High Tech Campus Eindhoven
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The High Tech Campus Eindhoven is a high tech center and R&D ecosystem on the Southern edge of the Dutch city of Eindhoven. As of 2024, this campus is home to 300 companies and institutions, comprising over 12,500 product developers, researchers and entrepreneurs and an estimated 85 nationalities. The Financial 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 an innovation district, a targeted area with a huge potential for innovation and entrepreneurship.[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 (the Natuurkundig Laboratorium) were spread right across the city of Eindhoven, primarily in the Strijp 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 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, nanotechnology, embedded systems, smart pharma, life sciences, as well as security and encryption.
