Triple Helix Model:Competence Centre Programme Stuttgart Region

Jeannette Wopperer

Regionaldirektor

Verband Region Stuttgart

DRAFT – 18.03.2011

Agenda

• The Stuttgart Region

• Verband Region Stuttgart

• Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation

• Competence Centre Programme

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The Stuttgart Region

The Region – Facts and Fígures

• Population: 2.7 million from 170 countries

• Area: 3,654 km²

• Municipalities: 179

• People in employment: 1.3 million

• Members of the Regional Assembly: 93 (directly elected)

• Hours of sunshine: 1820 per year

• Wine production per year: 42 million litres

• Mineral water per day : 40 million litres

• Michelin stars: 13

• Historic palaces and castles: 68

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Economic Data of the Stuttgart Region

• ~165.000 companies

• Gross domestic product: 101 billion Euro

• Unemployment rate: < 5 %

• Most important industries: Automotive Production Technology / Mechanical EngineeringCreative Industries

• Headquarters of corporate groups such as Daimler, Porsche, Bosch, Festo, Trumpf, Behr, Alcatel-SEL, Dürr, Stihl, Schuler, Allianz Life etc.

• Export (manufacturing): ~ 50 %

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R&D in the Stuttgart Region

• R&D expenditures by the business sector in the Stuttgart Region reach 6.5 % of the GDP!

Infrastructure:• Numerous university research facilities • 2 Max-Planck institutes• 5 Fraunhofer institutes• 4 institutes of the German Federation of Industrial

Cooperative Research Associations• German Aerospace Centre (DLR)

(large-scale research centre)• 88 Steinbeis Transfer Centres• Plenty of private research institutes

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Verband Region Stuttgart – the Political and Administrative Level

Administration of the Stuttgart Region was founded in 1994 by federal law to improve regional cooperation

Tasks•Regional planning•Landscape planning•Traffic and transportation planning•Business promotion and tourism marketing (Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation / WRS)

Voluntary tasks•New Stuttgart Trade Fair•Stuttgart 21 (replacing main railroad station with a new underground station; high-speed connection to Munich + access to trade fair and airport)

Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation (WRS)

• Founded 1995 as a GmbH („Ltd.“)• Major shareholder “Verband Region Stuttgart” • 50 full-time employees• Branch subsidiaries

Tasks:1. Support for Investors2. Location Marketing3. Innovation and Cluster Policy

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Innovation and Cluster Policy

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Innovation policy and Network management

Competence Centre Programme

Cluster Initiatives(inhouse)

Automotive

ICT/Open Source

Production Technology

Creative Industries

Clean Energy

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Mechatronics

Packaging Technologies

VR/Simulation

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Technical Textiles

Satellite Communication

Horizontal Networks and Initiatives

Financing

Labour Market/Talent

Entrepreneurship

Vision and Mission of the Competence Centre Programme

• Regional Competence Centres are well organised regional networks. They integrate possibly all regional companies, universities, research facilities etc., working in the same field of technology.

• They provide a suitable base for know-how exchange, innovative cooperation and project approaches among the partner institutions.

• Competence Centres improve significantly the co-ordination and effectiveness of (regional) research activities and the transformation of results into marketable products and services.

Objectives of Regional Competence Centres

• Positioning the centres as catalysers for cooperation and for competitiveness

• Initiating and supporting co-operation between businesses, universities, research facilities, public bodies and other relevant organisations

• Support for start-ups and spin-offs

• Platform for (large scale) projects

• Joint learning environment

• Fostering Open Innovation processes

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Track Record / History of the Programme

• Programme was initiated by a regional competition.

• Selection of the most promising bottom-up concepts proposed by municipalities, companies and research institutions.

• First phase (2000 – 2002): 2 million Euro contribution programme as co-financing to the establishment and operation of the selected competence centres.

• Second phase (since 2003): Support for projects run by the Competence Centres: - cooperation projects (up to 20.000 €)- innovation projects (up to 50.000 €)- development of project proposals (up to 10.000 €)

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Organisational Aspects

• Competence Centres are organised as a registered society/association and employ at least one professional full- or part-time manager to organise collective activities and to provide supportive services.

• Some of the Centres provide labs and facilities (e.g. Virtual Dimension Centre, Fellbach) or office space for member firms or start-ups.

