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Test Kitchen
Professional, food-safe kitchen to develop and test recipes, processes and products.
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Innovatiepunt KAAP
Bring your innovation to life.
The physical space you need to turn an innovative idea into reality. On the far tip of the Kenniswerf in Vlissingen, 4,000 m² of hall, test kitchen and workspaces are ready for anyone who wants to make, test and show something around water, food and energy. Not an office building, but a workshop. Walk in and you will see it straight away.
The point where innovations come to life.
KAAP does not stand above the parties, but between them.
Zeeland is a pioneer. Innovative thinking and creatively and technically adapting to elements such as water, energy, and food is in our DNA. But we don't just think innovatively: we provide the execution power to make, test, and develop.
At the very tip of the Kenniswerf in Vlissingen, KAAP is the innovation hub of Zeeland: the place where you get the physical space to develop, test and demonstrate, with equipment and space that are scarce elsewhere.
4000m² Test & Development Space
In KAAP, you will find unique spaces where government, business, and education collaborate on tangible innovation. Not an office building, but a physical playground for scaling:
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Pilot Production Room
Space to trial production processes at real scale before you scale up.
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Development & Demo Space
Large, flexible hall to build, test and demonstrate prototypes.
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Tasting Room
A green meeting space with standing tables, for demos, tastings and short sessions.
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Workspaces
Free shared workspaces among the people working on the transitions here.
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Innovations are the solutions that make our lives better. And Food, Energy, and Water are essential elements and a pivot in circular thinking.
4.000 m²
physical testing ground
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free coworking spots
2.000 m²
guests in the event hall
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transitions under one roof
From and for the ecosystem
Why KAAP exists
Why
The transitions in water, food and energy call for doers. Zeeland is full of innovative power, but ideas strand the moment there is no place to actually build, test and show them. We believe innovation only accelerates once you can touch it.
How
By offering one physical place where entrepreneurs, education, research and government meet every day. KAAP does not stand above the parties but between them: testing, connecting and inspiring.
What
4,000 m² of testing ground on the Kenniswerf in Vlissingen: test kitchen, pilot production, development and demo space, 3D print lab, workbenches, an event hall and shared workspaces. Plus the programmes, events and network that come with it.
How KAAP accelerates innovation
Three pillars from our plan, in practice every day.
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Testing
Physical testing and development at real scale: test kitchen, pilot production, development and demo hall, 3D print lab and workbenches. From first prototype to demonstration.
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Connecting
KAAP brings supply and demand, knowledge and practice, education and business together. Business challenges find their way into the ecosystem here.
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Inspiring
Tours, workshops, demo days and events where you see, taste and experience what happens here. From student to corporate.
Marc Menue
Business Development Manager
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Come experience it yourself
The best way to understand KAAP is to walk in. Come by for a tour or a coffee, and I will show you first-hand what is possible on the Kenniswerf, tailored to what you are working on.
