Wirtschaftsstandort Business location

Wirtschaftsstandort
Business location
Science and technology location
of international renown
The Kaiserslautern business region has a great deal
to offer: a range of cultural events, various recre­
ational and shopping facilities, a wonderful location
in the midst of the Palatinate Forest, cosmopolitan
people, and, in particular, all the success factors
essential for a company! It is no coincidence that
well­positioned global players as much as success­
ful small and medium­size companies and innova­
tive business founders have great confidence in the
promising prospects of our region.
Space, access, human resources:
Available!
Companies wanting to settle here will find tailor­
made real estate – be it downtown or in attractive
technology parks. And all with excellent links to rail
and motorway: Large economic centres in Germany,
such as Rhein/Main, or in nearby European countries
are easy to reach. Plus you will find a range of
competent service providers and suppliers. Truly
outstanding is the scientific infrastructure that can
support your innovative processes and provide a
continuous source of excellent professionals.
The 21st storey of the Kaiserslautern city hall houses a lounge offering a panoramic
view of the Barbarossa town
Where transfer of technology is part of
everyday life
The university, the university of applied sciences,
and a number of leading research facilities and in­
stitutes offer companies the opportunity to profit
directly from the latest technological developments.
The transfer of technology is well developed in the
Kaiserslautern business region and is practised with
small and medium­size companies as well. Inno­
vations, by the way, are nothing new here: 120
years ago one of Germany’s earliest patent offic­
es was established here. Today the University of
Kaiserslautern maintains a “Patent Information
Centre” – the only one of its kind in Rhineland­
Palatinate.
At the University of Kaiserslautern they do not wait for the future to happen –
they make it happen
The Kaiserslautern region:
Technology location, think tank, and
a model for Germany’s future
Outside of large metropolitan areas ...
The Kaiserslautern region is situated in the cross­
border biosphere reserve Palatinate Forest­Northern
Vosges. Residents and guests alike find rest and an
opportunity for a range of outdoor activities here.
This is the setting for one of Germany’s most success­
ful technology locations: The number of business
foundations and research and technology facilities
is continuously rising – leading players in the eco­
nomic and science sector are the best promoters
and ambassadors for our location.
Positive headlines about the Kaiserslautern region
attract the attention of decision makers in the eco­
nomic and political arena.
Positive headlines from our region
• John Deere run their European Technology Innovation
Center (ETIC) with more than 200 highly qualified emplo­
yees in Kaiserslautern.
• The American car parts supplier Corning has created
100 jobs related to a 33 million Euros investment in a
production line for soot rinsers.
An open mind maintains international
relations ...
People from more than 140 nations live and work
in the Kaiserslautern region, among them about
50,000 US Americans. That makes the western
Palatinate the largest American military community
outside the United States.
International networks
• AGBC (American German Business Club)
• Atlantic Academy
• German­American Community Office
• Twin towns
• Sponsorships
• Europa direct Information Centre
• NATO Music Festival
... and is on the winner’s side in
the competition for the world’s
smartest brains
• Alpla Werke Lehner, Austrian producer of wrappings,
has built a 10 million Euros plant.
• Heger­Ferrit constructs one of the most advanced foundries
in the world for the manufacture of wind turbine parts.
• A ultramodern saw mill has been opened by Rettenmei­
er on a 34 hectares area.
• Falk & Ross, market leader in textile services, offers 180
jobs in Sembach.
... an up­and­coming location is firmly
focused on the future
Tomorrow’s technologies can be found all over the
Kaiserslautern region – in laboratories as well as
in practical applications. With just over 100,000
residents, Kaiserslautern probably is the smallest
metropolis in Germany and the regional centre for
the 500,000 residents of the western Palatinate.
The county with its population of 100,000 offers
not just tourist highlights, but also numerous com­
mercial and industrial zones with abundant room
for small and medium­size companies working in
a variety of fields and generating front­line tech­
nologies.
image: TU KL
Best prospects for tomorrow’s professionals: Around 17,000 students enjoy
a hands­on college education
Kaiserslautern is a young, dynamic, and cosmopoli­
tan city: 17,500 students from 80 nations receive
a high­quality, future­oriented education at the
University of Kaiserslautern and the technology­
oriented University of Applied Sciences. The Uni­
versity continues to confirm its top position by
obtaining outstanding scores in various rankings.
The Kaiserslautern region:
Technology location, think tank, and
a model for Germany’s future
University of Kaiserslautern
• 13,600 students
• Major departments:
• Architecture, urban and environmental planning
• Biology, chemistry, physics
• Computer science
• Mechanical engineering
• Process engineering
• Mathematics
• Economics
Software as a key technology
of the future …
With the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems,
two Fraunhofer institutes (IESE and ITWM), and
the German Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI),
Kaiserslautern is a top international player in the
field of software development. The city excels in
other research areas as well, with several groups of
researchers waiting in the wings to establish insti­
tutes.
University of Applied Sciences
• 5,600 students on three campuses
• Major departments:
• Applied computer science
• Architecture, civil engineering
• Mechanical engineering
• Economics for small and medium­size businesses
• Information systems
The university is the major driving force behind the
development of Kaiserslautern: The formation of
businesses, the settling of factories, conferences
with international participants and the establish­
ment of research institutes of the highest level gen­
erate a synergy effect that produces results at ever
increasing speed. Resident companies in any sector
profit from a smooth, individually tailored transfer
of information and technology.
Research fields with international applications
• Ambient intelligence
• Innovative lightweight construction
• Materials for micro and nanosystems
• Mathematics and practical application
• Mechatronics
• Analysis of materials and surfaces
• Optical technologies and laser­guided processes
• Production engineering and microelectronics
• Software engineering
• Composite materials
• Future substances
• Industrial mathematics
image: ITWM
ITWM software simulates assembling processes. Virtual robots weld a
virtual car body together.
… is increasingly “made in
Kaiserslautern”
Countless products and software applications in
use worldwide are “made in Kaiserslautern”. Several
laboratories are available for industry to perform
resource­saving developments and tests. Applica­
tion­oriented research that produces better results!
Laboratories
• Rhineland­Palatinate Simulation Centre (SRP): CAD,
calculation, and simulation
• Smart Factory: Europe’s first “intelligent factory”! The
industrial application of modern information technology
is tested here independent of the manufacturer.
• Assisted Living Lab: These rooms are used to develop
and test products for the elderly and those needing
care – in a joint project with the Westpfalz Klinikum
that has received national attention.
• Photonik­Zentrum Kaiserslautern (PZKL)/ Center of
Photonics: Research projects and practice­oriented inno­
vation projects in optical technologies and laser physics
are preformed here.
The Kaiserslautern region:
Technology location, think tank, and
a model for Germany’s future
Technology transfer for applications to
make life easier and nicer ...
Several thousand people, some of them specialists
sought after throughout the world, are employed
in the high­tech sector. Whether logistics for the
clothing of armed forces worldwide, high­tech
materials for the automotive industry or the sys­
tem that weighs minute goods accurately on a con­
veyor belt in lightning speed – these are among
the many technologies developed in Kaiserslautern.
Other examples are the software used by televi­
sion and radio stations to archive millions of audio
and visual documents, or the kind used by banks
throughout the world for the trading and manage­
ment of securities.
For 25 years the contemporary transmission belt
between an innovative business idea and its success­
ful realization in marketable products and competitive
services has been the Kaiserslautern Business + Inno­
vation Center (bic) – the region’s leading competence
centre for founders.
... is the ultimate objective of all
research and development
The leap from the think tank to implementation
increasingly creates jobs in the production sector
as well. Examples are the factory of Celstran GmbH,
where high­tech composite materials for the auto
industry are produced, or Wipotec: Its Kaiserslautern
factory not only develops but also manufactures
high­speed weighing systems.
Development potential exists particularly for indus­
tries that already have a number of companies on
site with efficient networks. Historically developed
sectors, such as the mechanical engineering and
automotive industries, are rejuvenated; available
potential promotes the development of strong,
competitive companies.
Key segments / Clusters
• Automotive supply industry
• Chemical industry
• IT/Media
• Logistics
• Mechanical engineering
• Commercial vehicles
Global players
• Corning
• Freudenberg
• Fuchs Petrolub (with Fuchs Lubritech)
• Gebr. Pfeiffer
• General Dynamics
• John Deere
• Keiper Recaro
• Microsoft (via DFKI)
• Opel/General Motors
• Pfaff
• RICOH (via IESE)
• TRW United Carr
(with TRW Automotive Electronics & Components)
• Würth (with MKT)
IT and high­tech enterprises
• AVID: Digital archiving systems
• Accenture CAS: Software for the consumer goods industry
• Comat Composite Materials: Composite materials
• empolis Bertelsmann: Search technologies, assistance
systems
• Human Solutions: Ergonomics, simulation, body scanning
• LMS: Software for the automobile and aerospace
industry
• Lumera Laser: optical technologies
• Maxess: Merchandise management systems
• Netbiscuits: mobile web
• ProAlpha: Software for businesses
• vwd: stock exchange and banking software
• Wipotec: Precision scales
image: IFOS
High­precision analytic techniques are indispensable for modern materials research
The Kaiserslautern region:
Technology location, think tank, and
a model for Germany’s future
A business park of the latest
generation ...
Kaiserslautern, the place of great
ideas, reinvents itself every day …
A great boost came from the establishment of the
“PRE Park” – with PRE standing for Pfälzische Regio­
nalentwicklung (Palatinate Regional Development).
Former barracks premises were turned into a technol­
ogy and business park combining research, working,
living, and recreation.
Almost a matter of course: Kaiserslautern has
repeatedly been one of the “Landmarks in the Land
of Ideas” – selected within the scope of an initiative
of the German weekly “Die Zeit” under the auspices
of the Federal President.
... with its open atmosphere gets the
best out of smart minds ...
Over the past nine years the park has developed
into one of the most successful conversion projects
in Germany. 2,800 jobs have been created, 200 mil­
lion Euros invested. Recreational highlights are a
magnificent leisure pool, a multiplex cinema, an
entertainment centre, and a fitness centre. The park
has 70,000 square metres of office space and 160
residential units. Twenty hectares of woods create
an extraordinary ambience. The park is located
right at the Kaiserslautern East motorway junction.
This model of success finds its continuation in the
“Europahöhe” business and service park currently
being developed directly adjacent to the PRE­Park,
and in the PRE University Park in the vicinity of the
university. The business park focussing on science
and research, with IT and industrial mathematics
as its key competences, forms the bridge between
teaching and research, as a supplement to applica­
tion­oriented IT companies.
… and assures a broad basis for
creativity and innovation
So far the award has been given to the PRE Park,
the DFKI, the Smart Factory and the Assisted Liv­
ing Laboratory as well as to the Fraunhofer Cen­
tre and the Alcatraz Hotel and the German center
for emergency medicine and information technol­
ogy (DENIT). This is a brilliant confirmation of our
innovative energy and our concentrated expertise in
technologies of relevance for the future.
... and offers the next generation at­
tractive prospects early on
Research institutes in the PRE University Park
• DFKI – German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
• IESE – Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software
Engineering
• IFOS – Institute for the Analysis of Materials and Surfaces
• ITWM – Fraunhofer Institute for Technical and Industrial
Mathematics
• Max­Planck Institute for Software Systems
image: DFKI
New technologies for the intelligent factory of the future – SmartFactoryKL
Infrastruktur
Infrastructure
Perfect location
In the heart of Europe
And within Germany we are also well connected
with such large economic centres as Rhein­Main,
Rhein­Neckar, and Rhein­Ruhr.
A look at the map shows: There is hardly a more
central location than Kaiserslautern! You can reach
most European capitals in less than two hours by
air, and the efficient transportation infrastructure
offers boundless options.
So, everything speaks for this location – in the
words of Kurt Beck, the Minister President of the
Rhineland­Palatinate: “Within the next ten to fifteen
years Kaiserslautern will be among the leading tech­
nology regions in Germany and beyond.”
A quick meeting in Brussels (370 km), a trade fair
in Luxemburg (150 km), and for the weekend off
to Paris (450 km) – for such a busy schedule the
Kaiserslautern business region is the ideal base.
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Copenhagen
Hamburg
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Kingdom
Berlin
Netherlands
London
Warsaw
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Amsterdam
Poland
Brussels
Cologne
Belgium
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Riga
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Slovakia
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Budapest
Austria
Bern
Switzerland
Hungary
Slovenia
Ljubljana
France
Zagreb
Croatia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Italy
Rome
Spain
Albania
Tirana
Madrid
Mediterranean Sea
Kaiserslautern in Europe
Sarajevo
All roads lead to Kaiserslautern
Road, rail, air? Your choice!
