FROM COREWORKS WITH LOVE

FROM COREWORKS WITH LOVE

FROM COREWORKS WITH LOVENew CoreBeer available again From Coreworks with love! From this week on you can enjoy the latest CoreBeer again. It is available on tap at the Bossche Brouwers aan de Vaart: a top-fermented blond beer with a light golden glow (14 EBC) and a...

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PAASPOP BUILDERS

PAASPOP BUILDERS

PAASPOP BUILDERS Nice article in Paaspop special In early spring you will see them sprouting in the meadows: the first scaffolding structures for Paaspop! This year the Den Bosch stage rental company with its roots in Schijndel will lay the foundations for the...

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ROOMSERVICE

ROOMSERVICE

ROOMSERVICE Coreworks has a hotel room to stay For more than two years our founding father Victor Kooijmans and furniture maker Maarten Kierkels have been working on a mad-cap plan for the Bossche Tramkade: building a hotel room in the old Koudijs-Wouda crane. Last...

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OPEN SOURCE

OPEN SOURCE

OPEN SOURCE Coreworks shares Autocad library Light and sound suppliers have been doing it for a while, but it is a true first for stage building: Coreworks is putting its full Autocad library (SCAD Re-Event) in the public domain for the event industry. Where other...

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BRONZE FOR TEAM COREWORKS

BRONZE FOR TEAM COREWORKS

BRONZE FOR COREWORKS Third place in NC headwind cycling At last, the weather conditions were horrendous enough for the fifth edition of the Dutch Headwind Cycling Championships. This typically Dutch cycling competition across the Oosterscheldekering only takes place...

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THE BIG LAYHER TOUR

THE BIG LAYHER TOUR

  THE BIG LAYHER TOUR Back to school   A day out with almost the entire team to Wilhelm Layher GmbH in Eibensbach, a small town between Mannheim and Stuttgart. This enormous factory, where 1900 people work, is the parent company for Layher Benelux and the...

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2072 CHALLENGE

2072 CHALLENGE

2072 CHALLENGE Aiming for 2072 FB-likers! In the event industries everything is about the number 2072: the length of a Layher scaffolding pipe, 2072 millimeters. Every stage and every construction is based on this magic number. And if you look carefully, you can...

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RECYCLING STAGES

RECYCLING STAGES

RECYCLING STAGES Sustainability in the festival sector Coreworks reuses its scaffolding material time and time again. Components that are part of the gigantic main stage at the New Horizons Festival in Nürburg today will be part of Die Heise Bierfesten in Someren-Hei...

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DAYDREAMING IN CHINA

DAYDREAMING IN CHINA

DAYDREAM IN CHINA Coreworks mainstage in Shanghai The festival world is becoming increasingly international and Dutch festivals are known for their perfect organisation, enjoyable atmosphere and innovative stage building. Link this fact to the distinctively Dutch...

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TWENTY MEDALS

TWENTY MEDALS

TWENTY MEDALS Tribute to Olympic heroes The Dutch participants in the Pyeongchang Olympic Games were honored by hundreds of spectators in the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, known at the moment as The Coolest Track in Holland. A fine ice-rink, agrees former world...

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ALL GOOD THINGS….

ALL GOOD THINGS….

ALL GOOD THINGS... A special pub opened Together with De Bossche Brouwers, our founding father Victor opened a new pub on 26 January: BOSSCHE BROUWERS AAN DE VAART. The pub also accommodates a brewery, where you can brew a beer with your friends or colleagues. A...

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ALL HANDS ON DECK

ALL HANDS ON DECK

ALL HANDS ON DECK Coreworks is moving   Our new address: Ertveldweg 29 5231 XA 's-Hertogenbosch The Netherlands Phone number remains the same: +31 (0)73 690 74 08 See contact for all information. Welcome to our new home! CORETWEETS

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FOCUS ON CORESTEEL

FOCUS ON CORESTEEL

FOCUS ON CORESTEEL Coresteel has the future   An interesting article in the latest edition of Event Business Live about Coresteel. Our black steel trusses are meanwhile used all over, not just as PA tower but also as a pre-rig frame over a stage. Coresteel’s main...

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NEWSLETTER SPRING 2017

NEWSLETTER SPRING 2017

NEWSLETTER SPRING 2017 Are you ready for the ride?   Paaspop looked radiant as ever and the early start of the festival season went like a song. Full throttle from now on, ‘cos there are a lot of spring festivals on the calendar! Coreworks has the honorable task...

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STAGING FOR SMART-ASSES

STAGING FOR SMART-ASSES

STAGING FOR SMART-ASSES Workshop for students   In their second year, Breda NHTV Event Management students always organize a themed inspiration day. This year the theme day was about production. Because it would be fun and instructive for everyone to get more...

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ARCTIC CHALLENGE

ARCTIC CHALLENGE

ARCTIC CHALLENGE Fund raiser for No Wildlife Crime 9 days, 7000 kilometers, -40 degrees Celsius, 30 teams... that’s the Arctic Challenge Tour 2017. Team Solsken with Pascal van der Zwalm and Iko Claassens (yes, IKO Productions) took up the grueling journey to the...

