After two years of reconstruction of the old RDM Manufacturing area in the Habours of Rotterdam, the new RDM Campus is finally finished.

This new place of education in Design and Manufacturing (hence the RDM) will focus itself on education and cooperation with business in the fields of climate adaptation, water management, sustainable building and sustainable mobility.

The Dutch Prince of Oranje (Prince Willem Alexander) opened the area by connecting two pipes together through a new innovative technology.

The Minister Jacqueline Cramer of Building and Environment: ”Entrepreneurs can work together with students on new sustainable technologies to solve the challenges of today and tomorrow.”

The place is specially suited for SME ventures looking for manufacturing skills and -thus – partnerships with ‘new craft’ education. For companies in the Electric Vehicle industry for instance, it can be very difficult to find the right technicians to not only design the vehicle, but also someone to maintain and repair the vehicle. The same problem arises when dealing with other green collar jobs such as in sustainable housing and other growing cleantech sectors. The RDM Campus offers SME’s this advantage.  

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