Travelling by car
By car the Kaiserslautern business region is accessible from every
direction: The A6 links us with the Rhein­Neckar metropolitan re­
gion as well as with the Saarland and France; the A63 leads to
the Rhein­Main region; the A62 is your connection, via Trier and
Luxemburg, to the North Sea ports. Several regional and inter­
national airports are close by, among them one of the largest
worldwide, Frankfurt am Main – which you can also comfortably
reach by ICE train.
• A6 Mannheim–Saarbrücken
How practical: The Rhine as transport
route for cargo
• Frankfurt Rhein­Main international airport
Distance: 120 km
When it comes to transporting heavy loads, the rail – thanks to
the piece goods station and container terminal in Kaiserslautern­
Einsiedlerhof – is a serious alternative. But not the only one!
There also is Europe’s busiest waterway: the Rhine. The Ludwigs­
hafen Rhine port handles more than 7 million tons of goods per
year, the Mainz customs and inland harbour is considered the
key logistics centre, and the state port in Wörth am Rhein counts
among the major inland container ports in Germany.
• A63/A60 Kaiserslautern/Koblenz/Köln/Mainz/
Frankfurt
• A6/A62 Mannheim–Trier/Luxemburg
Coordinates: 49° 27‘ N, 7° 46‘ O
Travelling by plane
• Luxemburg international airport
Distance: 140 km
• Saarbrücken Ensheim airport
Distance: 65 km
• Hahn airport
Distance: 95 km
• Zweibrücken airport
Distance: 45 km
Travelling by rail
• from Mannheim (ICE travelling time 30 minutes)
• from Frankfurt
(ICE travelling time 1 hour 30 minutes)
• from Paris
(ICE/TGV travelling time 2 hours 30 minutes)
Transport route by boat
• Ludwigshafen Rhein port (distance: 60 km)
• Mainz customs and inland port (distance: 75 km)
• Wörth am Rhein state port (distance: 85 km)
• Germersheim container terminal (distance: 90 km)
Location in the region
Leben + Arbeiten
Living and working
Ideal conditions for a
perfect work­life balance
Factors speaking for the Kaiserslautern business
region range from infrastructural advantages and the
close proximity to universities, scientific institutes and
research facilities to aspects you would sooner expect
to find in a travel catalogue: a variety of shopping
facilities, assorted cultural offerings, attractive sports
and recreational facilities, and plenty of nature …
Outdoor fun in the middle of nature
Whether your employees want to relax and recharge
their batteries by hiking, inline­skating, geo­coach­
ing, jogging, mountain­biking, or climbing is a mat­
ter of personal taste. Our region offers opportunities
for all of these activities and plenty more – some
even right outside their home or office. Nothing
beats the quality of life when you work where others
vacation – in Germany’s largest nature park, the
Palatinate Forest–Northern Vosges international
biosphere reserve.
Kaiserslautern is considered the “City of green oases”: If offers a range of recreational activities for
all ages – in city parks such as the Horticultural Show as much as in the surrounding region with its
boundless opportunities for hiking, pole­walking, mountain­biking ...
Family­oriented and merry­making –
Kaiserslautern, the little big city
As a city of schools, stages, and museums, music,
parks and football, Kaiserslautern certainly is a
family­friendly town: Japanese Garden and Volks­
park, Horticultural Show and zoo, Stadtpark and
Fritz Walter stadium, swimming pools and ice rink,
Pfalztheater and museums stand for diversity. And
the larger region also holds many attractions for
professionals and scientists who want to move here
with their families. To ensure that your staff will
soon feel at home in and around the Barbarossa
town, a special network – the ZiRKL – awaits you
and, of course, there is the proverbial openness of
the local people. Which you can experience first­
hand at one of the many festivals, such as the
Altstadtfest, the big summer party in the historic
part of town …
The Emperor’s Fountain – a three­dimensional history and story book: Besides
Emperor Frederic Barbarossa and King Rudolf of Habsburg you can also discover
Napoleon’s hat, an emigrant ship, or a fish, the legendary animal pictured in the
Kaiserslautern coat of arms.
In action in the Palatinate Forest
Riders’ Paradise
The Palatinate is perfect for
riders. Many horse farms and
riding schools offer an ideal
setting for horseback rides
in a quaint and picturesque
landscape.
Palatinate Forest trail
From the railway station in
Kaiserslautern directly to the
largest continuous stretch
of woods in Germany, the
Palatinate Forest, on this
premium long­distance hik­
ing trail. Spectacular rocks,
breath­taking vistas, deep
valleys and, above all: woods
as far as the eye can see!
That’s what awaits the hiker
on the 140 kilometres of
Palatinate Forest trail.
Photos: Archive of the Kaiserslautern county administration, archive of the Trippstadt tourist information and Hans Buch
Of time­outs and time travels
Artfully arranged harmony
and fantasy in bloom …
You do not have to travel to the
Far East to experience the medita­
tive effect of light and shade, plants
and stones, water and paths; just
come to the southwest: The Japanese
Garden in Kaiserslautern is among
the largest and most beautiful
parks of its kind in Europe. Espe­
cially attractive is the close proximity
to the Kaiserslautern horticultural
show: With colourful flowerbeds,
changing indoor flower displays,
various play, sports, and leisure
facilities, Europe’s largest outdoor
dinosaur exhibition, and an attrac­
tive programme of events it truly
is the favourite garden of every
generation.
Traces of a turbulent past
Even if nothing is left of the Renais­
sance castle of Count Johan Casimir
and very little of the imperial palace
of Barbarossa to whom the town
owes its name, a historic city tour is
still worthwhile: The expedition into
the past leads you to the Casimir
Hall, through former escape tunnels,
and to the Jewish bath dating from
the 14th century. Or just enjoy the
flair of the Old Town of Kaiserslaut­
ern, close your eyes, and think for
a moment about forebears from
the Neolithic or the Iron Age, the
Romans, Franks and Hohenstaufen,
or Napoleon’s road­building crews.
That’s life
Fun and games –
pure emotion
In Kaiserslautern, football is more
than just “the beautiful game”. That
goes for the youth teams as well
as for the pros, players as well as
fans. The home matches of the 1st
FC Kaiserslautern at the Fritz Walter
stadium on the Betzenberg, for
example, draw more than 40,000
football enthusiast from near and
far whose passion is this historic
club. When the city was one of the
venues of the FIFA World Cup in
2006, it truly brought the motto
“A time to make friends” to life...
But of course the sports offered in
Kaiserslautern are not limited to
football: They range from basket­
ball and American football, biking
and inline skating to swimming and
various Asian martial arts.
Innovative, varied, thrilling:
Culture in Kaiserslautern
The many facets of culture offered
in the capital of the Palatinate will
fascinate anybody seeking inspira­
tion and entertainment. In music
you have your choice of pop, rock,
and symphony concerts, big­band
sound at the NATO Music Festival
and, not to forget, musical, oper­
etta, and opera at the Pfalztheater.
But in Kaiserslautern culture does
not end when the last note fades
away, it is something for all senses:
Take, for example, the exquisite
art collection of the Pfalzgalerie
museum, cabaret and comedy per­
formances at the Kammgarn cultural
centre, or the skate nights held in
the centre of the Barbarossa town.
Pure Palatinate
Playing Golf in the
Green Heart of the
Palatinate
The Barbarossa Golf Club
offers an 18 hole course to
golfers of any handicap in a
wonderful setting with pan­
oramic views to the Palati­
nate Forest and the Sickin­
gen Heights. It is situated
in a few minutes drive from
Kaiserslautern.
The Palatinate
way of life
The Palatinate region is
known not only for its wine
but for several other typical
specialties and its good food.
The folks here know how to
enjoy life, whether in a cosy
inn or a rustic wood lodge.
You can also witness the
Palatinate joie de vivre at any
of the numerous festivals.
Fairs and village fetes are a
great opportunity for getting
to know the people of the
Palatinate.
Photos: Archive of the Kaiserslautern county administration, archive of the Trippstadt tourist information and Hans Buch
Wissenschaft
Science
Because science is exciting –
and opens new horizons
If sewing machines come to mind when you hear
the name Kaiserslautern, you are perfectly right,
of course. But that is just a small part of our eco­
nomic profile. Over the past decades the capital of
the Palatinate has made enormous progress and is
now an internationally noted “city of science and
science­related services”.
Progress brought by inquiring minds
Kaiserslautern University has gained special sig­
nificance as the breeding ground for prestigious
research institutes: IESE (Fraunhofer Institute for
Experimental Software Engineering), ITWM (Fraun­
hofer Institute for Technical and Business Mathe­
matics), DFKI (German Research Centre for Artificial
Intelligence) or the Max Planck Institute for Com­
puter Science today are independent institutions.
Numerous annex institutes of Kaiserslautern Uni­
versity, state research centres and research focuses
at the University of Applied Sciences have a name
as national and even international leaders. The fact
that all these research facilities cooperate most ef­
fectively in a “Science Alliance”, is a real bonus of
this location.
Know­how is not an end in itself
valuable success factor for numerous companies –
regional, national, and global. Businesses looking
to science for help in improving their products and
production processes, will not only find the mem­
bers of the Science Alliance ready to lend an ear
but to direct them to the optimum partners within
this network. Openness, cooperation, and support
are features displayed in Kaiserslautern not only
during mega­events, such as the football world cup
in 2006, but in day­to­day contact as well.
Science with practical relevance
In addition to a number of research institutions,
many knowledge­based businesses have estab­
lished themselves now in the Kaiserslautern busi­
ness region. This proves that the application­oriented
science we practice in Kaiserslautern is a sure road
to success – because the companies residing here
become themselves interesting partners for world­
wide co­operations.
Just use the following pages as a guide toward your
decision: Here you find current information on Kaisers­
lautern as science location, compact facts on mem­
bers of the Science Alliance, and details about the
fields of innovation that the university focuses its
long­term research on.
This accumulated knowledge, focusing mainly – but
by no means exclusively – on IT issues, becomes a
Research and teaching form the basis – application­oriented development, transfer of know­how, and
tried­and­tested networking shape the special profile of the Kaiserslautern universities and institutes.
University of Kaiserslautern
The University of Kaiserslautern is a young university. Since its
foundation in the year 1970, it has managed to achieve a conside­
rable reputation. Its declared goal is to hold a top position among
medium­sized universities both nationally and internationally.
Special networks link the engineering and natural sciences with
the social and economic sciences and distinguish the University
of Kaiserslautern as the only university in the state of Rhineland­
Palatinate with a strong orientation on technology. It consists of
12 departments and offers over 100 courses of study to 13,700
students. The university attracts students from around the world
with international enrollments accounting for 15% of the student
population and representing more than 90 countries. The univer­
sity offers a number of English language master programs. Doc­
toral research and thesis programs can be conducted in English
in all departments of the university. The university has a modern,
mid­size campus located at the edge of a world­famous UNESCO
Biosphere Reserve in the beautiful Palatinate Forest. Situated in
Southwestern Germany (one­hour drive from Frankfurt Internatio­
nal Airport), Kaiserslautern is also an important economic center
for the science and research sectors.
The University of Kaiserslautern is renowned for its excellence
in research and higher education. In the federal government’s
“Excellence in Higher Education” competition, the University of
Kaiserslautern was recognized as one of the six Top­Universities
in Germany. This award is solid proof of the high educational
standards at the university. In January 2010, the university be­
came a double winner as it was selected, together with team
partners IESE, ITWM, DFKI, and ITA, as one of five world­class
research clusters by the German Federal Ministry of Education and
Research (BMBF).
The University of Kaiserslautern has built a reputation for excel­
lence in some disciplines which has also attracted international
attention. For example, there are four major institutes working
in the area of applied mathematics and computer sciences. The­
se include: two Fraunhofer Institutes (the Fraunhofer Institute for
Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) and the Fraunhofer Institute for
Experimental Software Engineering (IESE)), the German Research
Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), and the Max Planck Insti­
tute for Software Systems. Other satellite institutes include: the
Institute for Surface and Film Analysis (IFOS) in the field of phy­
sics, laser physics, and materials research; and, the Institute for
Composites (IVW), which conducts research in the areas of mecha­
nical engineering, composite materials and process engineering.
Kaiserslautern is recognized as one of the largest IT clusters in all
of Europe.
