-POLCA”

In the new book “The practitioners guide to POLCA”, written by professor Rajan Suri, a Variass case was included. Variass has contributed to an article about their innovative POLCA configuration (material controlsystem on production). This article was included as a...

Variass finalist for DISCA 2017 Award, best logistics supplier.

Dutch Industrial Suppliers Awards: An election fort he best industrial supplier of the Netherlands. To become ‘best logistics sypplier’, Dutch companies can nominate their suppliers who stand out in logistics by acting proactively and are constantly improving their...

Deens TechCollege and Noorderpoort visit Variass

Last September a deligation of the Danish TechCollege from Aalborg and Noorderpoort Groningen visited Variass. In the context of international cooperation with technical education on practical level (MBO), TechCollege is interested in working with organisations like...

Opening Variass Innovation Centre

Opening Variass Innovation Centre

The high-tech world in which Variass is active changes faster than ever. By continuously innovating, we are moving closely with those changes. In doing so Variass increasingly transforms into a knowledge partner in the manufacturing industry. To increase and...