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Bavaria is the largest state in theFederal Republic of
Germany.Over 12 million people live and
work at an area spread over 70,000 squarekilometres, divided
into 7 administrativedistricts. In addition to the 8 cities
withmore than 100,000 inhabitants, includingthe 2 largest, Munich
and Nuremberg,the rural areas are also very significant
for Bavaria. They make up around 85percent of the states area
and almost 8million people, or almost 60 percent ofthe Bavarian
population, live, work anddo business there. Every part of the
statehas business expertise and technologicalknow-how.
As any businessperson or researchercan tell you, Munich is
synonymouswith excellence in virtually every high-tech field.
However, the technologicaldevelopment is restricted not only to
thecity and its suburbs. The other smallercities of Bavaria
comprising of Frth andErlangen, Greater Nuremberg are majorcentres
of medical, wireless and optronictechnologies.
The city of Augsburg, which isthe third largest city, is a
leader inenvironmental technologies, aerospace
production and services, and materialengineering. The cities of
Regensburg andWrzburg are centres of biotechnologiesand high-tech
services.
Innovative, market-leading companiesare to be found, however, in
virtually everytown and even village in Bavaria, thanks tothe
states policy of building institutions ofhigher education.
Higher Education and ResearchResearch and science are the seeds
of
economic success. That is exactly whybusinesses and the state
government inBavaria invest a larger proportion of thegross
domestic product in research anddevelopment than in many other
states.This puts Bavaria in a leading position,globally. The Free
State of Bavaria has adifferentiated network of
internationally-renowned universities, non-universityresearch
institutions, company facilities
Bavaria
Synonymous With Excellence
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and associations, which has evolved overtime.
Bavarias university landscape is anefficient and varied pillar
of researchand development, and provides stimulusfor innovation. 11
state universities,26 universities of applied sciences,
theUniversity of Television and Film Munichand large number of
private institutes
educate the next generation and throw upinteresting
opportunities for cooperationto innovative companies from
everysector. They include such longstandingheavyweights as Munichs
LudwigMaximilians University and TechnischeUniversitat Munchen
Technical University,each repeatedly ranked by the Germangovernment
and by trackers of academic
performance as being among the verybest in the country. Along
with theseuniversities, the universities of appliedsciences are
prime source of the highly-qualified personnel and
technological
breakthroughs.Renowned research and scientific
institutions such as the Max PlanckSociety, the German Aerospace
Centre,the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and Institutes,as well as the
Helmholtz and LeibnizAssociations, are driving forces in
theirsectors worldwide, and attract scientistsfrom different fields
of interest.
Bavarian technology cluster ensuresfast transfer of knowledge.
High qualityresearch of the business class ensures
benefit for everyone. This in turn helps allthe companies based
out of Bavaria.
Bavaria is also home to suchyoungsters as the University of
Passau.Founded in 1978, it has one of thecountrys best law schools
and a path-
breaking cultural management degreeprogram.
Role of InnovationMaking Innovation state-wide has been
the motto of the Bavarian government.Bavaria was known as an
economic
backwater about three to four decadesago. However, the
government ensuredconducive environment for innovation.
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Infrastructure That DazzlesThe first impressions of visitors
to
Bavaria are highly positive. The gleamingefficiency of Munich
Airport, the speedof the Intercity-Express (ICE) trainshurtling
down the line between Nurembergand Munich, the broad and
impeccablymaintained autobahns make the state oneof Europes
greatest crossroads. Bavariahas no blackouts, brownouts and
other
power outages, which are so commonto other parts of the world.
The bargesmaking their ways down the Rhine-Main-Danube waterway,
which links the Northand Black Seas makes transport
andcommunication easier. Efficient transportand communication are
the result of states
policies of systematically planning forgrowth and most
importantly, allocating therequisite funds for realising these
plans.
Supporting the small and medium-sized enterprises
As seen above, Bavaria is home to alarge number of world
players. EADS (theworlds largest aerospace company), truckand bus
manufacturer MAN and Linde, aworld leader in the industrial gases
fieldhave their bases here.
Through Bayern (Bayern is Germanfor Bavaria) International,
BayernInnovativ and other state agencies, thegovernment of Bavaria
facilitates thetechnology development operations,
And soon Ottobrunn and Oberpfaffenhofenbecame major nodes of
aerospacedevelopment, production and services.