The University of Kaiserslautern is also home to two State Research
Centers (Center for Mathematical and Computational Modeling,
(CM)2, http://cmcm.uni­kl.de) and Center for Optics and Material
Sciences (OPTIMAS, http://optimas.uni­kl.de). Their objective is to
set up large, collaborative research projects, e.g., special research
areas, and successfully compete for national and international
projects within the framework of funding for the Excellence Initiative.
Contact
University of Kaiserslautern
Gottlieb­Daimler­Straße 47
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 205­20 49
+49 (0)631 / 205­36 58
presse@uni­kl.de
www.uni­kl.de
Contact Person: Thomas Jung
University of Applied Sciences
Kaiserslautern
The University of Applied Sciences in Kaiserslautern is a modern
college of applied sciences and design. More than 5600 students
and around 140 professors learn, teach and carry out research in
five faculties at the campuses in Kaiserslautern, Pirmasens and
Zweibrücken. Founded in 1996 as a spin­off from a department
of the former Rhineland Palatinate University of Applied Sciences,
the University, whose roots go back to the mid­19th century, used
its independence to dedicate itself to its core tasks of degree­
level teaching, advanced academic training and applied research
and development with the associated transfer of technology, and
to continue expanding its competitive position.
The courses offered cover the areas of natural and engineering
sciences, design, economics, information and communication
sciences. Practical applicability and innovation, interdisciplinary
work and flexibility, internationality but above all also regional
associations – these are the trademarks of the courses, which
were quickly converted to modern degree courses as part of the
Bologna process.
With the further development of degree programs, new forms of
studying, like the cooperative model of studying called KOSMO,
and with the opening of the university for job­related qualified
students, FH Kaiserslautern helps to secure the next generation of
qualified employees in the region.
New large projects under financial support of the German ministry
of education and research (BMBF) assure the quality of teaching
and the crossover between job­related and academic education.
The joint research project “Offene Kompetenzregion Westpfalz”
with emphasis on competence, promotes the installation and de­
velopment of job and family related degree programs as well as
the installation of an education network in the region.
Buildings of the faculty of Construction and Design,
Campus Kaiserslautern II
Contact
Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern
Morlauterer Straße 31
67657 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 37 24 0
+49 (0)631 / 37 24 2105
itw@fh­kl.de
www.fh­kl.de
A few years ago, the university set three applied focal points for its
research: “Integrated Miniaturised Systems”, “Reliable Software­
Intensive Systems” and “Sustainable Products and Processes”.
The core competences of these focal points are microsystems
technology and applied life sciences (a modern clean room with
several process lines facilitates the development of micro and na­
noparts), materials mechanics (investigations into internal stress),
the development of systems in which software is closely allied
with technical or organisational components, and the area of sus­
tainable building and design.
Please Contact:
Dr. Susanne Schohl
Referat Forschung und Projektkoordination
Tel.:
+49 (0)631 / 37 24 2159
Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences facilitates the ex­
change of students and professors with approximately 70 partner
colleges around the world, thus guaranteeing the internationality
of its courses.
• Applied Life Sciences
Research Areas
• Micro­ and Nanotechnologies
• Materials
• Applied informatics
• Sustainable Construction and Design
www.fh­kl.de
Max Planck Institute for Software
Systems (MPI­SWS)
The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems is chartered to
conduct high­risk, high­impact fundamental research in all areas
related to the design, analysis, modeling, implementation and
evaluation of complex software systems. Software Systems is that
part of Computer Science that lays the foundation for the practical
use of computers. In the decades since the first rudimentary com­
puter programs were implemented, Software Systems research
has pursued fundamental questions about building computers
and computer systems.
The MPI­SWS was founded in November 2004 and opened its doors in August
2005. The institute has two sites, one located on the campus of Saarland
University (UdS), the other on the campus of the Technical University (TU)
Kaiserslautern. As an academic institution dedicated to high­risk, long­term
research, the primary goal is to have impact through publications, artifacts
and people. The MPI­SWS seeks to establish itself among the top twenty
academic research organizations in the world in its field. In particular, we
hope to attract outstanding talent from all over the world, thus broadening
the pool of talent in Germany and Europe. MPI­SWS currently has 3 directors,
5 tenured or tenure­track faculty members and one Max Planck Fellow. MPI­
SWS will eventually grow to 17 tenured positions. The profile of MPI­SWS
is highly international, with faculty members from the USA, Germany, India,
Turkey and Portugal.
Currently, the faculty at MPI­SWS conduct research in the following areas: De­
pendable Systems, Distributed Systems and Operating Systems, Information
Security and Cryptography, Large Scale Internet Systems, Networked Systems,
Programming Languages and Systems, Rigorous Software Engineering, Type
Systems and Functional Programming. The set of research topics within soft­
ware systems will expand as MPI­SWS hires new faculty.
Research Areas
Dependable Systems: This group, headed by Rodrigo Rodrigues, focuses on
building reliable, highly­available software systems, by improving the methods
used to build such systems.
Distributed Systems and Operating Systems: This group, headed by Peter
Druschel, conducts research in the design, implementation and evaluation of
computer systems.
Information Security and Cryptography: This group, headed by Michael
Backes, conducts research in theoretical foundations and applied aspects of
information security and cryptography.
Large Scale Internet Systems: This group, headed by Paul Francis, attacks
problems associated with Internet routing and addressing, overlay networks,
Internet security, and cloud computing.
Networked Systems: This group, headed by Krishna Gummadi, conducts
research in both experimental and theoretical aspects of networked systems
design.
Programming Languages and Systems: This group, headed by Umut Acar,
researches the foundations, design and implemantation of programming lan­
guages and systems.
Rigorous Software Engineering: This group, headed by Rupak Majumdar,
focuses on algorithms, tools, and methodologies to build complex yet reliable
software systems.
Type Systems and Functional Programming: This group, headed by Derek
Dreyer, conducts research in both the theoretical and practical aspects of
modern programming language design, with a primary focus on type systems
and functional programming.
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems, location Kaiserslautern
Contact
Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
(MPI­SWS)
In Kaiserslautern:
Gottlieb­Daimler­Straße Building 49
67633 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone: +49 (0)631 / 9303­9600
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 9303­6019
In Saarbrücken:
Wartburg, Martin­Luther­Straße 12
66111 Saarbrücken
GERMANY
Phone: +49 (0)681 / 9303­9100
Fax:
+49 (0)681 / 9303­9199
www.mpi­sws.org
Managing Directors alternating:
Prof. Dr. Peter Druschel, Prof. Dr. Paul
Francis, Prof. Dr. Rupak Majumdar
Research Areas
• Dependable Systems
• Distributed Systems and Operating Systems
• Information Security and Cryptography
• Large Scale Internet Systems
• Networked Systems
• Programming Languages and Systems
• Rigorous Software Engineering
• Type Systems and Functional Programming
www.mpi­sws.org
The Science Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V.
Members of the Science Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V. are the University of
Kaiserslautern, the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, and
eight research institutes, some of which are spin­offs of successful re­
search completed at the University of Kaiserslautern. Their successful
work in the past years has added to the growing reputation of Kaisers­
lautern as a distinguished location for study, research, and technology.
From Basic Research to Marketable Solutions
Scientific research and technological problem­solving increasingly require
multidisciplinary approaches. In applied research there is a continually
accelerated cycle of innovation. Thus, complex research projects progres­
sively revolve around research bundles or so­called “clusters”, in which
partners of varying competences from science and industry focus on spe­
cific aspects of a question or problem.
One of the basic tasks of the Science Alliance, therefore, is to utilize
the potential of interdisciplinary research as it is already conducted in
the two research Centers for Mathematical and Computational Model­
ling (CM2) and for Optics and Material Sciences (OPTIMAS). The member
institutes aim to provide a multidisciplinary network that covers the en­
tire innovation cycle from fundamental research to product and process
development. The Fraunhofer Innovation Cluster Digital Engineering for
Commercial Vehicles illustrates how researchers, producers and distrib­
utors work together to improve the software controlled development,
planning and production processes of the utility vehicle industry.
In the different research departments students and doctoral candidates
are invited to gain practical knowledge as full­fledged members of inter­
national teams.
Regional Networking as an Advantage in International Competition
As a center of innovation Kaiserslautern profits from an excellent network
of research facilities and local industries, in close cooperation with the
City of Kaiserslautern and the State of Rhineland­Palatinate.
A perfect example is the cooperation of the Bau AG Kaiserslautern, a non­
profit local building society, and the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental
Software Engineering in the pilot project Ambient Assisted Living. The
geographical proximity of the partners allowed the concerted develop­
ment and realization of a future concept for a self­determined life into
advanced age as a sample solution for municipal builders in other com­
munities.
Contact
Science Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V.
University of Kaiserslautern
P.O. Box 3049
67653 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
info@science­alliance.de
www.science­alliance.de
Members of the Board
Prof. Dr. Helmut Schmidt
Prof. Dr. Andreas Dengel
Dr. Michael Kopnarski
Managing Director
Florian Deumeland
Members of the Science Alliance
• Commercial Vehicle Cluster (CVC)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software
Engineering (IESE)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics
(ITWM)
• German Research Center for Artificial
Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH
• Institute for Biotechnology and Drug Research
(IBWF) e.V.
• Institute for Composite Materials (IVW) GmbH
Another example is the SmartFactory where the German Research Center
for Artificial Intelligence, in cooperation with the University of Kaisers­
lautern and numerous companies in the region, develops and operates a
demonstration platform for the application of automated line production
techniques, which is unique in Europe. A close and longstanding collabo­
ration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Technology and Business Math­
ematics enabled a medium­sized local foundry to become a nationwide
leader in this field of technology.
• Institute for Surface and Thin Film Analysis
(IFOS) GmbH
Numerous spin­offs of the member institutes and the sustainable in­
dustrial location of the Kaiserslautern area are proof of the success of
the application­oriented research conducted within the Science Alliance
Kaiserslautern.
• University of Kaiserslautern (TU)
• Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
(MPI SWS)
• Research Institute for Technology
and Work (ITA) e.V.
• University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern (FH)
www.science­alliance.de
Research focus “Advanced Materials
Engineering” (AME)
15 scientists from different departments and research institutes:
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Mechanical and Process Engineering
Computer Science
Institute for Composites
Institute for Thin Film and Surface Analysis (IFOS)
The key issues of the research focus AME are high and ultrahigh
strength steels, light alloys, hybrid and filter materials and ma­
terials in particle shape. These materials are key materials for
future lightweight design concepts and offer innovative solutions
in the field of traffic and mechanical engineering in general. Be­
sides that, hybrid materials are used as filter materials in process
engineering and as functionalized materials as well. Materials in
particle shape are candidates for high­quality coatings. Further­
more nanoparticles are used for drug delivery systems as well
as for environmental technology. High­grade network of experi­
ment, modelling and simulation is one important feature of AME.
The range of research topics varies between the fields materials
sciences, production and process engineering and stands for a
central competence field of the University of Kaiserslautern, in
which engineers and natural scientists as well as computer sci­
ence groups intensely collaborate.
Key points of the research focus of AME are to develop innovative
products for the automobile and aviation industry as well as for
the biological and medical area. In the field of traffic engineering
these research topics are the basis for a more effective material
and primary energy consumption and finally for the reduction of
pollution. According to this, current research activities work on the
characterization, modelling and simulation of localized deforma­
tions in different kinds of advanced engineering materials. One vi­
sion of AME is the utilization of materials as their own sensors for
early damage detection in components on the basis of physically
coupled cross effects. A high degree of interdisciplinary and inter­
nationality collaboration is significant for the research projects of
AME. This is demonstrated by invited presentations about latest
research results on international conferences and especially by
direct co­operations between research groups in Kaiserslautern,
Germany and abroad. A fast industrial application of the newest
results is a substantial goal of the AME activities.
For detailed information regarding the chairs and institutes in­
volved in AME as well as the current projects of the research
focus Advanced Material Engineering (AME) please check out the
homepage: www.uni­kl.de/AME.
