Munich Because
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
City of Munich Department of Labor & Economic Development Munich Because ... Munich. Because ... it’s the best Munich. Because ... they say it’s the best Welcome to Munich. Munich offers In view of this all-round What they are saying “One of the five most “Base with the best per- Munich 200 excellence, it’s no wonder And welcome to a city that has a pace-setting business Who they are livable cities in the world” formance and prospects Six all-time records that that we’ve been welcoming achieved two-fold excellence. community, one comprised of Why they are saying it 2011 rankings of Monocle, the in Germany” you should know about such key advanced sectors as record numbers of investors, top-end, London-based current It’s a great place in which to Prognos’ 2010 Future Atlas ,400,000 residents automotive engineering, IT, the entrepreneurs, congress affairs and travel magazine do business, to work and to Munich (county and city) 953,000 jobs life sciences (including medical and trade fair-goers, resear- develop technologies. The excellence of Munich’s rank 1 and 2 among 23,400 start-ups technologies), aerospace, en- chers, students, creatives It’s a wonderful place to live research community, housing, Germany’s 412 business 5,577,000 visitors vironmental engineering, pro- and families to our city. and to visit. health care, airport, leisure- bases, thanks to 29 key fessional services, the media And it’s no wonder that 54,600 amount of wealth time options. indicators. To see how important this and the financial industry. Munich’s key sectors, their (GDP in Euro per capita) two-fold excellence is, please The city’s extremely low rate 24,900 purchasing power and work forces and the city’s take a look around the world. real estate market are set for of unemployment and crime. (In Euro per capita) a very high quality of living, A number of cities are thriving further strong growth during Its steady rate of population comprised of a healthful thanks to excellence in a the next decade and a half. growth. environment, one of the single, big-ticket sector. world’s highest rates of per- Welcome to this brochure. Its general beauty and “feel- A very few business bases are sonal safety, a caring society, Welcome to excellence. ing of Gemütlichkeit”. thriving thanks to broad-ranging high-capacity and high-ranked Because it’s “pro-business Dieter Reiter technological excellence. infrastructure, a wonderfully and pro-nature”. Governing Member of One base – Munich – teams green and beautiful cityscape. The optimal way in which the Munich City Council, up this technological breadth and Munich treats small busi- and superiority with another Chief Executive of the a year-round pageant of the nesses. kind of excellence. Department of Labor and world’s favorite festivals (cul- Economic Development, The noteworthy progress tural and Bavarian), festivities City of Munich achieved by Munich in and fun in which to enjoy all meeting its ambitious climate- these features. protection goals. Munich. Best. Because ... of its 9,500 business champions Take a look at this selection: Munich’s companies: Munich’s companies: Munich’s companies: Munich’s companies: champions of their worlds champions in their fields champions from abroad champions of advanced Allianz ARRI Apple technologies insurance and other financial motion pictures cameras Astellas attocube systems services and lighting equipment General Electric the tools of the nanotechno- BMW Giesecke & Devrient GlaxoSmithKline logical revolution premium motor vehicles currency printing and smart Google BrainLab cards Huawei EADS software-driven minimal- Microsoft aerospace Knorr-Bremse invasive medical technologies Nokia braking systems for rail and EnOcean Infineon NTT DoCoMo motor vehicles contactless and self-powering microelectronics and O Germany MorphoSys 2 sensors related technologies Roche next-generation antibodies Linde Saint Gobain Kayser-Threde MTU AeroEngines industrial gases and related Tata space, optical and process jet engines and aircraft engineering services Telefónica guidance technologies maintenance services WIPRO Kontron MAN Osram embedded computer techno- trucks and other commer- illumination cial vehicles logies for the communication, Rohde & Schwarz rail and other sectors Munich Re wireless communications Phoenix Solar reinsurance and other ProSiebenSat large-sized photovoltaic facilities financial services leading broadcaster Realtime Technology Siemens Wacker ultra-realistic development medical, transport, energy specialty chemicals, technologies for the automotive supply and manufacturing silicon, semiconductor industry technologies technologies Vispirion quality-assuring measurement technologies Wirecard electronic payment systems The BMW Group is an inter- The exclusive and innovative surroundings provide the national company that main- premium cars designed and ideal conditions for the BMW tains its Bavarian roots in manufactured here inspire Group to continue its success Munich, which is home to our our customers around the as the leading premium headquarters, our original world. Excellent universities, automobile manufacturer in manufacturing plant, the “BMW access to highly-skilled the world. Welt“, and our Research and labor, an outstanding infra- Dr. