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The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan

Region…

… economically leading

… creative and pioneering

… relaxing and stimulating

… hands-on and committed

Spatial planning and regional

development

• What do we do?

• How do we work together?

• What are our responsabilities?

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Home to 2.4 million people


Hesse

Rhineland-

Palatinate

Baden-Wuerttemberg


Powerful and highly dynamic industry location

Economy

• Gross domestic product: 92.6 billion euros (2015)

• Unemployment rate: 4.6% (Juni 2017, nationwide: 5.5%)

• 146,000 companies

• Export quota in manufacturing industry: 60% (nationwide: 40%)

• Excellent accessibility by:

• Road (eight highways)

• Rail (high-speed train and freight hubs Mannheim)

• Air (City Airport Mannheim and quick connections to international airports

Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden)

• Waterway (port center Mannheim-Ludwigshafen)



Economy

Stock market value of companies*

based in the eleven Metropolitan

Regions in Germany :

1. Rhine-Ruhr: 441.7 bn euros

2. Munich: 418.9 bn euros

3. Rhine-Neckar: 230.2 bn euros

4. Rhine-Main: 181.8 bn euros

5. Hannover: 155.5 bn euros

6. Stuttgart: 90.9 bn euros

7. Hamburg: 51.5 bn euros

8. Nuremberg: 47.9 bn euros

9. Berlin: 21.7 bn euros

10.Middle Germany: 5.8 bn euros

11.Bremen: 0.6 bn euros

* Listed in Dax, Mdax, Sdax and TecDax, finanzen.net, 11.5.2017

Dax:

MDax:

SDax:

http://www.bilfinger.com/

http://www.fuchs-oil.de/

http://www.sap.com/



Economy

Various studies prove the

competitiveness of the region, i.e.:

• Prognos-Zukunftsatlas 2016 (map):

Growth engines are located in South-

Germany: Rhine-Main, Rhine-Neckar,

Stuttgart and Munich

Source: Prognos Zukunftsatlas 2016

Regions and their

future opportunities

Best chances

Very high risks

Well-balanced chances and risks



Economy

Information technology

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Machine and plant engineering

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Biotech and Life Sciences

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Industry Focus Areas

• Cema

• Realtech

• SAP

• SAS

• SHE

• SNPand others

• Alstom

• Bilfinger

• Caterpillar

• Heidelberger

Druckmaschinen

• KSBand others

• AbbVie

• Gelita

• Octapharma

• Roche

• Siemens

• Sironaand others

Automotive

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Energy and environment

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Economy

Industry Focus Areas

• Bombardier

• Daimler

• Eberspächer

• Freudenberg

• John Deere

• REUM

• Tennecoand others

• BASF

• Fuchs Petrolub

• Kluthe

• Odenwald-Chemie

• Raschig

• Renolit / RKW

• RheinChemieand others

• ABB

• EnBW AG

• MVV Energie

• Pfalzwerke

• Saint-Gobain Isoverand others


Well of creativity and technology

Science

• 23 universities, a total of 87,000 students (thereof 10% from other countries)

• Over 30 non-university and international research institutions

• 2.3% employed in research & development (nationwide: 1.2%)

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Economics

• Mannheim Business School

• University of Mannheim

• Centre for European Economic

Research

• Hochschule Ludwigshafen

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Humanities

• The University for Jewish

Studies

• Institute for German Language

• The Max Planck Society


• Heidelberg University

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Social Sciences

• Forschungsgruppe Wahlen

• Leibniz Institute for the Social

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• The Mannheim Centre for

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• German Cancer Research Center

• European Molecular Biology

Laboratory

• Hochschule Mannheim ‒

University of Applied Sciences

• Two Max Planck Societies


Natural Sciences


Well of creativity and technology

Science

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Organic Electronics

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Medical Technolgy

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Examples for business and science cooperations

Cluster BioRN • AbbVie

• DKFZ

• EMBL



• Merck

• Roche


• Heidelberg University Hospital

and others

Cluster InnovationLab • BASF

• Freudenberg

• Heidelberger Druckmaschinen

• Merck

• Roche

• SAP



and others

Centre for Biomedicine and

Medical Technology• Fraunhofer IPA

• Freudenberg

• Roche

• Siemens

• Sirona




and others


Region of recreation and enjoyment

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More than 120 castles, palaces

and sacred buildings, such as:

• The electoral residential

palaces in Heidelberg,

Mannheim and Schwetzingen

• Hambach Castle (picture)

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• Over 110 theaters and cabarets

(including the oldest municipal

theater in the world: NTM

Mannheim)

• 15 top festivals of international

renown, such as:

- Heidelberger Frühling

- Nibelungen festival (picture)

- Enjoy Jazz

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More than 230 museums of all

types, i.e.

