DRAFT – 18.03.2011
Triple Helix Model:
Competence Centre Programme Stuttgart Region
Jeannette Wopperer
Regionaldirektor
Verband Region Stuttgart
Agenda
• The Stuttgart Region
• Verband Region Stuttgart
• Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation
• Competence Centre Programme
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The Stuttgart Region
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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 Engineering
Creative 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)
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Founded 1995 as a GmbH („Ltd.“)
Major shareholder “Verband Region Stuttgart”
50 full-time employees
Branch subsidiaries
Tasks:
1. Support for Investors
2. Location Marketing
3. Innovation and Cluster Policy
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Innovation and Cluster Policy
Innovation policy and
Network management
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Cluster Initiatives
(inhouse)
Competence Centre
Programme
Horizontal Networks
and Initiatives
Automotive
Mechatronics
Financing
Production Technology
Packaging Technologies
Entrepreneurship
Clean Energy
VR/Simulation
Labour Market/Talent
Creative Industries
Technical Textiles
ICT/Open Source
Satellite Communication
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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 coordination 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
Satellite
communication
Energy and
Eco-Design
Logistics
Environmental Engineering
Packaging
Technologies
Backnang
Vaihingen/Enz
County of Ludwigsburg
Rems-Murr-County
Fuel Cell
and Battery
Kornwestheim
Virtual Dimension Center
Virtual Reality, Simulation,
Collaborative Engineering
Waiblingen
Fellbach
City of
Stuttgart
Esslingen
County of Böblingen
Filderstadt
Denkendorf
County of Göppingen
Kirchheim/Teck
Software and IT
Göppingen
Geislingen/Steige
County of Esslingen
Mechatronics
Telematics, Mobile
Computing, Customer Care
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Technical Textiles
Sustainable Energy
and Renewables
Example “Packaging Excellence Center”
Competence Centre PEC - Packaging Excellence Center (Waiblingen)
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.
• 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 Verpackungsmaschinen 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
Contact person
Thomas Hoffmann
Packaging Excellence Center (PEC)
Gewerbestraße 11
71332 Waiblingen
Phone: +49 7151 / 9814 - 875
Fax: +49 7151/ 9814 – 861
hoffmann@packaging-excellence.de
www.packagingexcellence.de
www.rekiz.de
Lessons Learnt - Success factors
Important instrument:
The „Network Manager“, who...
- sets up and cultivates the network,
- keeps the partners’ participation and commitment
alive
Important 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-PublicPartnership
• 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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