• Financial aspects: - Basic financing via membership fees- European and federal grants - Institutional support from municipalities

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Competence Centres in the Stuttgart Region

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Vaihingen/Enz

Kornwestheim

City of Stuttgart

Backnang

Esslingen

Göppingen

Geislingen/SteigeKirchheim/Teck

DenkendorfFilderstadt County of GöppingenCounty of Böblingen

County of Ludwigsburg

Rems-Murr-County

Technical Textiles

Environmental Engineering

Logistics

Mechatronics

Sustainable Energy and Renewables

Telematics, Mobile Computing, Customer Care

Virtual Dimension CenterVirtual Reality, Simulation, Collaborative EngineeringFellbach

PackagingTechnologies

Waiblingen

Fuel Cell and Battery

Satellite communication

Energy and Eco-Design

County of EsslingenSoftware and IT

Themes /Objectives:

Members:

Packaging Technologies

Set-up of an organised platform for know-how-exchange among the partner institutions. Demonstration of industrial application of new technologies, support for innovation and initiation of cooperation projects, identification of cooperation partners as well as tailored initiatives for qualification and education.

Competence Centre PEC - Packaging Excellence Center (Waiblingen)

www.packaging-excellence.dewww.rekiz.de

Contact person

Thomas HoffmannPackaging Excellence Center (PEC)Gewerbestraße 1171332 WaiblingenPhone: +49 7151 / 9814 - 875Fax: +49 7151/ 9814 – 861hoffmann@packaging-excellence.de

Example “Packaging Excellence Center”

• AMK Arnold Müller GmbH & Co. KG• Balluff GmbH• BBF Sterilisationsservice GmbH• beck packautomaten GmbH&Co.KG• Beckhoff Automation GmbH• Bernd Kußmaul GmbH• Berufsakademie Stuttgart• Bosch Rexroth AG• Bosch Verpackungstechnik• Bräuninger Technologie•Catalent Germany Holding 2 GmbH• Contexo GmbH• Contrinex GmbH• dvi Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut e.V.• easyFairs Deutschland GmbH• ELAU AG• F+P CAD-Systeme• Fanuc Robotics Deutschland GmbH• FIX Maschinenbau GmbH• Große Kreisstadt Waiblingen

• Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart •Harro Höfliger Verpackungs- maschinen GmbH• HPF Hans P. Friedrich Elektronik GmbH • IHK Region Stuttgart – Bezirkskammer Rems-Murr• Klingele Papierwerke GmbH & Co. KG• KOMET Maschinenfabrik GmbH• Köra Packmat Maschinenbau GmbH• Kreisvereinigung der Volksbanken Raiffeisenbanken im Rems-Murr-Kreis• Landratsamt Rems-Murr-Kreis• Löffler Verpackungstechnik GmbH & Co. KG• LTK Lineartechnik Korb GmbH• May Verpackungen und Gestaltung• Murrelektronik GmbH• Paal Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH&Co.KG• PR-Pack Verpackungstechnik GmbH • Rockwell Automation GmbH • S. Tränkner GmbH Sondermaschinen• Schreyer Sondermaschinen GmbH

• SCHUNK GmbH&Co.KG Spann- und Greiftechnik• Siemens AG• SONOTRONIC Nagel GmbH• sortimat Technology GmbH & Co.• Stambera Verpackungsmaschinen GmbH• SWN Kreissparkasse Waiblingen• TRAPO AG• TÜV SÜD Cleancert GmbH•Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH&Co.KG• Widmann Maschinen GmbH• WITTENSTEIN alpha GmbH• ZAHORANSKY AG

Lessons Learnt - Success factors

Important instrument: The „Network Manager“, who...

- sets up and cultivates the network,- keeps the partners’ participation and commitment

aliveImportant process:

- The communication between the partners (supported by a communication platform)

Important constitution element: - Establish a legal body for the network to ensure

the partner’s commitment for financing and (net-) working

Important task: - Initiating concrete projects to ensure the partner’s

perception of (net-)work advantages

Results of the Regional Competence Centre Programme

• 12 Competence Centres in different fields of technology• Very high level of participation:

> 450 companies (80% SME) > 60 institutes and research facilities

• Extensive private investments could be triggered with little public money

• Many co-operation and/or research projects initiated (private and public funded) (> 100)

• Significant improvements of the Private-Public-Partnership

• Improved access to national and European funding programs for the members

• Requests for additional Competence Centres (in and outside the Stuttgart Region)

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Thank you very much for your attention

Further information

www. Region-stuttgart.org (> VRS)

www. Region-stuttgart.de (> WRS)

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