automotive clusters in Austria
The Province of Styria has developed into one of the top names in teh European automobile and automotive supply industries. ACstyria supports the grouping of all the resources in the region in the automotive added-value chain, and so makes a major contribution towards boosting their innovative strength and international competitiveness even further.
There are 185 associate companies in ACstyria, with 44.000 employees. The organized platforms of which (purchasing group, logistics forum, etc.) provide, among other things, ongoing information about the sector and individual co-operation projects. ACstyria offers competence for the whole vehicle. We stand out from other locations due to our multi-OEM-capability.
ACstyria is also the carrier of the qualification platform for the supply industry, http://www.qualification.at/.
Contact:
Karl Pansy, Managing Director ACstyria Autocluster GmbH (ACstyria),
A-8074 Grambach/Graz, Parkring 1, Tel: +43 (0)316/409696-0, office@acstyria.com
Great performance, great skills, and great for innovation. Automobile suppliers in Upper Austria enjoy an excellent reputation on an international level. To develop these strengths still further, and to help speed up inter-company innovations, the Automotive Cluster provides for specific networking in Upper Austria for the different skills and resources of its associate companies.
And the result? In some 40 co-operation projects, more than 220 firms have developed new products, new modules, and new systems, as well as optimizing processes and obtaining even higher qualifications to meet the demands of the automobile indusry. More than 280 associate companies with 81.000 employees achieve total sales turnover of 16,2 billion Euro per year, of which some 7 billion Euro is in the automotive sector. The Automotive Cluster in Upper Austria: Innovation driving force behind the domestic suppliers industry, and powerful partner for vehicle manufactures and system suppliers.
Contact:
Thomas Eder, Managing Director Automotive Cluster in Upper Austria (AC OÖ),
Clusterland Oberösterreich GmbH,
A-4020 Linz, Hafenstraße 47-51, Tel: +43 (0)732/79810-5081, automobile-cluster@clusterland.at
The Automotive Cluster Vienna Region (ACVR) was founded in November 2001 by ecoplus, the economic development agency for Lower Austria, and the Vienna Economic Promotion Fund. As an inter-technology automobile cluster, the ACVR idetifies and promotes trail-blazing key technologies with high growth potential in the region. The focus is on the sectors of transport telematics, transport logistics, microtechnology and nanotechnology, as well as alternative vehicle concepts.
The key element in the networking acivities is increasing the added-value element, raising the R&D portion, and enhancing the level of innovation of the associate companies. The ACVR initiates and guides the co-operation between Cluster associates and provides marketing resources to increase familiarity of the products and services provided by the companies. One particular area of attention for Cluster activities is international co-operation with the new EU member states of Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.
Contact:
Peter Kuen, Managing Director Automotive Cluster Vienna Region (ACVR),
VIENNA REGION Wirtschaft.Raum.Entwicklung.GmbH,
A-1210 Vienna, Giefinggasse 2, Tel: +43 (0)1/2784004, office@acvr.at
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