Siemens has been a world leader inevery emerging fields of
electrical andelectronics engineering, medical andcommunication
devices and systemsfor well over a century. BMW and Audi
have become synonyms for automotiveexcellence and elegance.
Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett Packardand Toshiba have already set
upoperations in the state. Bavaria has nowcontinental Europes
largest communityof internationally-owned technologycompanies.
And, equally important, a large numberof the states 650,000 SMEs
(small andmedium-sized enterprises) had embarkedupon paths that
would make them worldchampions in their niches. Bavarias
planners allocate funds, largely stemming
from the proceeds of its privatisation ofstate holdings, to
these and other sunriseindustries.
All these led to the formation ofinstitutions of higher
education, incubationcentres, and research institutes.
Severalagencies came up with the capability oftransferring the
findings of all the researchto local companies and financing
theresearch, development and applicationundertaken at these new and
existinginstitutions.
In 2006, the state launched itsClusters Campaign. Its ambitious
briefis to network the academic, research and
business communities into clusters in 19key cutting-edge
sectors.
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Mr. John KottayilExecutive Director
State of Bavaria India OfficeInvest in BavariaPrestige Meridian
2, 12th Floor, Unit 1201,30, MG Road, Bangalore 560001Ph:
080-40965025/26Fax: 080-40965027
Email:
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(itself a major attraction) and world-classpersonal safety and
security statistics,Bavaria is a favourite with immigrantsfrom
elsewhere in Germany, and withexpatriates from around the
world.
Invest in BavariaInvest in Bavaria is the special
division within the department of theBavarian Ministry of
Economic Affairsand Media, Energy and Technology. This
business promotion agency is the central,single-stop, point of
contact within theBavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs forall
companies interested in setting up andexpanding business units in
Bavaria. Wewould like to invite Indian companies tolook at the
excellent business opportunitiesin Bavaria.
Maintaining the Old Charm
This is one of the state governmentsgreatest accomplishment.
While becomingone of the worlds major centres ofmanufacturing and
technologicaldevelopment, Bavaria has retained thelook and feel of
the rural backwater it oncewas, and, by doing so, remained one of
theworlds major tourist destinations.
In addition to such world-class hits asthe Oktoberfest, King
Ludwig IIs palaces(Neuschwanstein), Nurembergs Christmasmarket, the
Alps, the Danube, the Lake ofConstance, the English Garden in
Munichand other perennial favourites, it is thestates traditional
ambience and diversitythat draw millions every year to it.
There are beautiful and time-craftedcommunities like Bamberg,
Rothenburgob der Tauber, Wasserburg am Inn, BadTlz, Landshut,
Miltenberg am Main,Grafenau among others. The traditionsform an
important part of daily life there.Pure air and water and lovingly
preservedcountryside are to be found everywherein the state. These
traits are the resultsof other state policies of enacting
andenforcing zoning and environmental
protection laws, thereby enabling theharmonious and
mutually-compatible
pursuit of business, cultural activities,shopping and
sports.
The result is an exceedingly highquality of life. With excellent
healthcare
market entries and expansion of these andother local business
giants. However, thestates SMEs are the prime focus. Going
by the collective name of the Mittelstand,these play an
important role in the stateseconomy. They are responsible for
two-fifths of the states economic output andthree-fifths of its
jobs.
Many of these small and mediumenterprises have grown from the
statesstart-ups. To enable these, many of themwhich are spin-offs
from local universitiesare provided with 42 incubation centresto
hit the ground running. These offersinclude everything from low
rents toaccess to specialised equipment and
business development services.An equally prolific source of
such
path-blazing innovations are Bavariastraditional companies.
Schott Solar in theUpper Palatinate town of Mitterteich isone such
example. It has turned glass, oncemainly produced for windows, into
the keycomponents of revolutionary solar thermal,
pharmaceutical and chemical productionand illumination devices
and systems.
The Mittelstand functions and operatesthrough the
above-mentioned ClustersCampaign agencies, and dedicatednetworks as
BAIKA (the network ofBavarian automotive suppliers). The
stategovernment has created an environmentnurturing innovation and
excellence, whichhas resulted in growth.
