High Tech Campus Eindhoven

The High Tech Campus Eindhoven is a high tech center and R&D ecosystem on the Southern edge of the Dutch city of Eindhoven. In 2016, the High Tech Campus is home to more than 140 companies and institutions, comprising over 10,000 R&D-staff and entrepreneurs and an estimated 85 nationalities.

One of the main goals of the campus is to foster cooperation between companies. The high density of research and business people forms what the Brookings Institution terms an Innovation District. The establishment of a trusted ecosystem encourages a faster exchange of ideas in order to enhance technological and product development. This explains why the campus is considered to be an active "business ecosystem". The business model of the High Tech Campus Eindhoven is twofold: first, facilitate and support the R&D and product development processes of individual companies at the campus by providing access to shared resources (e.g. cleanrooms and testing facilities); and second, create an innovation community that enhances knowledge sharing among the resident companies and their R&D staff.

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 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. An atmosphere of openness and the concentration of high-end knowledge produced considerable interaction between researchers of different technical disciplines. Knowledge sharing and mutual inspiration generated a definite boost for the innovative capacity of the organisation. To further accelerate this process, Philips decided in 2003 to open up the Campus to other technological companies. The result was a massive growth in the number of high-tech companies – both large and small.

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