Philips applies for most Dutch patents
Philips submitted the most patent applications in the Netherlands last year. With around 1,300 applications, the healthcare technology company helps ensure that the Netherlands...
VDL acquires Belgian bus company Van Hool
The Belgian bus company Van Hool is definitively coming into the hands of Eindhoven-based competitor VDL Groep. This will take over the remnants of...
Fontys may need to adjust to declining student numbers
Fontys Hogeschool (university of applied sciences) may be reorganising. The training institute is faced with declining student numbers, which does not rule out the...
New hubs in neighbourhoods for vehicle sharing
Four so-called hubs have been opened in Eindhoven to encourage the use of shared bicycles, shared scooters and shared cars. The places where the...
Hundreds of people at pro-Palestine demonstration
Hundreds of people gathered in the centre of Eindhoven on Saturday afternoon to demonstrate against the violence in Gaza. The organisation calls on Brabant...
Best combats housing shortage
The municipality of Best is working on a comprehensive plan to tackle the housing shortage. By 2040, 4,100 homes must be added, the majority...
Seventy thousand trucks by DAF in 2023
Truck builder DAF built almost 70,000 vehicles in 2023, a record number for the company. DAF was also the market leader in heavy trucks...
Man who set fire to Veldhoven thrift store gets IVC
A 46-year-old man from Veldhoven who started a fire at a thrift store in Veldhoven in July 2023 has been sentenced to Justicial Involuntary...
House prices rising again
House prices in Eindhoven and surrounding municipalities increased further in the third quarter, according to figures from the NVM. The tightness on the housing...
Van Piere bookstore struggling with flooding
Van Piere in the heart of Eindhoven has to move temporarily, because the bookstore has been struggling with flooding for some time.
Jan Verhagen of...
What changes in 2024?
Happy New Year to all our readers. Thank you for your support. The New Year comes with changes in rules and regulations in many...
