TheHigh Tech Campus Eindhoven is ahigh tech center andR&D ecosystem on the Southern edge of theDutch city ofEindhoven. As of 2024, this campus is home to 300 companies and institutions, comprising over 12,500product developers,researchers andentrepreneurs and an estimated 85 nationalities. TheFinancial Times,[1]Fortune,[2]Forbes[3] and others[4] 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 aninnovation district, a targeted area with a huge potential forinnovation andentrepreneurship.[5]
Philips 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 (theNatuurkundig Laboratorium) were spread right across the city of Eindhoven, primarily in theStrijp area. In 1998, Philips established the Philips High Tech Campus to act as a single location for all its international R&D activities.[6] 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.[7]
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 byMarcel 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 advancedhigh-tech research and development. This includes research and development activity in the area ofhightech systems,nanotechnology,embedded systems, smartpharma,life sciences, as well assecurity andencryption.
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 aslaboratories,cleanrooms, test facilities were opened up to other residents. Companies on campus include for exampleABB,Accenture,Analog Devices, EFFECT Photonics,Intel,IBM,Philips Research,PhotonDelta,Atos Origin,Aquaver, FluXXion, Cytocentrics,NXP,Texas Instruments, andDalsa.[8]
The HTCE also hosts several publicly funded research institutes as well as collaborative entities such asSolliance, a cooperation betweenECN,TNO, Holst Centre andTU/e, established to do research intothin film solar cells. Another example is EIT Digital, the knowledge and innovation community of theEuropean 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 includesHighTechXL and many high-tech startups, scaleups, spinouts, and service providers[9]
The campus is 1 km2 (0.39 sq mi) in size and includes 45,000 m2 (480,000 sq ft) of R&D facilities, 185,000 m2 (1,990,000 sq ft) office space. 6.000 m2 is used by technology start-ups and an area of 150,000 m2 (1,600,000 sq ft) is reserved for (re)development. The International Association of Science Parks ranks High Tech Campus in the top 17% of globalscience 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.[10]
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