• Kurpfalz-Museum Heidelberg

• REM Mannheim

• Technik Museums in Speyer,

Sinsheim and Mannheim

• Wilhelm Hack Museum

Ludwigshafen (picture)

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• Speyer Cathedral (picture)

• The Abbey of Lorsch

• The Upper German-Raetian

Limes

• Mannheim „City of Music“

• Heidelberg „City of Literature“

Castles and palaces

Theaters and festivalsUNESCO World Heritage sites / „Creative Cities“

Museums


Region of recreation and enjoyment

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Top-class sport events

• Handball: Rhein-Neckar-Löwen

(picture) and TSG Friesenheim

• Soccer: 1899 Hoffenheim

• Ice-Hockey: Adler Mannheim

• Motorsports: German Touring Car

Championship (DTM) and Formula

1 at Hockenheim Ring

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A paradise for outdoor activities

• UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and

Palatinate Forest Nature Park

(picture)

• Nature Park Neckartal-Odenwald

• UNESCO Geopark Bergstraße-

Odenwald

• 38% forest area (Germany: 30%)

From the cozy wine tavern to the

Michelin-starred dining experience

• Four wine-growing districts

(Baden, Hessische Bergstraße,

Palatinate, Rhine-Hessen)

• 13 Michelin stars

• Over 40 restaurants currently

awared at least one "chef's hat" by

Gault Millau

Top-class sports Nature experience

A paradise for gourmets

Strong sense of involvement, open-

mindedness and a confident, active

civic spirit

• Almost every second resident is

involved in volunteer work (only

every third person nationwide)

• Surpassing number of foundations

• Germany‘s largest volunteer day

• Lots of non-profit associations

(e.g. 2,700 sports clubs)

Citizens are committed

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The challenges we face


Rise of public debt

Tough competition

for investments and

public funds

Aging society

Shortage of skilled laborGrowing importance

of an attractive environment

for companies and people

German Energiewende

The institutions of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region encourage the

dialogue between important regional players and pool their strengths. The

common goal: Ensure the region’s future as a location that is attractive, worth

living in and economically strong.


An alliance of strong partners

Joint regional development

The task: Position the region in the competition between locations and develop the

region through effective cooperation

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… support regional initiatives

… trigger joint activities

… make the region known

… form alliances

• Zukunft Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar Association,

• the Rhine-Neckar Regional Association and

• Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar GmbH …


Scope of work

Regional planning and joint regional development

Digital transition

E-Government

European Collaboration Recruiting skilled employees

Culture

Health

Demographic change

Regional identity and Volunteer work

PR and Marketing

Spatial planning

Tourism and Landscape

Transport and Mobility

Education

Energy transition


Strong partners in regional development

Financing of the regional development work

Partners

Chambers of skilled crafts:

Mannheim Rhine-Neckar-Odenwald,

Rhine-Main

Chambers of Commerce and Industry:

Rhine-Neckar, the Palatinate, Darmstadt

Sponsors

http://www.abb.de/

http://www.bilfinger.com/

http://www.fuchs-oil.de/

http://www.pfalzwerke.de/

http://www.phoenixgmbh.eu/

http://www.prominent.de/

http://www.roche.de/

http://www.sap.com/


Business, Science and Politics in Dialogue

Strategic dialogue in the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region

Dr. Georg MüllerChief Executive Officer

MVV Energie AG

Bert SiegelmannManaging Director

Rhein-Neckar Television

Prof. Dr. Bernhard EitelRector

Heidelberg University

Dr. Eckart WürznerLord Mayor

City of Heidelberg

Matthias BaaßMayor

City of Viernheim

Theresia RiedmaierDistrict Administrator

Südliche Weinstraße District

Honorary chairman: Dr. h. c. Eggert Voscherau

Luka MucicMember of the Executive Board

SAP SE

Dr. Ursula RedekerSpokesperson of the

Management Board

Roche Diagnostics GmbH

Irmgard AbtPresident

Chamber of Industry and

Commerce Rhine-Neckar

Hans Georg LöfflerLord Mayor

City of Neustadt an der Weinstraße

Albrecht HornbachChief Executive Officer

Hornbach Holding

Dr. Peter KurzLord Mayor

City of Mannheim

Stefan DallingerDistrict Administrator

Rhein-Neckar-Kreis

Dr. Eva LohseLord Mayor

City of Ludwigshafen

Dr. Tilman KrauchMember of the Executive Board

Freudenberg SE

Michael HeinzMember of the Executive Board

BASF SE

Dr. Georg MüllerChief Executive Officer

MVV Energie AG


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Business and

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Citizens are tolerant

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Companies

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The Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region institutions of the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region encourage the dialogue between important regional players and pool their strengths. The common