Bavaria More than fairy tale castles
Why Bavaria Official partnership for 25 years (Initiated by Robert Bourassa and Max Streibl in 1989) The fact that two regions, separated by 6,000 km, decided to work together so closely is due to many similarities over 550 successful projects have been carried out of commercial, scientific, technological and cultural nature
Bavaria: Strong and Successful
Bavaria: Your Partner in the Heart of Europe Hub for east-west and north-south trade Convenient access to the entire European market 500 million customers within the EU Helsinki Oslo Stockholm Tallinn Riga Saint Petersburg Moscow Copenhagen Hamburg Vilnius Dublin Manchester Berlin London Amsterdam Warsaw rankfurt Brussels Prague Kiev 3h 2h Paris Munich 1h Zurich Bratislava Vienna Budapest Geneva Ljubljana Zagreb Milan Belgrade Lyon Bucharest Nice Sarajevo Marseille Rome Sofia Istanbul Barcelona Tirana Madrid Naples Thessaloniki Valencia Ankara Lisbon Palermo Athens Page 4
Truly in the Heart of Europe Bavaria: Germany s biggest ederal State Area : Germany s biggest ederal State (70,550 km 2 ) GDP (2012) : No. 8 in EU ( 466 billion) Population (2012): No. 9 in EU (12.5 Mio. inhabitants) Page 5
Bavaria: Strong and Successful Bavaria is among the most dynamic sites worldwide Stable Unemployment rate: 3.7 % (2012) Prosperous Purchasing power per capita: 22,508 (2012) Growth oriented 18.1 % (GDP 2002-2012) Productive GDP: 466 billion (2012) Competitive Export volume: 165 billion (2012) Dynamic 103,739 businesses founded (2012) Innovative 14,340 patent applications (2012)* * (30 % of total German applications)
Bavaria: Strong and Successful Industrial share on GDP in % Bavaria Germany UK rance USA
Quelle: Stmwivt Bayern März 2013 Bavaria: Strong and Successful Bavaria: worldwide demand : Every second euro is generated through exports
Bavaria: Strong and Successful Bavaria s key exports (2012) Vehicles 51.1 Electrotechnical Manufactures Machinery 27.6 27.5 Chemical Manufactures 18.4 Hardware 6.8 Paper/Print Textiles 2.3 3.2 Wood/ urniture Glass/Glassware 1.9 1.4 [ bn. ] 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50
Bavaria: Strong and Successful Bavaria s leading trading partners (2012) Austria USA 28.2 28.4 China 27.6 Italy 21.1 rance 17.9 Czech Republic UK Netherlands Russia 14.6 14.5 13.0 13.0 Belgium Switzerland 10.8 8.9 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 [Trade volume in bn. ]
Bavaria: Strong and Successful Global Player Bavaria More than one quarter of the German DAX-companies are located in Bavaria (7 of 30 DAX companies have their Headquarters in Bavaria)
Bavaria: Strong and Successful Small is beautiful Bavaria s Hidden Champions
Canada in Bavaria Bavaria : Home of more than 80 Canadian companies 13
Bayern: In bester Gesellschaft Bavaria: Location for Trade airs International Toy air Interzoo - Pet supplies BRAU Beviale - Beverage industry Stone+tec - Natural stone and stone processing technology Bioach - Organic products Nuremberg Augsburg Munich Interlift - Escalators, components and accessories GrindTec - Grinding machines Bauma - Construction machinery, building material machines, construction vehicles and equipment and mining machines Electronica - Electronics components and assemblies ispo - Sports equipment and fashion Ifat - Water, sewage, refuse, recycling I.H.M. - International trade fair for SMEs
Bavaria : Innovation and Quality U U M 11 Universities of which 2 Elite Universities: LMU & TU + 3 further successful Universities within the Initiative for Excellence (Wurzburg, Bayreuth, Erlangen-Nuremberg) 24 Universities of Applied Sciences 13 Max Planck Institutes U G U U G G U M U H G 2 Institutes of the Helmholtz association 8 Institutions of the raunhofer Society 10 Research and transfer centres 10 Research associations U G U G H H M M M U U M M M U M M M M M M G G G U U 15
Bavaria : Innovation and Quality Bavaria s Strength : SMEs DUAL VOCATIONAL TRAINING = THEORY PRAXIS SYSTEM Advantages for industry and business High workforce competence Ensures supply of skilled labor Accurate fit of staff qualifications & requirements 16
Bavaria : Innovation and Quality 19 Cluster: Strength through Networking Mobility Automotive Engineering Railway Technology Logistics Aerospace Satellite Navigation Material Development New Materials Chemicals Nanotechnology Man and Environment Biotechnology Medical Technology Energy Technology Environmental Technology orestry and Wood Information and Electrotechnology ICT Sensor & Power Electronics Mechatronics / Robotics Services and Media inancial Services Media ood and Nutrition
Germany s clusters of excellence (leading edge clusters) Three competition rounds of 200 m funds each ive clusters of excellence selected per competition round ( 40 m funds per cluster) Three competition rounds are already finished Subsidies: up to 50% co-financing for R&D projects within the cluster
Bavaria : Innovation and Quality Bavaria: Origin of many great inventions 1892 in Augsburg: Diesel engine 1907/08 in Munich: Ludo 1953 in Herzogenaurach: Soccer shoes with studs 1969 in Munich: Chip card
Bayern: Innovation und Qualität Bavaria: Origin of many great inventions 1969 in Munich: Sensor release of the camera 1994 in Erlangen: MP3 format 1995 in Lower ranconia: Bionade 2007 in Upper ranconia: irst multimedia-based WLAN-TV
Bavaria: Work Where Others go on Vacation
Bavaria : Work Where Others go on Vacation Tourism Rich Culture Leisure & Sports 22
Bavaria : Work Where Others go on Vacation Big Events Tradition Historic Cities 23
Your Contact in Bavaria rédéric Arsenault Manager Business Development & Technology State of Bavaria Quebec Office 1800, av. McGill College, bureau 2800 Montreal (Quebec) H3A 3J6 Tel.: +1 (514) 985-6522 C.: +1 (514) 999-0920 frederic.arsenault@baviere-quebec.org www.baviere-quebec.org 24
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