Govert de Vries, director: “Our roots are in Eindhoven. This feels like coming home. We are very proud and look forward to an even more intensive collaboration with, MedTech companies, Hospitals, the Technical University and Fontys Hogeschool.

Rick van Melis software developer en manager van Peercode Eindhoven: "Working in Brainport Eindhoven means developing innovative technologies that have genuine impact. Technologies that improve our lives. Here you find over 5000 tech and IT companies and organisations in all sorts and sizes that work on the latest technologies and perform ground-breaking research. We want to be present where the action is. Developers and researchers are trained here, there are many opportunities for partnerships with companies, training institutes and there are many potential Peercode customers."

The Netherlands is the 2nd country in Europe for export and import of medical devices and holds the 8th position worldwide when it comes to patent applications in the field of life sciences and health.

Brainport Eindhoven is known for its strong cluster in medical technology for which Philips once laid the basis. Nowadays the region houses a number of large companies, state-of-the-art knowledge institutes, highly innovative SME’s, promising start-ups, med-tech suppliers and contract manufacturers. Moreover, Philips has a large Healthcare Campus in the region and a high amount of fundamental and applied research is done into the field of medical technologies.