Top technology region Brainport in the Southeast Netherlands is the ideal place for study, work, career building, self-development and a pleasant home. Brainport International Community (BIC) works to promote this worldwide and ensures new arrivals feel at home quickly and will want to stay. Attracting and keeping international talent is very important to Brainport, since the region needs 1,100 knowledge workers per year to meet (future) shortages of highly skilled technical workers.

Since Xelvin works with international knowledge workers, we want to strengthen Brainport Southeast Netherlands by jointly promoting the Southeast region worldwide.

You’ll find more information about networking company Brainport International Community on their website: http://www.brainportinternationalcommunity.com/en/

The DIT team will compete in the annual formula  student competition held at Silverstone every July http://www.formulastudent.com/default . The competition is the biggest educational motorsport event in Europe. It challenges university students to design and build a single seat racing car and compete with it in a series of static and dynamic events. The technology and performance of the cars is tested while each team has to demonstrate their understanding of the design and present their costs and business proposal. Teams are scored on their car’s performance, on the engineering behind the design and on their overall business proposal .

This is the second year a team from the Dublin Institute of technology www.dit.ie  will enter the challenging  class 1 competition.  The  competition offers students an invaluable opportunity to work as part of a team that mirrors real life engineering experiences. Already five of last year’s team have been recruited by Xelvin to work in the automotive industry in Holland. The DIT team are delighted to form a new partnership with Xelvin and it is hoped that Xelvin will be able to place many more DIT graduates in the future. 

Follow the teams progress on http://www.facebook.com/formuladit and http://www.formuladit.com/

“Working with HISWA allows us to be better informed of developments in our market,” Xelvin Yacht & Shipbuilding managing consultant Gabe de Jong says. “The members of HISWA Holland Yachting Group can rely on our company as a solid partner which provides good advice. The secondment of professionals in the yachting industry requires in-depth knowledge of the market and its clients, and this is where our strength lies. We provide an even broader range of services, as we also work with pay rolling and brokerage – this means we cover the entire secondment process.”

About Xelvin Yacht & Shipbuilding
Yacht & Shipbuilding originated from the parent company Xelvin, which focuses on seconding highly educated technical professionals from its 14 offices. Yacht & Shipbuilding is a specialised department within Xelvin set up to provide professionals for construction, engineering and management in the yacht and shipbuilding industry. The consultants are highly familiar with yachtbuilding and know the local markets well.

About the HISWA Holland Yachting Group
The HISWA Holland Yachting Group is part of the HISWA Association and is mainly involved in the collective export promotion of the premium segment of the Dutch yachtbuilding industry and its related supply and service sectors. It facilitates and coordinates marketing activities in non-Dutch markets, creates a positive image of the Dutch yachtbuilding industry, and stimulates the exchange of knowledge and contacts among members and external parties. The members of the HISWA Holland Yachting Group are all at the peak of their segment, deliver superior products, are frontrunners in technology and innovation, and provide customised solutions for their clients.

Xelvin will be present at the Energy Internship and Career plaza 2011

Check the flyer above for more details about this interesting event revolving around the booming energy market.

 [Tuesday 30 August 2011]

Xelvin celebrated its 5^th birthday last weekend (26-28 August 2011) at the Spa Francorchamps racetrack. Fifteen coaches were organized by the technical recruitment agency to transport the 1,500 staff, customers and business contacts to Belgium to attend the Formula 1 races. The view of the spectacular l‘Eau Rouge corner was perfect from the Silver 2 grandstand.

Xelvin, founded by Vincent van Wieren, started in Groningen in 2006 with the seconding of enterprising technicians. Offices in Drachten and Hoogeveen swiftly followed. A year later, Wieger Kanters started up in the South with offices in Venray and Eindhoven. In 2007, offices in the East were opened by Dennis Wissink, and two years later Xelvin also made its debut in the West.

Xelvin currently has 13 offices spread all over the Netherlands, has won the Golden Gazelle Award, and expects to achieve a turnover of EUR 28 million in 2011.

For more information about Xelvin, go to: http://www.xelvin.nl
For more information about this press release, please contact: Janneke Assink – Board Team Assistant  j.assink@xelvin.nl or Vincent van Wieren – Director v.vanwieren@xelvin.nl

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After starting operations in mid-2010, Xelvin Hoorn grew rapidly and was in need of larger premises with the right professional appeal.