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SINTERKLAAS ARRIVES SAFELY

SINTERKLAAS ARRIVES SAFELY

SINTERKLAAS ARRIVES SAFELY Corepiet saves the day   After so many things had gone wrong on the parcel boat, there was another cliff hanger behind the scenes: Sinterklaas’ arrival in Maassluis had to be accurate to the minute, due to the water levels in the...

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SOME HIGHLIGHTS

SOME HIGHLIGHTS

SOME HIGHLIGHTS Brief annual review!   PULLING OUT ALL THE STOPSA special project for us last year was Wolk, the work of art by Lucas de Man and Pascal Leboucq. The construction comprised an ingenious labyrinth of stairwells and corridors, constructed against the...

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GO GET A HOPHEAD

GO GET A HOPHEAD

GO GET A HOPHEAD Corebeer available for everyone!   It’s always good to find the answer to a crucial question. The question had risen after Hein Hoogeveen had been appointed as Coreworks’ stage builder and after a brewery had been set up above our office and...

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OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE

OLYMPIC EXPERIENCE Olympic village on the Beach   During the Olympic Games in Rio, Scheveningen beach was turned into a veritable Olympic village where about 6,000 visitors could play, watch and experience sports every day. From beach net ball to equestrian...

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GLASTONBURY 2016

GLASTONBURY 2016

GLASTONBURY 2016 Common area made by Coreworks   On 23 June, exactly on the day of the Brexit referendum, the GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL started in the UK. The largest festival in Europe (about 150,000 visitors last year) has been in existence since 1970. Since then,...

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RESPECT!

RESPECT!

RESPECT! Coreworks sponsors Toon Kooijmans   Coreworks sponsors Toon Kooijmans, Victor’s father and a born skater. Toon has skated the Elfstedentocht (11-city skating race) several times and is a veteran multiple national and world champion skater. He left...

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STEEL THE SHOW

STEEL THE SHOW

STEEL THE SHOW Coresteel arrives on the wharf   The first consignment of Coresteel arrived on the wharf and was immediately unpacked and thoroughly tested. These PA towers comprise segments of 2, 3 and 4 metres and they can be stacked to more than 15 metres in...

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ONCE YOU GO BLACK…

ONCE YOU GO BLACK…

ONCE YOU GO BLACK... Coreworks launches BLACK LABEL   Most of our Layher scaffolding now has a matt black powder coat finish and its own name: Black Label. These scaffolding poles, joists, railings and banisters look tip top, cleaner than clean, cool and still...

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TURN THE PAGE

TURN THE PAGE

  TURN THE PAGE Coreproducts: new page on the website   A new spring, and a new page on our website: coreproducts. A handy overview of what we can all offer. Almost complete, but never finished; because you can build ANYTHING with scaffolding. In any size, in any...

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IN THE RUNNING

IN THE RUNNING

IN THE RUNNING New outfit for Team Coreworks   It isn’t the first time we’re taking part in all sorts of sports events, but this season for the first time as Team Coreworks with an official outfit. Team Coreworks, with an alternating complement, will participate...

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FLYING COCONUTS

FLYING COCONUTS

FLYING COCONUTS Russian stand for Miami Trade Fair   The Russian television broadcaster InSight linked arms with Coreworks for a spectacular stand at the Television Trade Fair in Miami (NATPE), USA. The scaffolding materials were shipped and Bart jumped on a...

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TOP OF THE WORLD

TOP OF THE WORLD

TOP OF THE WORLD BH Palace one of the best main stages   Bang Hai Palace, the main stage that Coreworks built for Boomtown Fair, has been selected as one of the 15 best decorconstructions of 2015. Read a summary of what Fest 300, the favorite magazine of festival...

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BOOMTOWN FAIR

BOOMTOWN FAIR

BOOMTOWN FAIR The heroes of Chapter 7   Each year, near Winchester, England, the wonderful city of Boomtown is built to celebrate the high-profile Boomtown Fair. With a tidy 140 (!) areas, spread over nine different ‘city districts’, it’s all about idealism,...

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EXTREME WEATHER

EXTREME WEATHER

EXTREME WEATHER Coreworks in NOS national news   Festivals and events are increasingly confronted with extreme weather conditions. The construction of Paaspop was plagued by a severe storm, many Liberation Day celebrations were a washout and at the end of July...

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RIDERS IN THE STORM

RIDERS IN THE STORM

RIDERS IN THE STORM Dutch Headwind Cycling Championship   The weather report for 11 December was cheered by the Dutch Headwind Cycling Championship organizers and competitors: ‘Southwest storm along the coast with heavy to very heavy gusts, up to gale force 8 or...

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HOT OFF THE PRESS

HOT OFF THE PRESS

HOT OFF THE PRESS Coreworks in the VPRO TV guide   Meanwhile, a great Make No Little Plans advert for Coreworks on the back of the Mundial festival supplement in the VPRO TV guide. VPRO distributed 200,000+ copies throughout the Netherlands and another 8,000...

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