AME­strategy: Interaction of experiment, modelling and simulation
Contact
Research focus “Advanced Materials
Engineering” (AME)
Prof. Dr. Dietmar Eifler
Institute of Materials Science and
Engineering (WKK)
Department of Mechanical and Process
Engineering, University of Kaiserslautern
Erwin­Schrödinger Straße, Geb. 44
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
+49 (0)631 / 205 2411
eifl[email protected]­kl.de
www.uni­kl.de/AME
Research Areas
• High performance materials
High strength steels, light alloys, glasses and ceramics
• Hybrid materials and structures
Particle and fieber reinforced composites and joints
• Applications for components and surface effects
efficient and sustainable systems for traffic and
process engineering
www.uni­kl.de/AME
Ambient Systems – Technologies
and Applications (AmSys)
AmSys is focusing on technologies and applications of ambi­
ent systems, a new generation of networked embedded systems
which enable a collaborative aggregation of information between
connected devices. Furthermore these embedded systems provide
an enhanced context awareness of its environment. Equipped with
intelligent sensors and actuators for interaction with the physical
world, the control of distributed complex applications becomes
feasible. Also AmSys currently addresses only small scale appli­
cations, fundamental research issues are investigated which are
essential for large scale Cyber Physical Systems like Smart Cities,
Smart Grids or E­mobility.
Competence areas:
• Hardware platforms and robotics
• Control, sensors, actuators, real­time signal processing
• Communication (sensor networks, wireless communication,
navigation, localization)
• Software architectures
• Human­machine interaction, Context awareness
• Reliability, safety and security
Application of ambient systems are currently scientifically investi­
gated in the following areas:
Medicine & Assisted living: application of ambient systems
for emergency recognition with activation of rescue actions
and for elderly people with advanced home automation.
Smart Production: Application of ambient systems in industrial
production environments (www.smartfactory.de).
Assisted training: Application of ambient systems for the training
optimization in various sport disciplines.
AmSys is well embedded in national and international activities
and has cooperation with many international universities and
research institutes. AmSys is also strongly involved the European
Erasmus Mundus Master Programme “European Master in Embed­
ded Computing” which is conducted together with the University
of Trondheim and Southampton (http://mundus.eit.uni­kl.de).
SmartFactory
Contact
Ambient Systems – Technologies and
Applications (AmSys)
Landesforschungsschwerpunkt, Research
Initiative Rhineland Palatinate
Founded: June 2008
Members: 11 professors from the following
Departments: Electrical and Computer
engineering (6), Computer Science (4),
Mechanical and Process Engineering (1),
Institutes of Science Alliance: DFKI and FhG
IESE
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Norbert Wehn
www.amsys­uni­kl.de
Research Areas
• Ambient Systems basic research topics
• Internet of Things
• Cyber Physical Systems
www.amsys­uni­kl.de
Center for Mathematical and
Computational Modelling (CM)2
The research center (CM)2 was founded in June 2008 as part of the
research initiative „Zukunftsinitiative Forschung (ZiF)“ of Rhineland
­Palatinate. It consists of 21 research groups from six different
departments of TU Kaiserslautern (biology, civil engineering,
computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering,
and mathematics) and will thus join essential parts of the whole
university. Further partners with excellent international reputation
are the German Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence DFKI,
the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM, and the
Institute for Composite Materials GmbH IVW, all members of the
Science Alliance. By including them the quantity and quality of
potential research partners is significantly increased.
Nonwoven optimized by mathematical simulation („Virtual product design“)
The main research areas of (CM)2 are the development, applica­
tion and improvement of mathematical models in the engineering
sciences and further areas, their transformation into software via
State­of­the­Art software technology and the development of a
web of mathematical models (in analogy to and building up on
the world wide web). With regard to the focus on applications in
the engineering science, Kaiserslautern has a unique position in
Germany when compared to the other centers of applied math­
ematics such as Berlin or Heidelberg.
In modern science, mathematics is a key technology. It has been
the driving force behind spectacular developments in applica­
tions. Examples can be found in mathematical applications at
stock exchanges, in medicine, in (virtual) material design, testing
and ­production or in the planning of traffic.
The web of mathematical models should allow storing, finding,
executing, and combining of mathematical models. Such a vision
is recognized as an attractive aim internationally. Intel’s 2015
Computing Platform Vision assumes that next generation computers
can communicate via models.
A successful application at the Carl­Zeiss­Foundation allowed the
establishment of an inner ring of junior researchers. The main task
of these researchers is the coordination of the scientific educa­
tion of the junior members of (CM)2. The ring is equipped with a
generous budget which can be spent without control by the senior
members of (CM)2. This will enable the junior researchers to do
independent interdisciplinary research.
(CM) collaborates with excellent international partners. Among
them are the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Göteborg and
Eindhoven, Texas A&M, UC Irvine, UC Davis, Imperial College London,
the Radon Institute in Linz, the Fraunhofer Chalmers Center Göte­
borg, the International Computing Science Institute in Berkeley
and the Center for the Evaluation of Language and Communication
Technologies in Trento.
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Contact
Prof. Dr. Ralf Korn (Chair)
Dept. Mathematics, TU Kaiserslautern &
Fraunhofer ITWM
Phone:
+49 (0)631 / 205­2747
+49 (0)631 / 31600­4658
[email protected]­kl.de
http://cmcm.uni­kl.de
Research Areas
• Industrial mathematics
• Computer algebra
• Computer science
• System on chip applications
• Material testing, structure, and design
• systems biology
• Process engineering
http://cmcm.uni­kl.de
Institute of Biotechnology and
Drug Research (IBWF)
The Institute of Biotechnology and Drug Research was founded
in 1998 as a non­profit institution. The award of the Karl­Heinz
Beckurts Prize for applied research to Prof. Timm Anke in 1996
was an impulse for the foundation of the Institute. Members of
this organization are Professors Heidrun and Timm Anke, PD Dr.
G. Erkel, PD Dr. E. Thines, the University of Kaiserslautern, the
ministry of education, science, youth and culture of the federal
state of Rhineland­Palatinate, the city of Kaiserslautern, BASF AG
and Bayer CropScience. In the beginning of the year 2009 were by
and large 30 employees working at the Institute of Biotechnology
and Drug Research.
The Institute of Biotechnology and Drug Research closes the gap
between academic basic research and the application of research,
thereby focussing on fungal biotechnology. Our extensive and
unique collection of fungal cultures with more then 10,000 strains
represents a cross section of the genetic and metabolic fungal
diversity. Related to the fungal collections is a collection of 5000
extracts and more then 400 pure compounds.
These metabolites, in combination with our own novel molecular
biological test systems for pharmaceutical and agricultural ap­
plications, present excellent opportunities for collaboration with
partners in industry and academia alike. The products also include
enzymes for biotransformations, paper production and other pur­
poses. Our expertise extends to the characterization of molecular
targets of active compounds, as well as the biosynthesis of spe­
cific substances and the genetic characterization of biosynthetic
pathways. The strobilurin­type fungicides are one example of a
successful commercial application of a fungal product; they are
currently in worldwide use and are marketed by the BASF Compa­
ny and others. Natural nematicides are currently being developed
on the basis of the omphalotins.
Our discovery of galiellalactone has provided the first inhibitor of
the interleukin­6­mediated signal transduction pathway. This pa­
thway plays an important role in diverse inflammatory processes
and is thus of substantial pharmacological interest. Our successful
work is reflected by over 400 publications and 20 patents thereby
confirming the leading international position of the Institute of
Biotechnology and Drug Research.
The facilities of the Institute of Biotechnology and Drug Research located in
Building 56 on the University campus
Contact
Institute of Biotechnology and Drug
Research (IBWF)
Erwin­Schrödinger­Str.56
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 31672­0
+49 (0)631 / 31672­15
[email protected]
www.ibwf.de
Research Areas
• application­oriented basic research in the field
of natural products
• natural products from fungi for medical, agricul­
tural and further application
• development of molecular test systems
• studies to mode of action and biosynthetic
pathways
• isolation and characterisation of fungi
• enzymes from fungi
• fungi for environmental biology and pest control
www.ibwf.de
German Research Center for
Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH
The German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, with si­
tes in Kaiserslautern, Saarbrücken, Bremen (with an associated
branch in Osnabrück) and a project office in Berlin, is the largest
AI research company in the world. From basic research to the
realization of state of the art product functions, the DFKI activities
cover the entire innovation cycle. In the international scientific
community, DFKI is recognized as a leading “Center of Excel­
lence” for its expertise in transforming leading edge technology
into commercially relevant applications.
At its headquarter in Kaiserslautern the DFKI employs 111 highly
skilled personnel plus about another 70 student assistants. In 25
years the research laboratories in Kaiserslautern produced 22 pro­
fessors, 20 spin­off companies and estimated 450 highly qualified
jobs. Its constitution as a non­profit public­private­partnership
(PPP) has been positively received and is referred to as an exam­
ple for the future.
In Kaiserslautern research and technology development is car­
ried out in the DFKI Research Labs Augmented Vision, Embedded
Intelligence, Innovative Factory Systems, Intelligent Networks and
Knowledge Management. The DFKI Competence Centers bundle
know­how, skills and technologies in the following areas: Se­
mantic Web, Virtual Office of the Future, Computational Culture,
Human­Centered Visualisation, Case­Based Reasoning. The latest
innovative technologies are tested, evaluated and demonstrated
in the Living Labs SmartFactory Laboratory and Virtual Office Lab­
oratory.
Numerous cooperations illustrate the international recognition of
the DFKI. Among its partners are major players of the IT, Media,
Aviation, Automotive and Chemical Industry, like Airbus, BASF,
Bertelsmann, BMW, Bosch, Canon, Daimler, Deutsche Telekom,
Google, Hitachi, IBM, Intel, John Deere, Microsoft, Motorola,
RICOH, SAP, Siemens or Sony. In addition, the activities of the
DFKI constantly lead to cooperations and scientific exchange with
leading research institutions and universities all over the world.
DFKI is the only German research institute for Computer Science
being a member in the three leading research clusters and co­
founder of Software Campus and Academy Cube.
The DFKI in Kaiserslautern substantially profits from the inter­
action with the University of Kaiserslautern and the numerous
renowned neighboring research institutes. Together they initiated
the Science Alliance Kaiserslautern, an organization to foster sci­
entific exchange in order to utilize joint competencies for basic
research and product and process development across different
disciplines.
The DFKI building with the new extension on Trippstadter Strasse,
the “Science Boulevard” in Kaiserslautern
Contact
German Research Center for Artificial
Intelligence (DFKI) GmbH
Trippstadter Strasse 122
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 20575­0
+49 (0)631 / 20575­5030
uk­[email protected]
www.dfki.de
Contact:
Prof. Dr. Prof. h.c. Andreas Dengel,
Scientific Director and Member of the Board
Research Areas
• Augmented Vision
• Knowledge Management
• Embedded Intelligence
• Innovative Factory Systems
• Intelligent Networks
• Multimedia Analysis & Data Mining
• Virtual Office of the Future
• Case­Based Reasoning
• Semantic Web
www.dfki.de
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental
Software Engineering IESE
Fraunhofer IESE was founded in 1996 as a spin­off from the
University of Kaiserslautern’s Department of Computer Science.
Currently, more than 200 scientists perform research in software
and systems engineering. With an annual budget of more than
14 million €, new competencies are developed in the context of
pre­competitive research and are then transferred into industrial
practice by means of contract research. Funding for pre­compet­
itive research comes from public sources; contract research is
done in cooperation with companies from all domains in which
software is needed either in the product (e.g., for automotive
controls) or for the efficient execution of business processes (e.g.,
financial service providers). IESE is one of 60 institutes of the
Fraunhofer­Gesellschaft, which, as the largest European organiza­
tion for applied research, contributes to Germany’s competitive­
ness both nationally and internationally.
The competencies of Fraunhofer IESE include engineering­style methods
and tools for developing certifiable software with specified quality char­
acteristics according to budget and schedule as well as for the long­term
sustainment of development know­how. Engineering­style approaches in
software development are characterized by a formal mathematical ba­
sis, scalable processes, as well as empirically proven prediction models.
Software architecture models for product families, operational inspection
methods for software, approaches for the integrated modeling of instru­
mented process chains, and project management methods on the basis
of empirically proven prediction models constitute key topics that the
institute’s scientists deal with in theory and practice.
Contract research performed at Fraunhofer IESE focuses on business
areas in the context of “Embedded Systems” as well as “Information
Systems”. In Embedded Systems, the focus is on automotive and trans­
portation systems, automation and plant engineering, as well as medical
devices; in Information Systems, the focus is on support systems for
financial service providers, eGovernment, and health care.
The institute’s research focus areas include Business Goes Mobile, Cyber­
Physical Systems, and Cloud Computing. Another focus area is software
engineering for commercial vehicles. So­called Living Labs exist on Smart
Farming, eHealth, Smart Energy, and ERP/Logistics. A new concept being
realized is the idea of so­called Joint Research & Development Labs, stra­
tegic partnerships between Fraunhofer IESE and SMEs, which will focus on
combining future­oriented research and innovative software development
to ensure competitiveness in the global market.