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the 2 Innovation Center (FIZ). structure, and attractive Board of Management of BMW AG 3 A number of business ICT combinatorial technologies Environmental The media regions are leaders in one From mainframes to PCs to advancing our ability to and energy supply All in one city: the world’s advanced sector. the Internet to the worlds prevent, diagnose and If it makes or keeps the second largest pub- Munich is the leader in of mobile communication treat illness and to improve world clean and green, lishing community and many of them. and apps (applications) and quality of life. odds are very good that Germany’s largest film, embedded and cloud compu- Munich develops or TV and radio industries. This breadth is why Munich Places to know: ting and animation, Munich’s The campuses in Martins- designs it, makes or sup- has put together such a Names to know: largest-in-Europe commu- ried/Großhadern, down- plies it. We’re talking about ARRI (world’s largest pro- track record of sustained nity of programmers has town Munich, Garching everything from biomass, ducer of motion pictures Munich. Best. Because ... of breadth and sustainable growth. always been a trendsetter and Weihenstephan. wind, solar and geothermal cameras), Bavaria Film in Europe’s information and Aerospace systems to equipment (studios making south- This is breadth: eastern Munich Germany’s communication technologies. From launchers to satel- precluding pollution and Automotive Hollywood), Kinoton (movie Names to know: lites to airplanes, and from waste and minimizing the Made in Munich are some processing equipment Cirquent (IT consulting), Kon- use of energy. of the world’s most admired space missions to GPS and high-end projectors), tron (embedded computing) cars and trucks. Rendered systems and earth moni- Names to know: ProSiebenSat1 (major TV and such hot apps designers Siemens, one of the world’s and supplied in Munich are toring grids, Munich pro- broadcaster). as Holger Frank and Tobias duces, operates, controls leaders in green energy and the research, design and Financial services Stöger. and monitors everything clean production; solar power production services and Munich is home to Germa- Life sciences (including that takes to or reports plant builder Phoenix Solar; components giving these municipal utility and renew- ny’s largest insurance, as- medical technologies) from the skies and space. vehicles their quality and able energy pioneer SWM set management, venture The science of preserving Munich is a world leader in project, whose objectives are performance. Names to know: Stadtwerke München. and participatory capital, and improving life: Munich’s EADS (the world’s largest the fields of insurance and putting Europe’s energy supply Names to know: and trade financing sectors cluster is at its cutting edge. aerospace company) and Professional services reinsurance, and, thanks to this, on a new and renewable footing, BMW and its huge research and to the country’s numb- That’s thanks to its size. its huge production and If it’s new, big or better, of knowhow on how the effects of facilitating the development and production facilities (and development facilities in odds are that Munich’s er two banking community. of climate change and on the of the MENA (Middle East and BMW Welt and the BMW The cluster is one of the Ottobrunn; the German providers of professional Names to know: technologies reducing and even North Africa) region in which the Museum) in northern Munich; four largest in Europe, being Aerospace Center’s com- services designed, Munich Re (the world’s precluding the emissions of requisite solar power plants will Audi; MAN; Webasto. comprised of 400 companies greenhouse gases causing it. be located, of helping advance and a large number of re- plex in Oberpfaffenhofen; planned, built, monitor largest reinsurer), Allianz jet engine manufacturer (one of the world’s major This unique breadth made Mu- the regenerative sector as a whole. nowned research institutes. and operate it. MTU. insurers), HypoVereinsbank nich the natural choice for the Ernst Rauch, Head of Munich Re’s Figure to know: The cluster’s output is even (major bank). headquarters of the DESERTEC Corporate Climate Centre 196,000 work for this sector