Anke Merkl

Project Manager Clusterland Upper Austria

OÖ. Technologie- u. Marketinggesellschaft m.b.H.

Clusters – Networks for Innovation and Growth

6 october 2003, Trento

Contents

Clusterland Upper Austria – facts and figures

Cluster activities

European co-operation

Upper Austrian leading Austrian region in industrie, technology and export

1,4 Mio. Inhabitants / 17,1 %

12.000 km² / 14 %

23,1 % of Austrian production value

23,3 % of Austrian exports

4,8 % unemployment rate

Strategic Programme „Upper Austria 2000+“

„Fund for the future“

• Dotation € 70 Mio.

• 1998 – 2003

• Programm lines:- Technology / R&D- Education & Qualification- Location Marketing

• Approximately 1/3 for cluster-policy measures

Targets of the Upper Austrian cluster policy

Improvement of the competitiveness and innovative strengths of Upper Austria‘s companies, particularly SMEs, in the regional industrial and technological agglomerations through co-operation in networks:

Automotive

Drive Technology

Plastics

Furniture / Wood construction

Eco-energy

Food

Health technology

Mechatronics

Facts & figures

Clusterland Upper AustriaManage-ment

StartPart-ners

Sales bn €

Work- force

Automotive TMG 07/1998 301 16.20 81,153

Drive Technology TMG 03/1999 80 9.40 26,862

Plastics TMG 04/1999 277 7.16 35,336

Wood TMG 01/2000 195 2.35 18,172

Eco-energy ESV 01/2000 131 0.22 2,100

Food WK OÖ 09/2000 135 1.49 9,315

Health Technology TMG 03/2002 181 4.29 28,092

Mechatronics TMG 01/2003 103 1.90 10,575

TOTAL 1,403 43.01 211,605

September 1, 2003

How cluster partner reach their network goals

Data base: 223 company questionnaire

Contents

Clusterland Upper Austria – facts and figures

Cluster activities

European co-operation

Cluster activities

1) Information and communications platformdatabases, company visits & interviews, company directories,quaterly journals …

2) Training & qualification specialised events, know-how transfer on trends and

technologies; 1 – 3 events p.m.,

4) Marketing and public relations Generation of regional identy, strengten branch image,

presentations at major customers

5) Internationalisation co-operation with european regions, EU-projects,

global market development measures

3) Co-operation projectsspecial cluster funding instrument: 53 % new products / technologies,38 % new production processes, 9 % spec. training

We initiate and support co-operation projects

• Establishment of contacts between

potential project partners.

• Round table meetings involving companies

interested in co-operation.

• Support during the grant application process.

• Special cluster funding instrument.

• Since 1998: 210 projects with 869 companies,

€ 8,2 Mio. funding volume

€ 49 Mio. innovation volume

factor1:6

R&D project examples

3D vacuum / thermoformed components

High Performance extrusions for PP window profile systems

Ferkel-Fit Moor

Contents

Clusterland Upper Austria – facts and figures

Cluster activities

European co-operation

International Co-operation

European Cluster Network

Automotive Clusters

Plastic Clusters

Textile Clusters

Food Clusters

Health technology Clusters

Engineering Clusters

other sectors…

Contact and information

Anke MerklOÖ. Technologie- u. Marketinggesellschaft m.b.H.

Project-Manager Clusterland Upper AustriaPhone: + 43 70 79810-5070Fax: + 43 70 79810-5060E-mail: anke.merkl@tmg.atwww.tmg.at, www.clusterland.at

The TMG is the technology manager and business development agencyof the State of Upper Austria.

Clusterland Upper Austria – innovation through co-operation The largest economic conference

in Upper Austria.September 30, 2004,Design Center, Linz.

Over 1,000 decision-makers from the fields of business,science and politics.

Accompanying 4,300 m2 exhibition with 140 exhibitors

We look forward to your involvement as a participant,exhibitor and/or sponsor-partner.

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For more detailed information please contact Ms Anke Merkl:

+43-732-79810-5070 or anke.merkl@tmg.at

www.clusterland.at