Hitachi High-Tech opens Innovation Center at High Tech Campus Eindhoven to accelerate open innovation
Tokyo, June 30, 2026 – Hitachi High-Tech Corporation (“Hitachi High-Tech”) will establish Innovation Center Eindhoven at High Tech Campus Eindhoven in July 2026. High Tech Campus Eindhoven is a hub for advanced semiconductor-related technologies, and is one of the largest open innovation centers in Europe, where more than 12,500 employees and over 300 companies gather to develop technologies and products. The Center will conduct work on technology development through open innovation with local academia and deep tech companies*2 . Open innovation on the High Tech Campus offers a one-stop environment for everything from principle validation to value validation for developing technologies, enabling new technologies to be brought to market and accelerating their time to market. This will create innovative digitalized assets that combine new technologies tailored to customer needs with advanced AI, including physical AI, and enable innovation on a global scale with a focus on the semiconductor field through HMAX Industry.
Hitachi High-Tech is advancing research and development by strengthening collaboration with external partners such as academia and industry in order to solve these increasingly complex technical challenges for semiconductor manufacturers. As part of that, research on electron beam technology, which is a core technology of Hitachi High-Tech, has been conducted at Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research, and other partners. While conducting various studies on the implementation of research results into products, Hitachi High-Tech decided to establish the Center in order to quickly provide value to customers by accelerating Lab to Fab in the product development and production processes of Hitachi High-Tech.
“The High Tech Campus Eindhoven’s rich knowledge of electron beams and semiconductors and culture of open innovation will enable rapid and innovative development, reduced time to market and faster launching of mass production.”
The Center will be operated mainly by Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH, and will actively promote various developments, not just the technologies currently under development, while also recruiting local staff. In addition, it will expand collaboration with academia and deep tech companies in various European regions, mainly in the Netherlands.
The representative comment is as follows:
Otto van den Boogaard, CEO of High Tech Campus Eindhoven:
“We are honored to welcome Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH to High Tech Campus Eindhoven. Their presence creates new opportunities for collaboration with leading research institutes and industry partners in the semiconductor value chain.”
Osamu Komuro, Senior Vice President and Executive Officer, and General Manager, Nano-Technology Solution Business Group of Hitachi High-Tech:
“The opening of the Innovation Center Eindhoven is an important step toward accelerating technological innovation and further enhancing customer value. At High Tech Campus Eindhoven, one of Europe’s leading open innovation hubs, Hitachi High-Tech will accelerate the creation of digitalized assets that combine enhancement of its core technologies with advanced AI through collaboration with academia and deep tech companies.”
Kazuyoshi Matsukaze, Executive Officer of Hitachi High-Tech, and President, Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH:
“Hitachi High-Tech Europe GmbH have continuously strengthened our development capabilities in Europe through strategic investments, particularly in Germany and Belgium. With the establishment of a new hub in Eindhoven, a region that attracts diverse global talent, we are delighted that this will further enhance our ability to develop and propose innovative solutions and foster an environment for mutual growth and development with our customers.”