Fraunhofer IESE is active on a global scale and in many international net­
works. The language used at the institute is English. IESE’s international
projects involve partners in Europe, North and South America, Asia, and
Australia. Scientific contacts exist with leading university and industry
groups worldwide. IESE is the coordinator for the largest network in the
area of empirical software engineering, the International Software Engi­
neering Research Network (ISERN). A sister institute of IESE with a staff
of approx. 25 exists at the University of Maryland, USA. Two Fraunhofer
Project Centers exist in Brazil and Australia. Members of the IESE staff
come from more than 20 countries. In international rankings, Fraunhofer
IESE has held a top position in Europe for many years.
The institute is part of the Science Alliance Kaiserslautern. Fraunhofer
IESE is also a member of the Software­Cluster “Software Innovation for
the Digital Enterprise” of the German Ministry of Education and Research
(BMBF), which is the largest cluster of its kind in Europe; a member of the
Fraunhofer Innovation Center Applied System Modeling and a member of
the Fraunhofer Alliance Embedded Systems.
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE
Contact
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental
Software Engineering IESE
Fraunhofer­Platz 1
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Directors: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Rombach
Prof. Dr. Peter Liggesmeyer
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 6800­6000
+49 (0)631 / 6800­1099
www.iese.fraunhofer.de
Research Areas
• Embedded Systems
• Process Management
• Information Systems
www.iese.fraunhofer.de
Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial
Mathematics ITWM
The core competence of Fraunhofer ITWM is Mathematics as
language to formulate models for technical systems. Since its
foundation in 1995 the ITWM has shown great success in building
mathematical bridges between applied sciences and concrete ap­
plications. Currently, 250 employees are working at the ITWM; the
institute’s budget adds up to 21 Mio Euro in 2012. The institute
belongs to the 60 institutes of the Fraunhofer­Gesellschaft, which
is the largest organization for applied research in Europe, thus
contributing to national and international competitiveness.
Computer simulations have become an indispensable tool for the design
and optimization of products, services, and communication and work­
ing processes. Real models are substituted by virtual models. As a raw
material for the models and a key technology for computer simulations,
mathematics represents the foundation of the bridge towards the world
of simulation, which has been established in almost every field of society
and economy. An increasing number of small and medium­sized enter­
prises use simulation for cost reduction. The Fraunhofer ITWM especially
supports these companies by consulting and computer performance. The
companies are profiting on the market due to the application of simula­
tions as a sign for innovation and quality assurance of their products.
Of course, we are also cooperating with large enterprises, mainly in the
fields of automobile construction, engineering, textile industry, micro­
electronics, banks, and computer industry. We meet complex challenges
in technology, logistics, communication, and finances by the application
of modern mathematical methods and we are also further developing
applied mathematics by innovative ideas, creating practical solutions in
cooperation with industrial partners. Integral components of these solu­
tions are consulting with respect to R&D problems, support with respect
to the application of high performance computer technology, and the
development of especially tailored software solutions. The intention of
the ITWM is not only to build the bridge between the real and the virtual
world, but also to provide a connection between mathematical research
at the universities and the practical application of the results. Close coop­
eration with the Department of Mathematics of the Technical University of
Kaiserslautern therefore is especially important for the ITWM. The ITWM
is one of the leading partners for mathematics in industry.
Internationality at the ITWM has two perspectives: an internal one and
an external one. Apart from numerous informal contacts to partners from
foreign countries, firm cooperation has been established with two foreign
institutes: in September 2002, the Fraunhofer­Chalmers Research Centre
for Industrial Mathematics (FCC) was founded in Gothenburg in Sweden,
representing the Swedish partner institute of the ITWM. Additionally, in
2008 the Fraunhofer­Cambridge Finance Alliance was founded; the partner
of ITWM is the financial mathematics group at University of Cambridge.
The ITWM is also related to the Indian Institute of Technology in Madras
and the Texas A&M University. In each case, both partners profit from
close contact because the cooperation facilitates each institute’s access
to the market of the partner country. The cooperation with respect to
their competences enables the partners to cover a considerably larger
market segment. Fraunhofer ITWM also is member of numerous inter­
national networks especially one of the founding members of ECMI, the
European Consortium for Mathematics in Industry, an organization with
the aim to strengthen the interaction between universities and research
groups in industry and to promote the use of mathematical models in
industry. Internally, internationality is also a very important aspect at the
ITWM: the percentage of scientists from foreign countries is more than
20 %, among PhD­students it is even more than 60 %. One reason is the
close cooperation with the Department of Mathematics of the Technical
University of Kaiserslautern, where many lectures are held in English.
Fraunhofer Center Kaiserslautern, exterior view
Contact
Fraunhofer­Institut für Techno­ und
Wirtschaftsmathematik ITWM
Fraunhofer­Platz 1
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 31600­0
+49 (0)631 / 31600­1099
[email protected]
www.itwm.fraunhofer.de
Research Areas
• Transport Processes
• Flow and Material Simulation
• Image Processing
• System Analysis, Prognosis and Control
• Financial Mathematics
• Optimization
• Mathematical Methods in Dynamics and
Durability
• Competence Center
High Performance Computing
www.itwm.fraunhofer.de
Institute for Surface­ and
Thin Film Analysis IFOS GmbH
The Institute for Surface and Thin Film Analysis IFOS GmbH was
founded in December 1989 as an institution of the Federal State
of Rhineland­Palatinate. Since 1996 it holds also the status of a
scientific institution of the University of Kaiserslautern.
The main areas of activity involve the research and development
in the field of instrumental surface and thin film analysis as well
as the application of surface­sensitive analytical methods and
their transfer into practice.
A three­fold concept pursued by the IFOS, namely basic research,
development of methods and techniques and analytical services
constitutes the institute’s role as a centre of competence for sur­
face and thin film analysis. As a truly comprehensive technology
the latter is applied and advanced successfully with taking into
account the technological and scientific knowledge as well as the
requirements and demands of potential users.
New institute building in the Pre­Uni­Park Kaiserslautern
Contact
Basic and applied research is carried out in collaboration with
the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and other research in­
stitutes. The main focus, apart from the investigation of particle­
solid interaction and the development and the refinement of tech­
niques and methods in modern surface analysis is the application
of surface­sensitive analytical methods in the following fields:
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Solid­state reactions on surfaces and thin films
Plasma and ­beam assisted surface and thin film technologies
Adhesion and corrosion processes
Atomic mechanisms of wear and friction on the surface of
materials and components
IFOS also provides analytical services for industry and other non­
university research institutions. By means of the electron­ and
mass­spectrometric techniques (AES, XPS, EELS, SIMS and SNMS)
available at IFOS, quantitative compositional analysis of surfaces,
interfaces and thin film structures can be performed with a verti­
cal resolution in the sub­µm range and lateral resolution as low
a few 10 nm. Scanning probe microscopes (STM, AFM), electron
microscopes (TEM, REM) and combination techniques like dual
beam focused ion beam instruments (FIB) which are also available
at the IFOS, permit structural characterizations with atomic­scale
resolution. A complete three dimensional quantitative chemical
analysis with high sensitivity and sub­nanometer lateral resolution
can be achieved with the modern Atom probe tomography instru­
ment LEAP HR4000x available in the IFOS since the beginning of
2012.
The IFOS actively cooperates with scientific institutions of other
European countries within the framework of joint R&D projects.
International co­operations of this kind have been carried out
with partners from France, Hungary, Luxemburg, Belgium, Swiss,
Austria, Norway, Sweden and others.
Institute for Surface­ and Thin Film Analysis
IFOS GmbH
Trippstadter Str. 120
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 20573­0
+49 (0)631 / 20573­3003
[email protected]­kl.de | info@ifos­analytik.de
www.ifos.uni­kl.de | www.ifos­analytik.de
Head: Prof. Dr. Michael Kopnarski
Research Areas
• Research and development in the field of
instrumental surface and thin­film analysis
• Service analysis and contract research in the
field of product development, quality control
and failure analysis
www.ifos.uni­kl.de
Research Institute for
Technology and Work (ITA)
ITA is a non­profit association and a research institute of the
University of Kaiserslautern. It was founded in 1995 and employs
currently about 40 junior and senior research assistants. ITA com­
bines basic research with interdisciplinary, application­oriented
concepts for the analysis and design of work and organizations.
Our research results are addressed to Manufacturing Companies,
Service Companies, Non­Profit­Organizations, Healthcare Organi­
zations and Public Administrations. The head of ITA, Professor Dr.
Klaus J. Zink, was also head of the Chair of Industrial Management
and Human Factors at the University of Kaiserslautern, by Sep­
tember 2012. Due to the close relationship between ITA, Univer­
sity and Companies, our work guarantees an intensive exchange
between research, teaching and implementation.
Within our research activities, we are engaged in the reciprocal
relations between human and organisation. It is our aim to capa­
citate companies and organizations to adapt as smoothly as
possible to changes such as globalization or demographic shift.
Exemplary operational challenges are complex customer require­
ments, health beneficial and aging­adapted design of work as well
as the organizational deployment to dynamic business conditions.
Therefore, the ITA aims at (re­)designing organizations in a man­
ner that facilitates a multi­dimensional holistic optimum regarding
social, technical and economical requirements. Therewith we
consequently integrate the strategic stakeholders of the respective
organization. Our application­oriented research fields encompass
participation­oriented organization development, human resource
development, corporate health management, product and service
development, management of corporate networks and sustainable
corporate development as well as evaluation and accompanying
research. For the accomplishment of these tasks a multidiscip­
linary team consisting of economists, engineers and industrial
engineers, social and health scientist, psychologists and computer
scientists work together.
International network and cooperation (examples for partners)
Business Partners: John Deere, Bosch, Festo, Hager­Tehalit,
Westpfalz­Klinikum, Litef, Schuler SMG, Damiler,
Institutional Partners: European Universities Network for Total
Quality Management, Technical Committee (TC) “Human Factors
and Sustainable Development” of the International Ergonomics
Association (IEA), IEA TC “Human Factors in Organizational
Design and Management” (ODAM), IEA TC “Ergonomics Quality
in Design” (EQUID), Multinational Alliance for the Advancement
of Organizational Excellence, Center for Quality and Productivity
Improvement (CQPI), University of Wisconsin/Madison, European
Enterprises for Health.
Approach of the institute
Contact
Research Institute for Technology
and Work (ITA)
Head: Prof. Dr. Klaus J. Zink,
Dr. Martin J. Thul, Dr. Harald Weber
Kurt­Schumacher­Straße 74a
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 20583 ­ 0
+49 (0)631 / 20583 ­ 83
info@ita­kl.de
www.ita­kl.de
Research Areas
• Corporate Development
• Work and Health
• Sustainability
• User­oriented Technology Design
• Methods Development
www.ita­kl.de
Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH
(Institute for Composite Materials)
The Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH (Institute for Compos­
ite Materials) is a non­profit research institution of the state of
Rhineland­Palatinate, Germany, exploring and advancing applica­
tions and potential applications of composite materials based on
polymer matrix systems. Since its formation in 1990 on the cam­
pus of the University of Kaiserslautern the institute has developed
into a worldwide recognized research facility with currently 100
employees, representing 25 nations. The institute’s standing is
also reflected by more than 100 publications per year, many of
them in peer­reviewed magazines. IVW’s professors are lecturing
different aspects of fiber reinforced composite materials at the
University of Kaiserslautern.
Ring winding head
Basic idea regarding the projects at IVW is the consideration of
the value­added chain “from scientific basics to engineered com­
ponents”. Technological drivers for the use of this material class
are currently mechanical engineering and transportation, whereby
aeronautics is regarded as a pacemaker for the application of
carbon fiber composites. The areas of their application, however,
also cover electrical and electronics industries, construction, med­
icine, and sports and recreation equipment.
IVW carries out research on composite materials covering the full
range of their applications. The research projects are supported
by public funding agencies, often on interdisciplinary basis with
partners from universities and industrial companies, or are funded
by industrial partners in bilateral co­operations.
Research activities cover the developmental value added chain
from scientific fundamentals to the manufacturing of prototypes
in an industry­oriented environment.
