Partners driving innovation together

Our research is powered by collaboration with the leaders of the high-tech industry and top academic institutions. For over two decades, our strategic partners have been at the heart of everything we do: shaping our research agenda, guiding innovation priorities, and ensuring that our work delivers real impact.

Partner board

This unique alliance brings together companies like ASML, Canon Production Printing, Philips, Thales, and Vanderlande, alongside universities such as TU Delft, Eindhoven University of Technology, Radboud University, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Twente and TNO. Together, we connect industrial challenges with scientific breakthroughs, creating solutions that strengthen the Dutch high-tech ecosystem and beyond. These long-standing partnerships are the foundation of our success and the reason we can turn research into results that matter.

These partnerships go beyond projects, they create lasting connections. Even when organisations such as ITEC, Signify, and Thermo Fisher Scientific step away from the partner board, we maintain strong ties and continue to exchange knowledge and insights. This enduring network amplifies our impact and strengthens the entire high-tech ecosystem. This joint commitment ensures that our work addresses the most pressing and relevant challenges in the design and engineering of complex systems.

By collaborating directly with industry frontrunners, we combine scientific depth with  engineering needs, creating solutions that are immediately applicable and future‑ready.

This partnership model forms the foundation of TNO‑ESI’s impact: research that is driven by shared priorities, co‑created with experts in the field, and aligned with the innovation ambitions of the Dutch high‑tech ecosystem and beyond.