Shimano today opened its European headquarters at the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven. The Japanese company chose Eindhoven for various reasons. Also the majority of its employees said yes to working in the Brainport region – some not only moved…
2016 a record sum of €620 million was invested in the Brabant economy by foreign companies, with the helping hand of the Brabant Development Agency (BOM). This has emerged from figures released by BOM today. The exceptional result (2015 saw…
Tomorrow is good. In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo van de Weijer and Daan Kersten, E52 tries to find out what the future will look like. All four contributors are – in addition to…
The Dutch government has secured financial support for taking the next edition of the Play the Game conference to Eindhoven in November 2017. Play the Game will for the first time take place in The Netherlands, in a cooperation with…
Good news for Usono. The Eindhoven based startup raised the necessary €150,000 (via Leapfunder) needed for the further development of the ProbeFix. This tool enables the creation of echoes without the holding it with the hand. Usono sees applications for the ProbeFix in hospitals and in…
Last week, Mayor of Veldhoven, Jack Mikkers, handed over the results of a national strategy for Smart Cities to Dutch Prime Minister, Mark Rutte. The strategy has been developed in recent months by a group of companies, local governments and knowledge institutions.…
Philips reports a 19% improvement in Adjusted EBITA to EUR 1 billion, net income of EUR 640 million and sales of EUR 7.2 billion in Q4, with the HealthTech portfolio growing at 5%. But still, there are worries about an…
An important first step has been taken with the recognition in The Hague of Brainport Eindhoven as a Mainport Region, but now it is important to follow up. Peter Wennink, CEO at ASML: “The fact that millions of ASML are…
In its first year as a standalone company, Philips Lighting achieved a total sales of €7,115 million, a decline of 2.4% on a comparable basis. According to Philips, this shows “an improved trend compared to 2015, despite challenging macro-economic conditions…
Tomorrow is good. In a weekly column, alternately written by Lucien Engelen, Maarten Steinbuch, Carlo van de Weijer and Daan Kersten, E52 tries to find out what the future will look like. All four contributors are – in addition to…