GLOW: Blob the Bulb
BLOB the Bulb is one of the highlights of GLOW Eindhoven 2017. The building of the BLOB – or Binary Large OBject – is located in the heart of Eindhoven and is renowned for its futuristic design and unconventional shape. The…
Tech Industry growing fast, but faces challenges as well
The tech industry is currently the fastest growing sector in the Netherlands and it can also be the Dutch economy’s driving force for growth in the longer term. The big challenge though is that in the coming years there will be…
Holst produces multilayer unbreakable foldable OLED
Holst Centre has been able to create a new optimized barrier between the layers in foldable OLED displays. Because the barrier is more flexible, the whole OLED is more durable. With today’s smartphones, tablets and laptops, there always seems to…
Xeltis Closes €45 Million Series C Financing
Xeltis today announced the completion of an oversubscribed €45 Million ($52 million) Series C financing. The funding round was led by a global strategic investor with participation from venture capital fund Ysios Capital and a number of large private investors.…
Advantech to expand its activities in Eindhoven
Advantech, already active in Eindhoven for 15 years, will be expanding its European Service Center in 2018. “Due to the continuous growth of the European market, Advantech was able to enlarge both production and logistics in the dynamic tech environment…
Brabant: More speed in photonics policy
More research, more investment, more cooperation. This is necessary in order to further expand the lead of Noord-Brabant, Overijssel and Gelderland in the field of photonics. These are the main conclusions of the PhotonDelta study presented on Monday at Novio…
The Real Estate Champions from Eindhoven
You would almost miss it out in these top weeks for Eindhoven. The city has a championship team of private and public housing, construction and development parties who have ensured that the city has become the national champion of transformation in 2015…
TU/e alumni launch alarm clock on Kickstarter
Circa, a Rotterdam based startup with two TU/e alumni, has launched their smart alarm clock on Kickstarter. In its basic version, the clock will cost €159. It helps you fall asleep, wakes you up at the best moment, and collects…
New columnist for E52: Mary Fiers
We like to call E52 “the sneak preview of the future”. If we would want to achieve one thing, then it would be to offer the best possible description of our near future. Through all those people, companies and organizations who are…
[TOMORROW IS GOOD] Energetic Nature, why not?
In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Mary Fiers, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo van de Weijer, and Tessie Hartjes, E52 tries to find out what the future will look like. All four contributors – sometimes accompanied by guest bloggers…