Berlin is one of Germany's leading locations for manufacturing businesses, especially in innovative sectors. About 105,000 people currently work in manufacturing jobs in Germany's capital.
With its mix of cutting-edge technologies and traditional industries that are undergoing a process of modernization, Berlin offers excellent opportunities for new businesses and suppliers seeking contact with the key industries for the future.
The 325 industrial and manufacturing companies in Berlin (with 50 or more employees generated a combined turnover of 22 billion euros in 2010.
Berlin is home to Siemens' largest manufacturing site worldwide, which employs over 12,600 people. At BMW's Berlin plant, 1,630 employees build up to 510 BMW motorcycles per day, which are sold in 130 countries worldwide.
(Source: Berlin-Brandenburg Statistics Office (Amt für Statistik Berlin-Brandenburg) 2011)
Why Berlin?
"Berlin's industrial and manufacturing sector provides a basis for innovation and drives it, too. In the most recent calculation, the sector’s share of the total expenditures for R&D in Berlin amounted to 80 percent. The metal, electrical and chemical industries accounted for a major share of that spending. […] Berlin's industrial and manufacturing sector also leads the nation in the share of staff devoted to R&D projects; 7.6% puts it in first place! Berlin's businesses invest nearly 1.5 billion euros in R&D annually. That corresponds to 1.9% of GDP. The German average is 1.7%."
Burkhard Ischler, Head of the Berlin office of Siemens AG
Berlin's manufacturing sector leads in innovation
Berlin leads the ranking of German Länder in the study "Commitment to Research and Development in the Manufacturing Industry" (Forschungs- und Entwicklungseinsatz im Verarbeitenden Gewerbe) At 9.7%, the share of the total workforce engaged in R&D activities in Berlin exceeds the German average by 4.4 percentage points.
(Source: Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB)
Berlin's largest industrial employers
Companies | Number of employees |
12,620 | |
Daimler AG | 6,400 |
5,140 | |
BMW Group | 2,460 |
Osram GmbH | 2,080 |
1,940 | |
Philip Morris GmbH | 1,240 |
Coca-Cola Deutschland | 1,100 |
Storck Gruppe | 1,100 |
ThyssenKrupp AG | 1,070 |
OTIS-Gruppe Deutschland | 1,060 |
Gillette Deutschland GmbH & Co. oHG | 1,060 |
Bosch und Siemens Haushaltsgeräte GmbH | 850 |
Schindler Deutschland GmbH | 830 |
(Sources: Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Industrie- und Handelskammer Berlin - IHK) 2010)
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