Key aspects of activities are the Design of Composite Structures,
Process Simulation, Modeling, Simulation, and Testing of Impact
and Crash Behavior, Fatigue and Fatigue Life Analysis, Tailored
Polymers and Compounds, Nanocomposites, Tribology, Smart
Structures, Material Analytics, Compression Molding (Techniques
for GMT/LFT and SMC), Processing of Unidirectional FRPC (Auto­
clave, Filament Winding, and Tape Placement Techniques), Pro­
cessing of Textile Reinforced Thermoplastic FRPC (Semi­finished
Products, Thermoforming and Joining Techniques), and Processing
of Textile Reinforced Thermoset FRPC (Preform Technology, Liquid
Composite Molding (LCM)).
The institute cooperates with more than 70 partners worldwide.
By agreement it is particularly associated with the University of
Sydney, Australia, the Shonan Institute of Technology, Tsujido,
Japan, the Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA, the
Seoul National University, Korea, and the Jiaotong University,
Shanghai, China.
The international character of the institute is also expressed by its
integration into European research projects.
Contact
Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH
(Institute for Composite Materials)
University of Kaiserslautern
Erwin­Schrödinger­Str., Geb. 58
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 2017­0
+49 (0)631 / 2017­199
[email protected]­kl.de
www.ivw.uni­kl.de
Research Areas
• Design and Analysis
• Materials Science
• Manufacturing Science
www.ivw.uni­kl.de
Research Initiative on Membrane
Biology (RIMB)
„Membrane Transport: From Molecular
Principles to Physiological Relevance“
The Research Initiative on Membrane Biology brings together nine
research groups of the faculties of Biology, Chemistry and Physics
which comprise in total about 150 scientific and non­scientific
employees. Research on membrane transport has been a central
focus of the life sciences in Kaiserslautern for many years. The
Research Intiative on Membrane Biology was founded in 2008 to
concentrate the research activities in Kaiserslautern on a timely
and important field. Main goals of the initiative are to foster
collaborations among the different departments on the cam­
pus, to specifically support young investigators, to increase the
visibility of the life sciences in Kaiserslautern and, last but not
least, to improve the conditions for internationally competitive
funding programs.
All research groups of the initiative study different aspects of
the transport of ions, metabolites or proteins across biological
membranes. Membrane proteins are positioned at the interface
of cells and their environment or between cellular compartments
and, hence, represent essential mediators of cargo and informa­
tion transfer. This, in addition to their good accessibility to drugs,
makes membrane proteins the primary targets of the pharmaceuti­
cal industry.
Despite their outstanding relevance for biological and medical re­
search, our knowledge on the structure and function of membrane
transporters is still scarce. The development of strategies to over­
come the technical difficulties associated with the characterization
of hydrophobic proteins is a major challenge of the future both for
basic and for applied life sciences.
Research on membrane proteins is a main focus at the University
of Kaiserslautern. Groups in the departments of Biology, Chemistry
and Physics are headed by internationally recognized scientists
who study various aspects of membrane transport processes in
different biological systems. This focus led (together with the uni­
versity of Homburg) to research programs like the IRTG 1830, the
first DFG­funded international research school with Canada. Sever­
al groups of the research initiative are part of this program which
brings together scientists from Kaiserslautern, Homburg and Ed­
monton (Canada) who work on membrane transport processes in
cooperative projects.
The groups of the research initiative actively interact with many
national and international researchers. At present, collaborations
exist for example with laboratories in the US, Canada, England,
France, Sweden, Israel, Italy, Austria and Switzerland. It is in­
tended to further improve the possibilities for the exchange of
graduate students and post docs in the future. To this end, it is
planned to team up with researchers at the University of Alberta
in Edmonton, Canada, in order to found together an International
Graduate School on Membrane Transport.
The Research Initiative specifically supports young researchers
Contact
Research Initiative on Membrane Biology
(RIMB)
Chair: Prof. Dr. Johannes Herrmann
Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
Erwin Schrödinger­Straße 13
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 205 2406
+49 (0)631 / 205 2492
[email protected]­kl.de
www.uni­kl.de/wcms/rimb.html
Research Areas
• Unravelling of the mechanistic principles of
the transport of molecules across biological
membranes
• Analysis of the physiological relevance of
individual transport processes, e.g. for hearing,
for the generation of cellular energy supplies
or for plant metabolism
• Structural support of young researchers for
their development of independent research
groups
www.uni­kl.de/wcms/rimb.html
Landesforschungsschwerpunkt
Nanostructured Catalysts
Landesforschungsschwerpunkt at the TU Kaiserslautern; estab­
lished in august 2008; twelve groups with about 25 co­workers
who are directly engaged in NanoKat projects; over­all there are
about 100 co­workers employed in the participating groups; per­
formance data for 2008: third­party funds: ca. 5.2 Mio €, number
of scientific publications: 115; core competences: synthesis and
characterization of catalytically active particles, functionalisation
of particles, chemical engineering, application of nanostructured
catalysts in chemistry and bioengineering; all methods and tech­
nical equipment which are necessary for performing the scientific
investigations related to NanoKat are available on the campus of
TU Kaiserslautern.
In NanoKat, novel nanostructured catalysts are synthesized and character­
ized, their catalytic activity and some relevant applications are inves­
tigated. This is done with a spezial focus on the usage of renewable
resources as the substrates for catalytic reactions. To realize this project,
twelve groups from the departments of Chemistry, Engineering and Physics
have joined.
Catalysis allows to perform chemical reactions under mild conditions and
under complete control of selectivity. Thus the undesired formation of
side products can be suppressed. This is of decisive importance for an
economically and ecologically efficient production of chemicals. There­
fore, almost each final product coming from the chemical industry is
made by usage of catalytic transformations.
Heterogeneous catalysis is characterized by the fact that catalyst and the
substrate are separated by a phase interface, e.g. a solid catalyst and
a gas as the substrate. By implementation of nanostructurized hetero­
geneous catalysts, the diffusion pathways of substrates and reaction
products become short. This will reduce the limiting influence of the mass
transport on the overall reaction rate and increase the conversion of the
substrate as compared to classical heterogeneous catalysts. This fact is
of special importance when renewable resources are used as substrates.
Such compounds are generally sensitive to the temperature. Nanostruc­
turized catalysts in turn allow to decrease the reaction temperature. For
the generation of nanostructured catalysts the morphology of the material
and the chemical nature of its surface have to be designed and character­
ized. This is one of the central areas of research which is investigated in
NanoKat. The separation of the catalysts from the products can either be
performed by nano filtration, centrifugation, induced agglomeration or
by means of magnetic separation. This allows the simple re­usage of the
catalysts which often are made out of high price noble metals.
In NanoKat we follow up a complete chain of development starting by
fundamental research and leading to product oriented processes. Based
on the research carried out in NanoKAT two SFB projects could be real­
ized at the University of Kaiserslautern. Furthermore with MAGNENZ, one
of seven national research centers between Universities of Applied Sci­
ences and Universities is founded by the federal ministry of research and
education.
The Landesschwerpunkt NanoKat is included in a network of national
and international collaborations. We have scientific contact to a whole
series of universities and research facilities. Due to the high impact of
application­oriented groups gathered in NanoKat there are also strong
collaborations with the industry.
Transmission electron microscopy image of a mesoporous
nanostructured catalysat
Contact
Landesforschungsschwerpunkt
Nanostrukturierte Katalysatoren
Prof. Dr. W. R. Thiel
TU Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Chemie
[email protected]­kl.de
Phone: +49 (0)631 / 2052752
Prof. Dr. R. Ulber
TU Kaiserslautern, Fachbereich Maschinenbau
und Verfahrenstechnik
[email protected]­kl.de
Phone: +49 (0)631 / 2054043
www.chemie.uni­kl.de/nanokat
Research Areas
• synthesis and characterization of catalytically
active particles
• functionalisation of particles
• chemical engineering
• application of nanostructured catalysts in
chemistry and bioengineering
www.chemie.uni­kl.de/nanokat
Center for Optics and Material
Sciences – OPTIMAS
Optics and material sciences are the two research areas which
are combined under the roof of the state research center OPTIMAS
of the Technische Universität (TU, University) Kaiserslautern.
In addition, optics and material sciences have been pillars of
TU Kaiserslautern from the very beginning. It is the purpose of
OPTIMAS to further advance their excellent reputation across the
borders of the traditional research fields of sciences and engi­
neering. When founded in 2008, OPTIMAS already comprised
15 research groups from the university departments of Physics,
Chemistry and Engineering. In addition, the department “Terahertz
Measurement and Systems” of the Fraunhofer Institut für Physika­
lische Messtechnik (Fraunhofer Institute of Physical Measurement
Techniques), the Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe (IVW, Institute for
Composite Materials), the Photonikzentrum Kaisers­lautern and
the Institut für Oberflächen und Schichtanalytik (IFOS, Institute for
Surface and Thin Film Analysis) are members of OPTIMAS.
For further advancing the research areas optics and material
sciences, the members of OPTIMAS contribute their expertise
in quantum optics, applied optics, magnetism, surface physics,
molecular and material sciences. The guiding theme of research
of OPTIMAS is “light – spin (magnetism) – matter”. The manifold
projects range from basic research all the way to technology­
oriented research and are related to physics, chemistry, biology
and material sciences. At the cross sections of “light – spin –
matter” cutting edge research topics like spintronics, plasmonics,
meta materials, Bose Einstein condensates and optical switches
are pursued.
The guiding theme of research of OPTIMAS “light – spin – matter” is
initially oriented towards basic research, but the areas of optical
technologies, nano sciences and material sciences harbour large
potential for future technology development. Important field of
applied research and transfer of technology are related to magneto
electronics and terhertz spectroscopy. Several OPTIMAS members,
in particular of the associated research institutes and technology
oriented research groups are already collaborating with SMEs and
large companies in the area of instrumentation and devices de­
velopment. The members of OPTIMAS are involved in numerous
scientific networks on the national and international level and
are participating in many high ranking research programs of the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Science Founda­
tion), the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF,
Federal Ministry for Education and Research) and the European
Union (EU).
Laser based experiment for analyzing ultrafast surface phenomena
Contact
Landesforschungszentrum OPTIMAS
Prof. Dr. Martin Aeschlimann (Chair)
Erwin­Schroedinger­Str. 46
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 205 2322
+49 (0)631 / 205 3903
info.optimas@uni­kl.de
http://optimas.uni­kl.de
Focus Areas
• top level research in area of optics and material
sciences
• strenghthening research infratsructure at
TU Kaiserslautern
• transfer of knowledge and technology
• advancement of young researchers
http://optimas.uni­kl.de
RESCUE – Sustainable RESource
conservation in Civil engineering,
Urbanism and Economy
Research focus RESCUE (Sustainable resource conservation in civil
engineering, urbanism and economy) is dealing with issues of
sustainability in civil structures, infrastructure and urbanism. A
special focus is set on the protection of natural, human and eco­
nomic resources. All relevant environmental media like earth, air
and water are topics of research on different scales from material
through structures to regional scale. The relevance of civil and
construction industry on the use of soil and land consumption is
obvious. Also more than one third of world’s CO2­emission is di­
rectly connected to the construction and use of buildings. There is
also a comparable impact on other media and resources. In RESCUE,
scientists of different disciplines work together on the common
aim of improvement of sustainability in construction industry.
The very specific characteristic of RESCUE is interdisciplinarity.
This also discerns this research focus from other activities in this
field of research. Material scientist, engineers, architects, planning
scientists and economists work together in common projects on
this field of research. This approach avoids unilateral view on and
valuation of research.
RESCUE was founded in the year 2008 within the framework
of “Zukunftsinitiative Forschung des Landes Rheinland­Pfalz”.
First interdisciplinary research projects were launched and first
successes in granting projects can be reported. For Information
of researchers and university members a course of lectures was
started in 2009.
RESCUE is represented by its members in several international
organisations like International Urban Planning and Environment
Association (IUPEA) or International Ergonomics Association (IEA).
These representations will be developed and expanded within the
development of this research focus.
Life Cycle in sustainable Resource conserving Construction Industry
Contact
RESCUE – Sustainable Resource Conservation
in Civil Engineering, Urbanism and Economy
Prof. Dr.­Ing. Wolfgang Kurz
Paul­Ehrlich­Straße
Raum 14 / 511
67663 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
+49 (0)631 / 205 2006
[email protected]­kl.de
www.rescue­uni­kl.de
Research Areas
• Minimizing of Use of Resources
• Optimized multifunctional Building Elements
• Design and Construction with new Materials
and Building Elements
• Sustainable Planning and Valuation Systems
for Cities and Regions
• Valuation of nonmonetary Aspects of
Sustainability
• Cycles and Recycling in Delivery­ and Sanitation
Systems
• Sustainable Handling of Human Resources
• Implementation of Sustainability in Building
Companies
www.rescue­uni­kl.de
State Technology Research Unit ZNT
Centre for Commercial Vehicle Technology
During the last decades, the commercial vehicle industry in Rhine­
land­Palatinate has had a large influence on the state’s economic
development. At the same time, the technology used in commer­
cial vehicles today has become very innovative.
