Cross-industry innovation:
IoT & Industry 4.0
Diverse business opportunities

Effective networks›Over 25 % of value added of Bavaria’s GDP is accounted for bymanufacturing. That’s why IoT & Industry 4.0 are key driversof future growth.

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From improving production processes to creating new businessmodels, business leaders in Bavaria know that tearing down silos
and working with new partners is the only way to make the newindustrial revolution a reality.

Since 2006, Bavaria’s Cluster Initiative has built themed networks
that bring companies, researchers, government and independent
experts together. Clusters include a multitude of technologies suchas sensor technology, mechatronics, automation and new materials –all of them essential in driving collaborative Industry 4.0 projects.

›Several regional networks focus on specific technologies to strengthen global competitiveness and cross-industry innovation amongcorporations and institutions within their respective regions.
For example:›This creates enormous cross-industry innovation business potential
for industrial service providers and start-ups from all over the world.

Access to talent
Various universities and institutions are dedicated to developing newskills required for IoT & Industry 4.0, including quantum computing, additive manufacturing and robotics. The Bavarian government finances theexpansion of faculties and infrastructure with a wide range of programmes, from high-end R&D to hands-on training. For example:›››

Most of Bavaria’s leading universities – such as Julius-Maximilians
University in Würzburg, the Technical University of Munich and theLudwig-Maximilians University in Munich – are surrounded by rapidly
growing ecosystems that not only help grow talent but also fosterworld-class R&D in areas relevant to IoT & Industry 4.0. In Munich,for example, the brand-new Quantum Valley is a collaboration of theTechnical University of Munich, the Bavarian Academy of Sciencesand Humanities, the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, Ludwig-Maximilians
University and the Max Planck Society. The Leibniz Supercomputing
Centre is also housed next door.
The Technical University in Weiden offers a programme in Industry
4.0 Informatics. Bavarian corporations such as BMW offer a dual
study programme that combines on-the-job training with a degree
at the Technical University in Weiden.
Another example of cooperation is the Technical University in Ingolstadt, which offers several study programmes focusing on IoT &Industry 4.0 combined with cutting-edge research on topics such as
digital factories.

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Northern Bavarian Automation Valley – focuses on automation
technology in Northern Bavaria.

›Mechatronik Competence Network – focuses on creating
networks in Eastern Bavaria in close cooperation with nearby
universities.

New themed networks focus on specific cross-industry innovation
technologies in IoT & Industry 4.0, for example:›Additive Manufacturing Coordination Centre brings together
players in this field, reinforcing Bavaria’s know-how and technology base.

›The Digital Production & Engineering platform within theBavarian Digitisation Centre (Zentrum Digitalisierung.Bayern)
supports networking and best practice sharing within the field.

Glocal perspectives›

Bavaria is known as a favourate venue for global players in
IoT & Industry 4.0 to meet and connect.

›Automatica, the world’s leading trade fair for smart automation androbotics, has been a popular venue where global technology leadersgather in Munich for over 15 years.

›Many international corporations such as Microsoft, IBM and Google
have established major R&D hubs here taking advantage of theBavarian ecosystem as a testbed for IoT & Industry 4.0 innovations.

›While many Bavarian companies enjoy the benefits of being headquartered here – their business is still global. The export quota ofgoods manufactured in Bavaria is well over 50 %.