The High Tech Campus Eindhoven is a

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center and R&D ecosystem on the Southern edge of the Dutch city of

Eindhoven Eindhoven ( ; ) is a city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality of the Netherlands, located in the southern Provinces of the Netherlands, province of North Brabant, of which it is the largest municipality, and is also locat ...

. As of 2024, this campus is home to 300 companies and institutions, comprising over 12,500 product developers, researchers and

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and an estimated 85 nationalities. The ''Financial Times'', ''Fortune'', ''Forbes'' and others have praised the High Tech Campus Eindhoven (HTCE) as one of the best locations in the world for high-tech venture development and startup activity. As such, the HTCE is an innovation district, a targeted area with a huge potential for

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and

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Origins and purpose

Philips Koninklijke Philips N.V. (), simply branded Philips, is a Dutch multinational health technology company that was founded in Eindhoven in 1891. Since 1997, its world headquarters have been situated in Amsterdam, though the Benelux headquarter ...

was the original driving force behind the establishment of High Tech Campus Eindhoven. At the end of the 1990s, the R&D activities of the company were spread right across the city of Eindhoven. In 1998, Philips established the Philips High Tech Campus to act as a single location for all its international R&D activities. To reinforce the interaction between people with different technical backgrounds, Philips decided to open up the campus to other companies in 2003, renaming it the High Tech Campus Eindhoven. In March 2012 the Campus entered a new phase in its history. High Tech Campus Eindhoven was sold by Philips to Ramphastos Investments, a private consortium of investors led by Marcel Boekhoorn. Philips remains on the Campus as a tenant, but its status changed from owner/manager to resident. In 2021 the Campus was acquired by US-based Oaktree Capital Management The campus attracts companies and research institutes engaging in advanced high-tech research and development. This includes research and development activity in the area of hightech systems,

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, smart pharma,

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, as well as

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and

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Environment

The High Tech Campus is located on the grounds of the former Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven ( NatLab). When Philips sold the campus, opening it to other tenants, the facilities such as

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, test facilities were opened up to other residents. Companies on campus include for example ABB,

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Analog Devices Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI), also known simply as Analog, is an American multinational corporation, multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion, signal processing, and power management technology, headquartered in Wilming ...

, EFFECT Photonics,

Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo ...

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, Philips Research
PhotonDelta
Atos Origin, Aquaver, FluXXion, Cytocentrics, NXP,

Texas Instruments Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is an American multinational semiconductor company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. It is one of the top 10 semiconductor companies worldwide based on sales volume. The company's focus is on developing analog ...

, and Dalsa. The HTCE also hosts several publicly funded research institutes as well as collaborative entities such a
Solliance
a cooperation between ECN, TNO, Holst Centre and TU/e, established to do research into thin film solar cells. Another example is EIT Digital, the knowledge and innovation community of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) that has its Dutch co-location centre at the HTCE. EIT works with more than 200 European corporations, SMEs, start-ups, universities and research institutes. The HTCE also includes HighTechXL and many high-tech startups, scaleups, spinouts, and service providers The campus is in size and includes of R&D facilities, office space. 6.000 m² is used by technology start-ups and an area of is reserved for (re)development. The International Association of Science Parks ranks High Tech Campus in the top 17% of global science parks. The campus is designed around a social hub known as The Strip. This houses the campus conference center, restaurants and shops and is designed to allow people from different companies and fields to meet.

References

External links

Official website

Philips Research

Philips Engineering Solutions

List of current Campus residents
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