Engineering –
the region’s
export champion
Engineering in the Stuttgart region is characterised by niche markets, special and custom-made machinery. A wide range of high-quality products are developed and produced here.
Installation of a natural gas recycling plant with hydraulics by the Eberspächer company from Kirchheim unter Teck
Vehicle assembly works and paint shops for the automotive industry by Dürr, Bietigheim-Bissingen
Path-breaking inventions like the drill, office copying machine or disc laser all originated in the Stuttgart region. A strong metalworking industry has developed around the automotive pioneers. Nowadays, both companies with a long tradition and young high tech innovators dominate the scene. Innovative topics include mechatronics, nanotechnology, laser and surface technology.
More than 3,600 patent applications annually bear witness to the fact that Stuttgart is still the home of invention. Stuttgart and its environs are thus one of Europe’s strongest research communities. The combination of fundamental research and research and development institutes with close ties to industry, resulting in the swift transformation of scientific findings into real products, has proved to be a decisive advantage.
Handling robot by Citizen
Zoller solution in the production process
Besides car making, sectors like aviation and aerospace, medical engineering or consumer goods all benefit from ground-breaking solutions resulting in reliable high-precision products.
The production technology cluster comprising the main core of engineering in the Stuttgart region has been singled out by the “European Cluster Observatory” as the most important technology area in the whole of Europe. Products from companies like Dürr and Eberspächer are in high demand and deployed all over the world.