The automotive industry and its suppliers

Mercedes-Welt
Mercedes-Benz maintains a strong presence at Salzufer with a 35,000 square-meter car dealership, brand center and event venue that hosts over 200 events per year.
www.mercedes-benz-berlin.de

BMW Motorrad World Showroom
The showroom, located right next to the BMW plant, hosts exhibitions and events related to BMW Motorrad.
www.bmw.com

VW Group Forum - DRIVE
VW's communication center is located on the "Unter den Linden" boulevard. The company uses the space to present itself, its brands and services to the public. In addition to introductions to the brands Bentley, Bugatti, Seat, Skoda, Volkswagen and Volkswagen Nutzfahrzeuge (utility vehicles), visitors to the DRIVE Forum can expect to find exhibitions about cars and changing art and music events.
drive-volkswagen-group.com

NIO House
At its NIO House, the Chinese manufacturer offers events, art, coworking spaces, the NIO Café, and an introduction to the NIO brand.
www.nio.com 

automotive BerlinBrandenburg aBB
The platform “automotive Berlin-Brandenburg aBB” is a forum for automobile industry in the region to present itself. Berlin and Brandenburg's business development agencies, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology and Brandenburg Invest (WFBB), are active as project partners and advisers to the member companies. Mid-sized companies will be able to develop new technologies and products faster if they collaborate in networks. One important resource for this kind of cooperation is the “carnet” database, which provides information about companies in the region that are active in the sector of automobile-specific technologies.

A key focus of activities lies in supporting the establishment and advancement of international cooperation, particularly with Chinese companies and multipliers in Chinese regions and industries, as well as in Japan and Vietnam.
www.ac-bb.de
www.acod.de

ReTraNetz-BB: the regional transformation network for the vehicle and supplier industry in Berlin-Brandenburg
The network supports companies – especially SMEs – in their sustainable transformation (economic, environmental, social, and digital) by helping them develop strategies and guiding them through implementation. The foundation is a moderated dialogue between the business and academic communities that fosters networking and identifies opportunities for diversification. The identified areas of opportunity provide guidance for regional development – with a focus on product and process innovation, new business models, as well as skills development, workforce development, and job security.
retranetz-bb.de

VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH
VDI/VDE is a comprehensive service provider in the high-technology sector. With services related to the promotion of research, technology policy and innovation management, VDI/VDE covers the entire spectrum of the innovation process, from research to implementation to market entry and end use of new technologies. Its focus is on information technology.
vdivde-it.de

The German Transportation Forum
(Das Deutsche Verkehrsforum)
The German Transportation Forum has been based in Berlin for many years, and it is the only industry association in Germany that represents interests from across all modes of transport and is exclusively involved with the transport sector. The forum works to improve transportation conditions and secure mobility in Germany and Europe.
www.verkehrsforum.de

Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology
(Fraunhofer Institut für Produktionsanlagen und Konstruktionstechnik - IPK)
The IPK functioned as a cooperation management partner to assist a group of rapid prototyping companies in gaining access to the market as suppliers of the Drive and Vehicle Technology divisions. The software application VIENTO accelerates the search for suppliers.
www.ipk.fraunhofer.de

The German Association of Automobile Manufacturers (VDA)
(Verband der Automobilindustrie e. V. – VDA)
The VDA is the association for the promotion of German automobile manufacturers and suppliers. The VDA’s tasks include representing interests, exchanging views between members and revising German automobile industry standards. The VDA is an organiser of the International Motor Show (IAA), one of the largest and most significant international automobile exhibitions worldwide.
www.vda.de/en

German Engineering Federation
(Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V.)
The VDMA is one of the key industry associations and service providers in Europe and forms the largest network of capital goods producers in Europe. Its overall mission is built around four core principles: “Networked thinking, networked actions“, “Creating the corporate tomorrow“, “Technology for you and me“, and “Europe and the World“. The organization providing optimal support to VDMA members includes associations for specific engineering disciplines, regional associations, central departments dealing with engineering and machine building topics as well as subsidiary service companies.
www.vdma.org

The German Electrical and Electronics Industry Association
(Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V. – ZVEI)
ZVEI represents the interests of the German electrical and electronics industry with regard to economic, technology and environmental policy at the national, European and international levels. It provides targeted information about the economic, technical and legal conditions under which the electrical and electronics industries operate in Germany.
www.zvei.org

• Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon - Research on lightweight construction for transportation and energy technology
• Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute (HHI)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Production Systems and Design Technology (IPK)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Open Communication Systems (FOKUS)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Assembly and Packaging Technologies for Microelectronics, Microsystems and Power Electronics (IZM)
• Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Polymerforschung (IAP)
• Innovations for High Performance Microelectronics (IHP)