In many cases, this technology is more complex and more ex­
pensive than the technology used in the automotive industry.
Besides market­driven challenges, the commercial vehicle industry
sees itself confronted with essential technological challenges. The
Centre for Commercial Vehicle Technology (“Zentrum für Nutzfahr­
zeugtechnologie – ZNT”) forms an interdisciplinary centre for re­
search, technology development, and technology transfer in the
field of commercial vehicle technology.
The Centre for Commercial Vehicle Technology seeks close co­
operation between the services offered by the University of Kai­
serslautern and the commercial vehicle industry with its specific
needs. The basic pillars of the Centre for Commercial Vehicle Tech­
nology (ZNT) are the fields of mechanical and process engineering,
electrical and computer engineering, as well as computer science.
Contact
Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology
Head: Prof. Dr. Karsten Berns
University of Kaiserslautern
P.O. Box 30 49
67653 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 205­2618
+49 (0)631 / 205­3238
[email protected]­kl.de
www.uni­kl.de/znt
Research Areas
• Co­ordination of the research and development
activities at the University of Kaiserslautern
in subjects relevant to the field of commercial
vehicles,
• launch of joint interdisciplinary projects,
• organization of conferences, seminars and
congresses, and
• public relations, particularly concerning the
commercial vehicle industry worldwide.
www.uni­kl.de/znt
Flächen + Immobilien
Sites and real estate
Land and real estate: Large variety
meeting any requirement
You are looking for a building lot or rather some
real estate in the city? You want synergy effects
in a technology park or plenty of room for future
expansions? You are interested mainly in a direct
link to motorways or rather to the rail system? No
matter what your priorities for choosing your future
business location: The range of sites and real estate
in the Kaiserslautern area business location is as
varied as the needs of the businesses settling here.
High­tech density: Impressive.
Closeness to nature: Likewise!
Our industrial zones and business parks present­
ed in detail on the following pages offer not only
attractive lots, but innovative concepts. A good
example is the PRE Technology Park a short dis­
tance from the city’s centre. Former barracks have
been turned into one of the most successful con­
version projects in Germany. The concentration
of high­tech companies in this compact space is
of downright big­city character. But in contrast to
well­known metropolitan areas this region can also
score with short distances and a charming country­
side of great recreational value!
Maximum access – minimum risk
of traffic jams
Reaching your future location is no problem at all
– no matter which direction you come from: The
Kaiserslautern area is situated directly on one of
Europe’s major east­west thoroughfares but at the
same time removed from the large centres with their
painfully high traffic density. The region is linked to
the A6 (Saarbrücken – Mannheim) as well as the A62
(to Luxemburg and Trier) and the A63 (to Mainz).
Regional and international airports are within com­
fortable reach, as is one of the largest ports on the
Rhine. And finally, the Deutsche Bahn maintains an
ICE station here. Of course, the Kaiserslautern area
business location also offers the latest in telecom­
munications: Here you tap into one of the most pow­
erful information highways in Germany...
Numerous renowned companies have already settled in the PRE­Park – the latest arrival in June 2010 being
the John Deere European Technology and Innovation Centre (ETIC) as one of nine research and developments
centres of the company worldwide.
Europahöhe
Business and Service Park
The new Europahöhe business and service park will have a direct
link to the PRE­Park as well as to the KL­East motorway junction. The
“Europahöhe” will extend the concept of the PRE­Park that is nearly
filled to capacity with over 100 companies and almost 1,800 jobs.
Offer:
Lease, buy or build, starting in 2013
Utilisation profile:
Mainly software and service sector as well as low­emission
manufacturing
Europahöhe business and service park
Easy to reach …
… by car
• Situated directly on motorways A6 and A63, with its own
junction (1 min.)
• Distance to city centre (5 min.)
• Bus lines to city centre (10 min.)
… by train
• Kaiserslautern main station, with EC stop for Paris and Frankfurt
(10 min.)
… by plane
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Frankfurt airport (50 min.)
Saarbrücken airport (50 min.)
Zweibrücken airport (40 min.)
Frankfurt­Hahn airport (75 min.)
Development plan of the Europahöhe business and service park
Contact
Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Stadt
und Landkreis Kaiserslautern mbH
Fruchthallstraße 14, 67655 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 37124­0
+49 (0)631 / 37124­1825
[email protected]
www.wfk­kl.de
Technical Data
• Gross building area: 12.7 ha
• Net building area: 7.7 ha
• Coverage ratio: 0.8
• Floor space ratio: 2.4
• Full storeys: 4
• Cubic index: ­­­
www.wfk­kl.de
Sembach Business Park
The Sembach business park was established on the former US
air base. The terrain is owned by the federal government, a valid
development plan exists. The scenic countryside surrounding the
park offers an attractive environment with woods, orchards, and
meadows.
Purchase price:
Building site, fully developed, approx. € 23.00 per square metre
Utilisation profile:
Sembach business park
The business park offers room for industry, commerce, trade and
services.
Easy to reach …
… by car
• Directly on the A63 motorway Kaiserslautern–Mainz
• Directly on L401, with three access roads
… by train
• Container transhipment point 15 km
• Kaiserslautern main station 12 km
• EC train system stop, stop on high­speed line
Paris–Kaiserslautern–Mannheim–Frankfurt
… by plane
• Saarbrücken airport 70 km
• Frankfurt airport 90 km
• Frankfurt­Hahn airport 90 km
The Kaiserslautern Economic Region:
A good place to be
Embedded in the Enkenbach­Alsenborn municipality, the business
park offers a highly diversified environment. You will find every­
thing from a lively city to tranquil nature. The city of Kaiserslautern
is marked by the university and a technically oriented university
of applied sciences. Around 11,000 students and a large number
of high­tech companies shape its social and economic structure.
In the immediate vicinity of Kaiserslautern you have the Palatinate
Forest biosphere reserve with its unique recreational opportunities.
Geographical location of the Sembach business park
Contact
Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Stadt
und Landkreis Kaiserslautern mbH
Fruchthallstraße 14, 67655 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 37124­0
+49 (0)631 / 37124­1825
[email protected]
www.wfk­kl.de
Technical Data
• Gross building area: 226 ha
• Commercial and industrial area: 107 ha
• Special zone: 53 ha
• Ecological compensation area: 66 ha
• Total of free area: 44 ha
www.Gewerbepark­Sembach.de
Industrial park North
Kaiserslautern­Siegelbach
The industrial park was established on former agricultural land.
The location on the north side of town, a short distance from the
KL­West motorway junction, is ideal in terms of accessibility. The
terrain is ready for construction.
Purchase price:
Reference value: € 22.00 per square metre, fully developed.
Utilisation profile:
The industrial park has been developed mainly for manufacturing
and logistics firms.
Industrial park North, Kaiserslautern­Siegelbach
Easy to reach …
… by car
Industriegebiet Nord
(ca. 70 ha)
• Directly on L367 (4­lane motorway)
• 4 km to A6 motorway
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… by train
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Industrial track (planned)
Container transhipment point 7 km
Kaiserslautern main station 8 km
EC system stop, stop on high­speed line
Paris–Kaiserslautern–Mannheim–Frankfurt
… by plane
• Saarbrücken airport 60 km
• Frankfurt airport 100 km
• Frankfurt­Hahn airport 90 km
A lively city, a good place to be
The city of Kaiserslautern offers the complete infrastructure of a big
city. Our technically oriented university and university of applied
sciences with a total of around 19,200 students are the basis
for booming activities in research and development, particularly
in information technology. A higher­than­average portion of our
companies works in the high­tech sector.
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Geographical location of the industrial park North, Kaiserslautern­Siegelbach
Contact
Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Stadt
und Landkreis Kaiserslautern mbH
Fruchthallstraße 14
67655 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 37124­0
+49 (0)631 / 37124­1825
[email protected]
www.wfk­kl.de
Technical Data
• Gross building area: 100 ha
• Net building area: 80 ha
• Remaining available area: 10 ha
• Usage dimensions: Coverage ratio: 0.8, floor
space ratio: 2.4
• Cubic index: 10
• Full storeys: 3
www.wfk­kl.de
Extension of industrial park North
Because of the very strong demand for industrial sites in our
region the city of Kaiserslautern and the community of Roden­
bach have concluded an intercommunal cooperation agreement.
Its objective is the long­term and proactive provision of terrain
for large­scale industrial plants. The industrial park North will be
expanded by a net area of about 30 hectares.
Purchase price:
Reference value: € 30.00 per square metre, fully developed.
Utilisation profile:
Industrial park North, Kaiserslautern­Siegelbach
The industrial park has been developed mainly for manufacturing
and logistics firms.
Easy to reach …
… by car
• Directly on L367 (4­lane motorway)
• 4 km to A6 motorway
… by train
• Kaiserslautern main station 8 km
• EC system stop, stop on high­speed line
Paris–Kaiserslautern–Mannheim–Frankfurt
… by plane
• Saarbrücken airport 60 km
• Frankfurt airport 100 km
• Frankfurt­Hahn airport 90 km
A lively city, a good place to be
The city of Kaiserslautern offers the complete infrastructure of a big
city. Our technically oriented university and university of applied
sciences with a total of around 19,200 students are the basis
for booming activities in research and development, particularly
in information technology. A higher­than­average portion of our
companies works in the high­tech sector.
Geographical location of the industrial park North, Kaiserslautern­Siegelbach
Contact
Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Stadt
und Landkreis Kaiserslautern mbH
Fruchthallstraße 14, 67655 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 37124­0
+49 (0)631 / 37124­1825
[email protected]
www.wfk­kl.de
Technical Data
Kaiserslautern:
• Gross building area: 23 ha
• Net building area: 16 ha
• Usage dimensions: Coverage ratio: 0.8, floor
space ratio: 2.4
• Full storeys: ­­­
• Cubic index: ­­­
Rodenbach
• Gross building area: 12 ha
• Net building area: 10 ha
www.wfk­kl.de
Westrich Industrial Centre
Ramstein­Miesenbach
The existing industrial zone has been expanded to about 90 hectares.
The basic development of the new industrial park, with connection
to the utility system, has been completed. Further development mea­
sures will be tailored to the needs of the firms settling here. The
terrain is owned by the city, a valid development plan exists. High­
speed internet is available.
Purchase price:
Fully developed, between €12.00 and €20.00 per square metre,
depending on degree of levelling.
Westrich Industrial Centre, Ramstein­Miesenbach
Utilisation profile:
The industrial zone has been developed mainly for manufacturing
and logistics firms, service providers, technology and modern media.
Easy to reach …
… by car
• 500 m to motorway A62
• 2 km to the interchange of A6 and A62
• 3 km to A6 (without crossing any town)
… by train
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•
•
•
Connection in Ramstein (Kaiserslautern­Kusel local line)
Kaiserslautern main station 20 km
ICE connection in Kaiserslautern (Mannheim­Paris line)
Direct railway link in the Westrich Industrial Centre
… by plane
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•
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•
•
Zweibrücken airport 30 km
Saarbrücken airport 40 km
Frankfurt­Hahn airport 80 km
Frankfurt airport 110 km
Luxemburg airport 110 km
Within a distance of about 500 m the town of
Ramstein­Miesenbach offers a fully developed
infrastructure, including:
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•
•
•
•
•
AZUR swimming pool
Cultural and convention centre for up to 800 persons
Hotels and restaurants, cafés and bars
Numerous service providers, banks, doctors
Administrative centre
US Air Base Ramstein – Centre of the military community of
50,000 NATO personnel
• 6 ha of newly developed commercial space owned by the city
Geographical location of the Westrich Industrial Centre, Ramstein­Miesenbach
Contact
Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Stadt
und Landkreis Kaiserslautern mbH
Fruchthallstraße 14
67655 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 37124­0
+49 (0)631 / 37124­1825
[email protected]
www.wfk­kl.de
Technical Data
• Gross building area: 93 ha
• Net building area: 69 ha
• Available area: 20 ha
www.ramstein­miesenbach.de
Kaiserslautern PRE­Park
About 3,000 people work in the innovative technology park,
mostly in the ICT sector. The global concern John Deere has
established its European development centre here. The PRE­Park
is considered one of the most successful conversion projects in
Germany.
