My major background is in electron microscopy. Eindhoven is also a massively important microscopy center. This is because Philips used to build great TEMs once

My major background is in electron microscopy. Eindhoven is also a massively important microscopy center. This is because Philips used to build great TEMs once upon a time, which was spun out as Philips Electron Optics in the mid 90s. That company merged with FEI of Portland, OR to become one of the largest electron microscope company. FEI a few years back was bought out ThermoFisher to become a group company. They still command a huge portion of the electron microscopy market.