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The automotive industry and its suppliers

The quality and wide range of the automotive industry and academic institutions make the region a major player in the automotive industry.

The German capital is the only city in Germany where the three leading German automakers – BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen – have all established locations. Important R&D activities and high-quality manufacturing exist side by side in Berlin, creating a unique concentration of know-how. Berlin offers attractive conditions not only for major companies, but for small and mid-sized companies as well.

At a glance

  • Over 200 automotive companies in the region, including 80 manufacturing and supply operations and various engineering firms that employ around 30,000 people;
  • Around 25 academic institutions in the automotive industry;
  • Optimal networking of the regional automotive industry in various networks and centers of expertise;
  • Subsidies and incentives for capital investments, employee training, and research and development projects;
  • Outstanding pool of highly qualified technical specialists and management talent due to various degree programs in the automotive field;
  • Quick access to the automobile manufacturers in Lower Saxony, Saxony, Poland and the Czech Republic thanks to Berlin's central location in the heart of Europe;
  • Competence center for intelligent mobility and test field for networked and autonomous
    driving
  • A consortium of various automotive companies offers expertise in the form of a center for clean energy drive technology.

Selected automotive industry companies

The range of companies is broad. Large Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) such as Mercedes-Benz and BMW can be found there along with global players in the supplier industries such as Bosch, Brose, Continental, Gestamp Umformtechnik, Goodyear Dunlop, Knorr-Bremse, Mahle, Pierburg (Rheinmetall), Schaeffler, ZF and many powerful SMEs.

  • The BMW plant in Berlin has repeatedly set records with sales of its motorcycles.
  • Mercedes-Benz plant Berlin, produces, among other things, drive modules for the EQ model series and CAMTRONIC for advanced combustion engines. As a competence center for digitization („Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus“), the plant in Marienfelde acts as a digital startup factory.
  • CARIAD, Volkswagen Group, MBition and Mercedes-Benz Group develop and implement software for vehicles.
  • In addition to its activities in fuel cell technology, the Pierburg plant in Berlin will also manufacture mechanical components for requirements outside the automotive industry.

Networks, initiatives and associations

Flagship stores of major automobile producers in Berlin

Your contact

Sascha Tiede

Sascha Tiede

Head of Unit
Transport | Mobility |
Logistics

Berlin Partner for Business and Technology

sascha.tiede@berlin-partner.de
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