Visit Brainport for International Business & Trade
Explore opportunities to invest, collaborate and grow within Europe’s leading high-tech region.
Welcome to Brainport
Brainport Eindhoven welcomes international companies that are looking beyond market access alone.
This region is built on deep technological expertise, strong manufacturing capabilities and long-term collaboration between industry, knowledge institutes and public partners.
If your organisation is exploring opportunities to invest, collaborate or establish a presence within Europe’s high-tech landscape, Brainport offers a highly connected ecosystem where innovation moves from idea to system-level solutions.
Discover Brainport
Brainport Eindhoven is one of Europe’s leading high-tech ecosystems, internationally recognised for its strength in advanced manufacturing, systems engineering and complex technologies.
What sets Brainport apart is not a single technology or sector, but the way technologies, markets and competencies come together. Companies in the region excel at developing components, subsystems and full system solutions, supported by a dense network of suppliers, research institutes and public-private programmes.
This collaborative model enables global impact across key markets such as Semicon, Energy systems, Security & Defence, Health (MedTech) and Smart & Green Mobility, driven by core technologies including micro & nano technologies, photonics, advanced production technologies, artificial intelligence and quantum technologies.
When to visit Brainport
A visit to Brainport Eindhoven is most valuable when there is a clear match between your ambitions and the region’s technological and market focus.
We prioritise visits from companies that:
- Operate within, or actively explore, Brainport’s key technologies and markets.
- Are looking for collaboration, co-development or participation in consortia.
- Seek to complement or strengthen existing capabilities within the ecosystem.
- Are interested in long-term engagement, rather than short-term sales opportunities.
Visits that focus primarily on product promotion or one-off commercial pitching typically fall outside the scope of Visit Brainport. Our goal is to create meaningful connections that add value for both the visiting organisation and the regional ecosystem.
Let’s explore business opportunities
Brainport is built on collaboration that strengthens both sides. We work with companies that bring technologies, competencies or materials expertise that complement and enhance the ecosystem. In return, Brainport offers access to a strong innovation network, advanced manufacturing capabilities and system-level know-how. By connecting ambitions and expertise, we create opportunities to develop, test and scale solutions together.
Inspiration
Discover how high-tech innovation is organised in practice. Learn how companies, knowledge institutes and governments collaborate across technologies and markets to develop system-level solutions with global relevance.
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Establish in Brainport
Explore how to locate your company within Brainport’s innovation ecosystem. Connect to high-tech campuses, shared facilities and strong networks that accelerate development, partnerships and market access.
Explore Brainport Campuses
Collaborate
Engage with partners in Brainport’s key technologies and markets. We welcome companies seeking co-development, consortium participation and long-term collaboration that strengthens both your organisation and the regional ecosystem.
Submit a Collaboration Visit Request
Investment & economic development
Explore how to invest in one of Europe’s leading high-tech regions. Gain insight into strategic sectors, innovation programmes and public-private support that strengthen your long-term position in advanced technology and manufacturing.
Contact Invest in Brainport