EVENT 15 June 2026
Wim van der Hoek award 2026
The Wim van der Hoek Award is awarded to promote and stimulate precision mechanics and the design of mechanical structures.
About this event
The award will be given to the best graduation work. The award is named after the emeritus professor Wim van der Hoek, who founded the unique Dutch method for design of precision machinery, at the Technical University of Eindhoven.
This award will be presented on November 18 2026 at 4:30pm during the precision fair. More information about this award you can read here.
It is free to join this presenation at at the precision Fair in Den Bosch.
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