Eindhoven rated one of the 'top seven' intelligent communities
20 Jan 2011
The Eindhoven region has been named one of the top seven ‘intelligent communities of the year’ by the global think tank Intelligent Community Forum
Eindhoven and the other six were chosen from a list of 21 by a team of academics.
They describe the Eindhoven metropolitan area as ‘the industrial heart of the Netherlands’, pointing out it the number of business start-ups has grown 275% over 10 years and it is among the top three regions in Europe for new patents.
The Eindhoven metropolitan area has long been the industrial heart of the Netherlands. In the past ten years, it has gained more than 30,000 new jobs and been among the top three regions in Europe for new patents. The number of business starts per year has grown 275% since 2000, and the region has become Holland's second biggest export hub after Rotterdam, which is the largest seaport in Europe.
At a time when so much manufacturing has moved to lower-cost locations, much of the credit for Eindhoven’s success goes to Brainport, a public-private organization that operates an open and flexible platform for innovation. Broadband and IT have been at the heart of this innovation engine from the beginning, and it is being used in creative ways to maintain a high quality of life.
Read more: Intelligent Community Forum
Source: DutchNews.nl