BRABANT, EUROPE’S HEART OF SMART SOLUTIONS

Established in 1983Brabant Development Agency

Shareholders are:Ministry of Economic Affairs Province of Brabant

Mission is:To strengthen economic structure

> 50 FTE Large investment fund of € 125 million

Services to foreign companies are:Assistance, guidance and advice Free of charge and confidentialIn cooperation with Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency

Who are we?

Mission is to strengthen the economic structure in Brabant by offering a range of professional services.

4 core activities = 4 departments

BOM Venture Capital (venture capital, co-investments) BOM New Business Development (creation &

innovation) BOM Business Parks (restructuring & campus

development) BOM Foreign Investments (international

cooperation)

BOM Mission and core activities

Brabant, The Netherlands, Europe

The Netherlands

Population: 16,4 mln

GDP € 670 bln.

41.543 km2Province of Brabant

Population: 2,4 mln

GDP € 100 bln.

5.082 km2

Amsterdam

~15%

~20%

~30%

~50%

Economic activity

Industrial employment

manufacturing industry

Company R&D spending

Brabant, The Netherlands

Contributes to:

Brabant: Business Environment

International Accessibility

International Accessibility

Amsterdam Airport 4th largest in Europe

International Airports of Amsterdam, Brussels and Düsseldorf within 1h to 1,5h drive

Eindhoven Airport> 2,5 million passengers

Carriers: KLM-Air France, VLM, Transavia, Ryan Air, Wizz Air, AerLingus.com, Corendon Airlines40 European destinationsBarcelona, London, Milan, Stockholm, Prague, Warsawhttp://www.eindhovenairport.com/content/direct-flights

50% of employment in the Netherlands

Strong reputation for busses, trucks and special vehicles

High concentration of automotive component companies

Many automotive related companies in chemistry (materials), electronics & communication technology

Access to Europe’s major automotive markets: Germany, France and UK

90% of business are exports

Automotive programs initiated by companies and facilitated by government in 2g@there program

HighTech Automotive Campus in Helmond

Special focus on EV, driving guidance, powertrain and connected car

Automotive

Ambition: to become a European hotspot in solar energy

Investment of €1.3 billion and 2500 jobs in next 5 years

Develop and manufacture sustainable products with high added value, offer long lasting high-quality employment

Knowledge institutes: ECNDutch Polymer InstituteTNO Science & IndustryTechnical University Eindhoven (Tue)Centre of Technology for Sustainable DevelopmentMiPlaza

Development of new solar research lab Solliance in Eindhoven for thin-film and crystalline solar cells & panels

Renewable Energies

Home to Philips Healthcare

Extensive knowledge and education infrastructure

TU Eindhoven, Avans University, HAS

Holst Centre: focus on Wireless Autonomous Transducer Solutions and systems-in-foil

Center for Translational Molecular Medicine: focus on research & innovation in healthcare

Technical University Eindhoven: >10% of capacity in biomedical and healthcare technology

Bioconnection: provider for production of small-scale clinical batches, filling and freeze-drying

Innovation programs and VC’s

Concentration of subcontractors and suppliers of high quality precision tooling

MedTech

“Logistics Hotspot of the Netherlands”

Cluster of IT companiesBusiness system integrationEmbedded technologies HardwareGaming and mobile device apps

Servicing clients in North-west Europe

Supporting environment in product development

Design Academy EindhovenTechnical University Eindhoven (TU/e)TNO Science & IndustryHolst Institute Embedded Systems Institute (ESI)Philips Design, Van Berlo Design & GBO

High Tech Campus Eindhoven

Information Technology

High Tech Systems represents:Electronic and mechanical engineering, applied mathematics, physics, computer science and ICTSemiconductors, mechatronics, embedded systems, medical technology, precision technology, office machinery

Strong OEM-ers base like Philips, ASML, FEI, NXP and Océ/Canon

Many co-suppliers and co-design suppliers

Knowledge institutes like:Holst InstituteEmbedded Systems InstitureTechinical University EindhovenIMECTNO Science & IndustryMiPlaza

High Tech Campus Eindhoven (HTCE)

High Tech Systems

Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e)considered 3rd highest influential scientific research by EU (2006)

TU/e offers education to 7,500 students across nine faculties:

One of Europe’s leading universities in the field of engineering science & technology

Key strategic areas: Energy (400 researchers)Health (250 researchers)Smart Mobility (250 researchers)

Best performing Dutch university in the Times Higher Education’s World University Ranking (nr. 114 in the World 200)

Most scientific publications together with industry world-wide.

TU/e has a leading role in two KIC centres of the three European Institute of technology initiatives: Energy and ICT

• The TU/e Chemical Technology faculty ranks among the top 5 world-wide focusing on Polymers, Process Technology and Catalysis

TU/e is a key player in the research on solar cells

Knowledge Institutions

Embedded Systems Institute (ESI), part of TNO

ESI is public-private partnership founded in 2002

Founders: TNO, ASML, Océ, Philips and Technical Universities

Focus on industrial embedded systems

Application/market domain of: wafer steppers, printing systems, televisions, medical imaging equipment, automobiles, manufacturing machinery, etc.

Joint research projects by universities and industrial companies.

Close relationships with top-30 high-tech OEM companies in the Netherlands

Strategic partner is IMEC institute (Belgium)

www.esi.nl

Knowledge Institutions (2)

Knowledge Institutes (3)

Holst Institute

Holst Center is independent R&D Technology Institute

Combined expertise of wireless sensor technology and systems-in-foil

Founded in 2005 by IMEC and TNO

200 employees from > 25 nationalities

Commitment from close to 40 industrial partners

SollianceSolliance is a partnership of R&D organisations working in photovoltaic energy (PV) in the ELAT region (Eindhoven-Leuven-Aachen);

Solliance has been initiated by ECN, TU/e, TNO and Holst Centre, but will expand later with other organisations;

Solliance will create synergy by coordinating the activities of industry, research institutes and universities;

Solliance will further strengthen the region’s position as a world player in PV.

The first five casesThin Film Technologies for PV (incl. Thin-Film Silicon)

Organic Solar Cells

Copper-Indium/Gallium-Selenide/Sulphide (CIGSS) Solar Cells

Testing and Characterizing of PV Modules

Production Technology

Knowledge Institutes (4)

Unique Centre for Research & Development

Philips Electronics initiator and investor

Investment of € 700 million

> 8.000 researchers: 50 nationalities

Facilities include8.000 m2 clean room50.000 m2 laboratories

– 185.000 m2 office space– Additional 150.000 m2 will be developed

• 120 companies located at HTCE

• Human focused Innovation: – Micro/Nano systems, Lifetech,

Infotainment, Embedded Software, Embedded Systems

High Tech Campus Eindhoven

• > 1400 Foreign companies with 100.000 employees• 20% of Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) in the Netherlands• > 25 newcomers each year investing > € 100 million• Sales, service, logistics, manufacturing and R&D• Recent foreign investors are:

Brabant: Strong in FDI

• > 50 Taiwanese companies

• > 1500 employees

• Headquarters, logistics, sales, service & repair and R&D

• Information Technology, High Tech Systems, Semiconductor and Automotive

• Recent investors: Engenius, ITRI, BenQ, Giga-Byte, Promise Technologies, Innodisk, Vivotek, Advantech

Example Brabant: Taiwan companies

BOM Foreign InvestmentsGoirleseweg 15, 5026 PB TilburgP.O. Box 3240. 5003 DE TilburgThe NetherlandsT +31 (0)88 831 1120I www.foreigninvestments.eu I www.bom.nl E info@foreigninvestments.eu

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