In the North of Bavaria – Bayerischer Untermain

The business region of Bayerischer Untermain is the Bavarian part of the Rhein-Main Metropolitan Region, where a total of some 375,530 people live and work..

Bayerischer Untermain is situated in the Northern part of Bavaria. Right at the heart of the region is the university town of Aschaffenburg. Other towns in the Bayerischer Untermain region include Miltenberg and Alzenau as well as the municipalities of Obernburg, Elsenfeld and Erlenbach.


Miltenberg

The business region of Bayerischer Untermain is the Bavarian part of the Rhein-Main Metropolitan Region, where a total of some 375,530 people live and work. Universities and institutes of further education offering all specialisations (Darmstadt Technical University, the Universities of Frankfurt and Würzburg and Aschaffenburg University of Applied Sciences) are within quick and easy reach. On the one hand, Bayerischer Untermain benefits from the dynamism of the Greater Frankfurt area and, on the other, from the Bavarian zest for life and the political framework conditions of the State of Bavaria.

The region is very well connected to the motorway network and Frankfurt Airport can be quickly reached from Bayerischer Untermain. Thanks to its container terminal, the Port of Aschaffenburg links up the road, rail and waterway routes and is home to some 70 companies. The logistics industry is an important pillar of the region and the logistics experts based in Bayerischer Untermain have joined together to form the LogistikNetz network, so that they can promote their mutual interests.


Port, container terminal

The fields of mechatronics & automation, automotive engineering and information technology are other important competences to be found in Bayerischer Untermain. And major players from the region have also organised themselves into networks here as an open door for new businesses in the location. Their aim is to work together on cross-sectoral tasks, to promote reciprocal exchange and establish contacts for new cooperation projects.

Automotive: The component supplier industry has a strong presence in the region. Over 50 companies with more than 10,000 employees address the theme of motor vehicles. A key focus of the Automotive Competence Network is vehicle safety.

Mechatronics & Automation: More than 20,000 people are employed in the mechatronics & automation field of competence in Bayerischer Untermain, and their range of activities extends all the way to calibration and thin-film technologies.

IT: The strengths of the region of Bayerischer Untermain lie in the fields of IT security, application software and mobile services. Other key sectors include RFID, system networking and embedded systems.

Young companies – including those from abroad – wishing to establish themselves in the Bayerischer Untermain region, will find suitable office facilities in the Zentrum für Technologie, Existenzgründung und Cooperation (ZENTEC = Centre for Technology, Start-Ups and Cooperation) as well as assistance in all questions related to starting up a new business.

www.bayerischer-untermain.de
www.logistik-netz.de
www.automation-untermain.de
www.it-untermain.de
www.zentec.de