OverStrijp-T
Strijp-T is the most inspiring business park in Eindhoven, located next to Strijp-S. The area has a rich history as a former Philips site. Today Strijp-T has been redeveloped into a modern, dynamic place where innovative and creative high-tech manufacturing companies are located.
Innovation and business activity
To be and remain innovative and successful as an ambitious company, you want to have the best and above all the right people in-house. You want to do business sustainably in an inspiring and dynamic environment and give your customers a good impression of your company. At a location with character, close to the city center with excellent accessibility.
Do business full of energy
Strijp-T is an area full of interesting players and plenty of opportunities to develop and grow. Strijp-T, located in Eindhoven, is exactly this location; in this innovation district you'll find it all. At Strijp-T you take action with full energy and ideas come to life.
The secret of Strijp-T
The secret of Strijp-T gives a good idea of what makes the Strijp-T business park special and what kinds of activities take place here.
Strijp-Talk
In this series of videos are the stories of former Philips employees who have spent the majority of their working lives at Strijp-T.
Bets Christ Renting
Worked at Philips for 20 years as a coffee lady in the TQ building and what that has meant for her.
Fons Weijts
During his time at Philips he worked, among other things, in building TZ as a draftsman/designer and spent quite a few hours there and experienced and lived through a lot.
Piet Kersten
Has given direction and content to the first prototype workshop in the TAB building in the early 1990s with great pleasure, as an independent unit within the Philips machine factory.
Fred Hi
Started in the late 1960s as a marketing manager at Philips in building TQ and in the 1990s involved in the reorganization of Philips, where the metaphor 'from spaghetti to asparagus' was applied for the first time.
Chris van den Biggelaar
Was employed in building TQ at Philips in the warehouse as a packer in the years 60-70.
Vic of Body
Vic worked for over 30 years in building TQ. Among other things, in the department 'development of electronic weighing' with a group of 60 like-minded people who provided a very pleasant atmosphere in the office.
Wim Kemps
He worked at Philips in building TX as head of the Personnel Department, where he was closely involved with an exceptional group of craftsmen who were characterized by 'we from TX'.
Antonie from Steenwijk
Has in 1970 as head of the finished goods logistics department introduced the principle of an open-plan office for the first time at Philips in building TQ.
Henk Wine and
Alfred van Herk
Together, as General Manager and Controller, they shaped the management and winding down of the various functions and divisions in building TQ in the 1990s after Operation Centurion.
GerardHaarhuis
Has for years, without having been bored for a single day, worked in building TQ and was part of a close-knit group of craftsmen who liked making beautiful new things, during which 'the big boss Mister Frits' regularly came to visit them.
Peter the Hammer
Started as department head of Business Mechanization in the 1960s in building TQ. Even then a modern building that housed more than 400 developers who together formed a close-knit group of friends who would do anything for each other.
Rob Canals
Employed in building TY and, together with a close-knit team, involved in the development and production of special glass for TV screens and fluorescent lighting. Active until 24-12-2017 to, as the last Philips employee, permanently close the door of the special glass laboratory and thereby a piece of unique Philips history.
Wim Comfort
Founder of ASML who, from building TQ, ensured that from April 1, 1984 the first accommodation of ASML took place in a wooden shack in the inner courtyard between building TQ 1 and TQ 2. Proud of the major role that Philips has played for the overall economy from building TQ.
Ad Paulen
Started as Head of Production in building TQ 2 on 1 januari 1967. The day his son Thomas was born. Thomas, now CEO at VanBerlo, and working in the adjacent building TR at Strijp-T. For them the circle is now complete.
Hannie and Hans Vervoort
Because both of them went to work at Philips in the TQ building, they got to know each other. And by now they have been married for 50 years.
Show Verbeek
Worked at Strijp-T in the 1960s. First in building TQ 1, then in building TQ 5. He talks about the bunker in the inner courtyard at TQ 1 "...where a few things happened..." such as a table tennis competition.
Willemien van de Wiel-Wonders and Debora Toonen Scheele
They were also called the two girls of TQ 5-3. As the first women in a man's world to start working as trainee computer programmers. Incidentally, they were always held in high regard by their male colleagues.
Mr Brewer
Active for years in building TR, the then coal-fired power station of Philips. Here, among other things, steam turbines were driven to supply Philips' factories with heat using that steam.
French Bastiaansen
At Strijp-T the foundation was laid for his international career within Philips. Also, from building TQ the foundation was laid for the current high-quality High Tech level that still characterizes the Brainport Eindhoven region.
John Buwalda
Despite his age of 92, he still has pleasant memories of the 30 years he spent in building TQ.