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„Innovative Upper Austria“
Upper Austria –Austria‘s leading state with regard to exports,
industry, innovation and technology
Bruno Lindorfer
Managing Director
Upper Austria is the nation’s leading federal province with regard to industry, exports and technology:
14% of area – 11,982 km² 17% of the population – 1.408.670 approx. 25% of industrial production 27% of the exports of the Federal Republic of Austria
Upper Austria - Austria’s export motor!Exports of the Austrian states 2007
(production sector)
Source: WKO Inhouse Statistic
€ b
n
Austria 2007: € 78.1 bn
A region with sustained economic dynamismEmployed persons trend
1970 – 2008
1970 = 100
Source: Association of Austrian Social Insurance Funds
Upper Austria
Austria
Lower Austria
Vienna
Styria
%
The lowest unemployment rate of all the Austrian states
Comparison of unemployment rates by Austrian states Annual average 2008
Source: AMS OÖ
5.8% Austria
3.5 3.9
5.25.9 6.1
7.47.27.8
5.5
Source: Austrian Patents Office. April 2008
Austria‘s leading technology region
Austrian Patents Office applications and allocations by Austrian states (2008)
Our servicesOÖ. Technologie- und Marketinggesellschaft m.b.H. (TMG) is
Upper Austria‘s technology and location development agency.
Technology business area Location marketing business area
• Management of the “Innovative Upper Austria 2010” strategic programme 2010
• EU-programmes
• Innovation investment management
• Business location and location development
• Marketing for Upper Austrian as a business location
• Co-ordination of Impulse centers
© Clusterland OÖ GmbHUpdate 01/08. page no 8
Clusters and inter-branch networks in Upper Austria
Automotive
Plastics
Furniture & timber construction
Health Technology
Mechatronics
Human Resources
Design & Media
Environmental Technology
Eco-Energy(Upper Austrian
Energiesparverband)
Food(Upper Austrian Chamber
of Commerce)
Logistics(Association for Network
Logistics)
The strategic programmes:Upper Austria places a systematic reliance on innovation
Upper Austria 2000+ strategic programme
• 1998 – 2003• 3 strategic areas• Total budget: € 300 m• Upper Austria contribution: € 80 m
“Innovative Upper Austria 2010” strategic programme
• 2005 – 2010• 5 strategic areas• 43 measures (Priority 1)• 250 experts• Total budget: € 600 m• Upper Austria contribution: € 200 m
Vision: Upper Austria as Europe’s leading region for innovation
Topic areas
Research &
Development
Professional qualification
Networks
Business and
technology location
Upper Austria
EU –
networking
Topic area R&D
Impulse centres in Upper Austria
Hagenberg Software ParkThe Austrian software competence centre
The Hagenberg Software Park is a “magma” of independent partners, which together cover all aspects of the software area, namely research, education and applications.
1,300 students thereof1,150 students of University of Applied Sciences 46 companies8 research institutes
approx. 1000 employees
Softwarepark Hagenberg 2008
1)
1) planning the remainder: existing buildings
Google goes Upper Austria!
Location: Kronstorf (near Enns) – establishment of a data centre.
May 2007: initial contact to the ABA in New York (code name “A4”) via Price Waterhouse.
• Locations in more than ten European states examined.
• Five Austrian federal provinces applied, three of which were viewed by “A4”.
• European shortlist with ten locations.
• Preliminary selection of Kronstorf at the end of 2007.
• Contracts signed for the purchase of a 75ha site in November 2008.
Important location factors:Property, energy supply, cooling water, data lines, available labour, “investment climate” (local and regional politicians and authorities, stability, support by TMG and ABA, etc.).
„Innovation is 1 % Inspiration and 99 % Transpiration“
Albert Einstein
www.tmg.at
www.tmg.at
OÖ. Technologie- und Marketinggesellschaft m.b.H., Hafenstraße 47-51, 4020 LinzTel.: +43-732-79810, Fax: +43-732-79810-5008, http://www.tmg.at, e-mail: [email protected]
TMG Upper Austria‘s regional development
and innovation agency
