Building Group Dijkstra Draisma Wins FD Gazelle - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - WTC Leeuwarden congratulates Building Group Dijkstra Draisma with winning FD Gazelle 2016 We are proud that one of our members, Building Group Dijkstra Draisma (BGDD), was awarded with the FD Gazelle Award. An annual award for the fastest growing c... more

V&D: The Rise & Fall of a Department Store - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - During this WTC Leeuwarden Business Club event on September 27, 2016, Philippe Hondelink told us all about the rise and fall of one of the most successful department stores in The Netherlands. We all grew up with Vroom & Dreesmann later called V&a... more

First Sponsor Meeting for the 2018 GA - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - WTC Leeuwarden had the first official sponsor meeting on Tuesday, September 13 for the 2018 WTCA General Assembly.  Evert Jan Schouwstra, Managing Director of WTC Leeuwarden, reviewed the proposal and displayed the successful bid presentation that ev... more

WTC Leeuwarden - Frisian Export Carousel Kickoff - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - On September 7th, 15 Frisian entrepreneurs and 60 students kicked off the 6th edition of the Frisian Export Carousel. On this day the students, who paired up in groups of four, were introduced to the entrepreneurs. All participating entrepreneurs pr... more

Dutch participation in water projects in Bangalore - AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - On July 22, Evert Jan Schouwstra (Managing Director WTC Leeuwarden, Netherlands) and Gerard Vaandrager (WTC The Hague, Netherlands) met Belaram Menon (President WTC Bangalore) when he visited Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Together they discussed the poss... more

European front-runner Healthy Ageing - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - Good news from HANNN - partner and member WTC Leeuwarden. The Northern-Netherlands region leads the pack in Europe when it comes to Healthy Ageing, according to the European Commission. On Wednesday 13 July 2016 it presented a ranking of European Ref... more

International Logistics Global Networking - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - Read our new magazine online with matching of FERUCOM, introducing Ali Sarac from Intro2Turkey and a full page impression of the WTC Leeuwarden Business Academy session on doing business in Iran. This magazine is a production of the WTCA Members in T... more

WTC Leeuwarden winning host of WTCA GA 2018! - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - While EJ was still in Algiers receiving all your congratulations, our local Municipality surprised us with a tasteful and nice celebration cake and personal note. We received loads of congrats from entrepreneurs / branch organizations / regional and ... more

Building the future of Health - The Northern Netherlands is a very active region bordering Germany. It comprises the provinces of Groningen, Drenthe and Friesland. The region is home to over 130,000 companies and last year had an estimated GDP of over € 97 billion. The region is known for its innovative, amb... more

Recent Water Technology Developments WTCLeeuwarden - LEEUWARDEN, NETHERLANDS - Water - the source for life!  World Trade Center Leeuwarden is devoted to North Netherlands and it cares very much about its region. We are a proactive promoter of the promising sectors within our international network.  One of the sectors is Wa... more