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Welcome to the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion Innovation Triangle

www.trk.de/en Karlsruhe The Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion in numbers TechnologyRegion » Around . million people living within an area of HAMBURG

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T AIRPOR Developing, testing and implementing ideas together – AIRPOR , km² Working population of , Around T » » T 1H DUSSELDORF E that’s the ethos behind the TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe IN one-third of the labour force work in technology-intensive H R COLOGNE GmbH, formed by  shareholders from business, science industries – more than in almost every other region in PARIS KARLSRUHE CENTRAL STATION BERLI PARIS GARE DE L'EST and Their aim is to create a driving FRANCE BADEN local authorities. Europe » over , companies » Economic output BERLIN AIRP HEIDELBERG TEGEL ARK STRASBOURG2. N ) 5H AIRPOR force in energy, mobility and digitalisation – speeding above the German average for many years » Regional T 1H up processes from the initial idea to the  nal results. GDP risen to more than   billion in recent years FRANKFUR

) KARLSRUHE CENTRAL ST » Purchasing power: about  billion in total FRANKFUR Shareholders including energy supplier EnBW, the Karlsruhe T CENTRAL STA T ) Includes only the  gures for the German cities and districts of the ATION STUTTGAR TION Institute of Technology (KIT) and the Karlsruhe Chamber of Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion. 1H T Commerce and Industry (IHK) work with the local authorities BLACK The shareholders of TechnologieRegion FOREST in Karlsruhe, Baden-Baden, , Landau, and Germers- Karlsruhe GmbH: heim to drive forward innovation in the region, developing Local authorities LAKE CONS MUNICH model solutions for the pressing issues we will face in the future. KARLSRUHE CENTRAL ST MUNICH CENTRAL ST » Baden-Baden » » Bruchsal » Bühl ZURICH TANCE SWITZER ATION ATION TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe GmbH (TRK GmbH) has been » Collectivité européenne d’Alsace » 3H championing the area as a regional and national hub since » » Karlsruhe » Landau in der Pfalz LAND  , but now it is an international one. » » » » Waghäusel

TRK GmbH acts as a platform for collaboration, coordinating » Landkreis Germersheim » Landkreis Karlsruhe the numerous players, contributing to funding and raising » Landkreis Rastatt » Landkreis Südliche Weinstrasse awareness of results on both a national and international » Regionalverband Mittlerer Oberrhein level. Business The strategic links between partners in » L Vision GmbH » Badischer Gemeinde-Versiche- business, science, the chambers of commerce rungs-Verband » EnBW Kommunale Beteiligungen GmbH and industry, and the public sector are the » evohaus GmbH » GRENKE AG » Handwerkskammer key to developing unique projects such as Karlsruhe » Karlsruhe Chamber of Commerce and Industry regiomove, which is designed to seamlessly (IHK) » MiRO – Mineraloelra nerie Oberrhein GmbH & integrate the di erent modes of transport in the region. Co. KG » SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co KG

The Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion has previously won the Science Baden-Württemberg RegioWIN award in recognition of » FZI Research Center for Information Technology its sustainable regional development work. TRK GmbH » Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) moderates regional projects as the lead partner, ensuring they are implemented on schedule. KOMMUNEN WIRTSCHAFT WISSENSCHAFT

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MOBILITY ENERGY DIGITAL A region with Mobility innovative spirit Mobility is a popular theme in our region. The world’s  rst local tram-train The region is as diverse as it is vast. The TRK extends across public transport system MOBILITYwas launched here, connectingENERGY the city with theIT the German states of Baden-Württemberg and Rhineland- surrounding area without needing to change trains. With the regiomove Digitalisation Palatinate, and also includes the French Alsace. A hotspot project, the Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion is pioneering the integration of car- Businesses, scienti c institutes and local authorities in the Technology- for ideas and a model region for innova tive products, ser- and bicycle-sharing into regional public transport services. Several major car WISSENSCHAFT Region are actively and radically shaping the digital transformation vices and user-friendly concepts. Groundbreaking research and truck manufacturers, such as the largest truck assembly plant WIRTSCHAFTof Mercedes- in the retail, manufacturing and services sectors. People here are  ndings, valuable practical experience from the business Benz in Wörth, and their suppliers are also based here, with developer training KOMMUNEN thinking ahead when it comes to digitalisation – whether at the world and the implementation strength of the public sector provided by the region’s high-ranking universities. As an information technology Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the FZI IT Research Centre, hub, the so ware needed for mobility in the  st century is produced within the  ow through the beating heart of the region, Karlsruhe. As WISSENSCHAFT the region’s universities of applied sciences or the Centre for Art the home of the inventor of the bicycle, Karl Drais, the in- region, and the Baden-Württemberg Autonomous Driving Test Centre is trialling the and Media Technology (ZKM). The CyberForum IT cluster, the WIRTSCHAFT ventor of the motor car, Carl Benz, and the oldest university mobility products and services of the future. DIGITAL Bruchsal region’s digital hub, HubWerk , Technologie-Netz- of applied sciences in , the Karlsruhe Technology- KOMMUNEN werk Südpfalz, and the Digital Communities of the Future – ENERGY Region has a long history of innovation. Our area is home of supported by the federal state of Baden-Württemberg, the the oldest parliament building in Germany, the Karlsruhe MOBILITY city of Karlsruhe and the Karlsruhe Administrative District Ständehaus. The foundation stone for modern society wasKOMMUNEN TheWIRTSCHAFT KarlsruheWISSENSCHAFT – are taking a leading role in shaping the Fourth Industrial IT laid at the Hambach Festival in the Palatinate region. And Revolution. the  rst ever e-mail was received at the present-day Karls- ENERGY ruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in , since named a TechnologyRegion university of excellence by the German Research Founda- MOBILITY tion. It is not surprising that the TRK remains one of the KOMMUNEN WIRTSCHAFT WISSENSCHAFT leading economic and innovation regions in Europe today. The mix of multinationals, world-leading scienti c insti- Energy tutes, SMEs and start-ups in the region is producing a huge array of next-generation technologies. Our “success The Karlsruhe TechnologyRegion has what it takes to be a hotspot triangles” – one consists of players from business, MOBILITY for the energyENERGY transition, with EnBW, oneIT of Germany’s biggest energy suppliers, and MIRO, one of its biggest re neries, Innovation science and local government, while another focuses headquartered here. These players have joined forces with on mobility, digitalisation and energy – overlap MOBILITY ENERGY IT thanks to the strong links between regional part- scienti c institutes to form energy start-ups, while innovative municipal utility companies and relevant networks, such Triangle ners, producing exciting trains of thought and a rapid rate of innovation. Together as fokus.energie, round o the energy ecosystem. These with our high-calibre cultural facilities partners are increasingly working together to create a and excellent transport links, all this sustainable energy supply on the basis of a regional makes the Karlsruhe Technology- energy strategy. Region a great place to live, work and invest. HAMBURG

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Jochen Ehlgötz Managing Director TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe GmbH TechnologieRegion Karlsruhe GmbH Emmy-Noether-Strasse 11 | 76131 Karlsruhe | Germany Telephone: +49 (0)721 40244 712 [email protected] www.technologieregion-karlsruhe.de/en Would you like to fi nd out more? Follow us on in or subscribe to our newsletter at trk.de