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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.

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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Test Kitchen

Makerspace for food: product development, validating new food concepts, workshops and cooking demonstrations.

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Pilot Factory

Test a setup the way you would build it in a factory, before rolling it out for good.

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Development & Demo Space

Flexible 4,000 m² hall to build, test and demonstrate prototypes.

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Co-working

Free flexible workspaces and a meeting spot by the entrance, among the other innovators.

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Workspaces

Flexible and fixed 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

14

free coworking spots

3

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. There, KAAP connects parties around testing, developing and inspiring.

What

4,000 m² of testing ground on the Kenniswerf in Vlissingen: test kitchen, pilot factory, 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 factory, development and demo hall, 3D print lab and workbenches. From first prototype to demonstration.

02

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

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.

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