Offer:
• Lease, buy or build
• Office rents between € 7 and € 10/m2, depending on equipment
• Developed lots between € 120 and € 200/m2, depending on
location
Kaiserslautern PRE­Park
Utilisation profile:
Mainly software and service sector and/or projects rounding out
the mix of living, working and recreation.
Easy to reach …
… by car
• Situated directly on motorways A6 and A63, with its own
junction (1 min.)
• Distance to city centre and university (5 min.)
• Bus lines to city centre (10 min.)
Geographical location of the Kaiserslautern PRE­Park
Contact
… by train
• Kaiserslautern main station, with EC stop for Paris and Frankfurt
(10 min.)
Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Stadt
und Landkreis Kaiserslautern mbH
… by plane
Fruchthallstraße 14, 67655 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
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•
•
•
Frankfurt airport (50 min.)
Saarbrücken airport (50 min.)
Zweibrücken airport (40 min.)
Frankfurt­Hahn airport (75 min.)
Silicon Woods
Over the last few years Kaiserslautern has become one of the
major technology locations in Germany. University, university of
applied sciences, and institutes are home to about 800 research­
ers in the ICT field alone. Internationally operating ICT companies
have their head offices in the Kaiserslautern PRE­Park.
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 37124­0
+49 (0)631 / 37124­1825
[email protected]
www.wfk­kl.de
Technical Data
• Gross building area: 600,000 m2
• Net building area: 300,000 m2
• Still available: 30,000 m2
• Smallest lot: 2,000 m2
• Largest lot: 10,000 m2
• Coverage ratio: 0.8
• Floor space ratio: 2.4
• Full storeys: 4
www.wfk­kl.de
www.pre­park.com
Kaiserslautern PRE­Uni­Park
The PRE­Uni­Park is a technology park where technology trans­
fer plays a major role. World­renowned technology institutes in
the fields of ICT, mathematics, and material science such as the
Fraunhofer Institutes for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE)
and Applied Mathematics (ITWM), the German Institute for Arti­
ficial Intelligence (DFKI), the Institute for Surface and Thin Film
Analysis (IFOS), and the Business and Innovation Center Kaisers­
lautern (BIC) have settled here.
Today more than 1,000 people are working in this area, which is
very close to the University of Kaiserslautern.
Offer:
Kaiserslautern PRE­Uni­Park
• Lease, buy or build
• Office rents between € 6 and € 10/m2, depending on equipment
• Developed lots between € 150 and € 250/m2, depending on
location
Utilisation profile:
Mainly software and service sector and/or projects rounding out
the mix of living and working.
Easy to reach …
… by car
• Located right next to the University of Kaiserslautern
• Distance to city centre (5 min.)
• Bus lines to city centre (10 min.)
… by train
• Kaiserslautern main station, with EC stop for Paris and Frankfurt
(10 min.)
… by plane
•
•
•
•
Frankfurt airport (50 min.)
Saarbrücken airport (50 min.)
Zweibrücken airport (40 min.)
Frankfurt­Hahn airport (75 min.)
Silicon Woods
Over the last few years Kaiserslautern has become one of the ma­
jor technology locations in Germany. The University, the University
of Applied Sciences, and the institutes are home to about 800
researchers in the ICT field alone. Internationally operating ICT
companies have their head offices in the Kaiserslautern PRE­Park
and PRE­Uni­Park.
Geographical location of the Kaiserslautern PRE­Uni­Park
Contact
Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Stadt
und Landkreis Kaiserslautern mbH
Fruchthallstraße 14, 67655 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Phone:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 37124­0
+49 (0)631 / 37124­1825
[email protected]
www.wfk­kl.de
Technical Data
• Gross building area: 100,000 m2
• Net building area: 80,000 m2
• Still available: 4,500 m2
• Coverage ratio: 0.8
• Floor space ratio: 2.4
• Full storeys: 4
www.wfk­kl.de
www.pre­park.com
Fakten
Facts
Kaiserslautern area
business data
Area and population
City
Area (in km2)
Residents
(31 Dec. 2010)
County
140
640
96,497
105,428
689
165
Population density
(residents per km2)
In addition, around 50,000 U.S. Americans live in
the area of Ramstein Air Base.
Insured employees (12/2010)
City
County
Agriculture and
forestry
4
16
741
321
Service sector
2,356
1,206
Total:
3,101
1,543
Producing sector
Gross domestic product (GDP) (2009)
District of the
employment
agency
Business sector
Gross value added to manufacturing
costs by business sectors
(2009; million Euros)
Agriculture and forestry, fishing
City
Per employee (Euros)
County
51,060
54,127
563
Manufacturing sector, energy,
water, mining
23,516
Construction industry
Retail trade (2011)
5,760
Trade
13,329
Transportation and
communication
4,743
Banks, insurance agencies
2,720
Service providers
39,830
Public administration, central,
regional and local administra­
tions, social insurance agencies
13,055
City
Purchasing power
index
County
96
97
Sales index
150
57
Centrality index
156
59
Sales volume million €
741
299
Trade tax factor
Total:
103,558
Active businesses (9/2009)
City
County
4,965
4,407
City
County
410 %
320–352 %
Property tax factor
Kaiserslautern city
Property tax A
(agriculture and forestry)
280 %
Property tax B
(improved and unimproved real estate)
410 %
Kaiserslautern area
business data
Largest commercial employers (5/2012)
Em­
plo­
yees
Employer
Sector
2,800 Adam Opel AG, Werk KL
Automobile
2,254 Westpfalz­Klinikum
Health
1,690 Westpfalz­Werkstätten
Handicapped workshop
713 SWK Stadtwerke KL
580
Keiper, Technisches
Zentrum
Energy, traffic
Automotive supply
580 Nardini­Klinikum
Health
577 Freudenberg
Textile/Nonwovens
560 General Dynamics
Mechanical engineering
450 C.P. Schmidt
Packaging
450 GKN Gelenkwellenwerk
Automotive supply
400 Corning
Automotive supply
400 Haber Textile Dienste
Laundry service
378 Gebr. Pfeiffer SE
Mechanical engineering
350 TÜV Pfalz
Service provider
336 TRW Automotive
Automotive supply
312 Jakob Becker
Waste disposal
300 Globus
Department store
275 F.K. Horn
Construction
270 Spinnerei Lampertsmühle Textile
The city of Kaiserslautern is proud of its commuter bal­
ance: It offers over 19,000 jobs more than needed by
its residents. City and county together have an excess
of 5,000 incoming commuters – most of them from the
surrounding western Palatinate.
Within one year the employment agency’s Kaisers­
lautern district increased by 2,200 employees. The
growth in the service sector and the technology­
related streamlining in the commercial field are
characteristic of the transformations in our work
environment.
Investment incentives
• Regional funding of the community task
(up to 24 %)
• Funding under Goal II of the European
Regional Fund
• State development programs
Tourism (2011)
Guests
260 Wipotec
Scales
Overnight stays
260 HegerGuss/ HegerFerrit
Metal
250 ACO Guss
Metal
Number of hotels
with 9 beds or more
240 Pfaff
Mechanical engineering
236 Rittersbacher
car dealer
220 Möbel Martin
Furniture store
220 Barbarossa Bäckerei
Bakery
211 Torpedo­Garage
car dealer
210 Szaidel Cosmetic GmbH
Chemical
190 GWS Backideen
Bakery
187 Wach­ und Schließges.
security
180 CAS
Software
180 Falk & Ross
textile supplier
180 Fuchs Lubritech
Automotive supply/
Chemical
170 proALPHA Software
Software
154 EuroMaint Rail
railway technology
150 Rettenmeier
woodworking industry
150 Coca­Cola
Soft drinks
Number of beds, incl.
small guesthouses
City
County
91,023
105,217
173,776
310,072
32
63
1,570
3,091
Kaiserslautern area
business data
University and colleges (winter semester 2011/2012)
Students at the Kaiserslautern colleges
The five largest departments
University of Kaiserslautern
Industrial engineering,
social and economic sciences
Mechanical engineering and process engineering
Civil engineering
Biology
Informatics
Others (on-campus programs only)
Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences
Business administration
Applied engineering
Construction
Informatics and microsystems engineering
Applied logistics and polymeric sciences
University total (with distance university & preparatory college)
University of Applied Sciences (with Pirmasens & Zweibrücken campuses)
University (w/o distance university & preparatory college)
University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern campus
University of Applied Sciences Pirmasens campus
University of Applied Sciences Zweibrücken campus
Our two colleges have seen tremendous growth and
are virtual job machines because the rising number
of students goes along with an increased staff. New
course offerings and special assistance for prospective
foreign students have made it possible to keep the
number of students constant in spite of a decreasing
number of persons per age group. The University of
Kaiserslautern is the seat of the second largest cen­
tre for distance studies in Germany after Hagen. The
University of Applied Sciences offers highly specialized
courses of study, some of them unique in Germany.
Students from abroad at University of
Kaiserslautern (2012 summer semester)
Country of origin
Number of
students
China
236
Cameroun
172
Turkey
140
International co­operations of
University of Kaiserslautern
India
136
Luxemburg
116
University of Kaiserslautern maintains co­operations
with over 160 colleges and research institutes. The
major partner countries are the United States with 21,
France and Spain with nine co­operations each and
Brasil, China and Japan with eight co­operations each.
Other
947
Total:
1,747
nternehmen
Unternehmen
Companies
CORNING GmbH
Corning Incorporated is the world leader in specialty glass and
ceramics. Drawing on more than 150 years of materials science
and process engineering knowledge, Corning creates and makes
keystone components that enable high­technology systems for
consumer electronics, mobile emissions control, telecommunications
and life sciences. Our products include glass substrates for LCD
televisions, computer monitors and laptops; ceramic substrates
and filters for mobile emission control systems; optical fiber,
cable, hardware & equipment for telecommunications networks;
optical biosensors for drug discovery; and other advanced optics
and specialty glass solutions for a number of industries including
semiconductor, aerospace, defense, astronomy and metrology.
Corning is a leading supplier of advanced cellular ceramic sub­
strates and diesel particulate filters for the world’s major manu­
facturers of gasoline and diesel engines. The company invented
an economical, high­performance, cellular ceramic substrate in the
early 1970s that is now the standard for catalytic converters world­
wide. In 1978, Corning developed the cellular ceramic particulate
filter to remove soot from diesel emissions. Corning continues to
leverage its expertise in materials, processes and manufacturing
to develop advanced ceramic substrates and diesel particulate
filters that help meet demanding mobile emissions requirements.
Corning Incorporated has approved a capital investment plan to
increase the company’s light­duty filter capacity in Kaiserslautern,
Germany. The $ 44 million investment will be part of Corning’s
previously announced 2010–2011 capital expenditures. This
expansion, which is expected to begin early production in the
second half of 2011, will increase the company’s capacity to
manufacture current and future generations of light­duty diesel
DuraTrap® AT filters.
Tighter emissions regulations continue to drive demand for diesel
emissions control systems. Currently, more than 50 percent of the
passenger cars in Europe are diesel. By 2011, all diesel passenger
cars and light commercial vehicles will be equipped with a filter.
By expanding our light­duty diesel capabilities, we will be better
positioned to meet increased demand from customers in Europe
and around the world. Corning diesel filters are used in emission
control systems to remove particulate matter (soot) from vehicle
exhaust. These wall­flow filters collect soot particles using a cel­
lular ceramic structure with alternating channels open at the inlet
and plugged on the outlet of the filter. Periodically the filter is
regenerated to consume the soot and clean the filter.
Substrates and Diesel Particulate Filters for multiple applications
Corning Celcor® substrates, Corning DuraTrap® filters
Across on­road and non­road­applications
Contact
CORNING GmbH
Carl­Billand­Straße 1
67661 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 352 5101
+49 (0)631 / 9030 5
www.corning.com
Falk&Ross Group Europe
Over the course of the past three decades, Falk&Ross, as market­
ing specialist for stylish promotional textiles, has become Europe’s
leading wholesale specialist! Key success factor is the impressive
wide range collection for business and leisure time, sports and
travel, for men, ladies and kids – including their own SG label
since 2009: The wide Falk&Ross array comprises T­shirts, polo
and sweatshirts, work and sportswear as well as a large selection
of bags and caps. The customers, however, also value just as
much the market leader’s excellent customer service along with
merchandize availability and competitive pricing policy.
Falk&Ross’ success story began in 1981 when both founders of
the company imported T­shirts from the USA and Egypt for resale
to American soldiers in Germany. Even 30 years on, the name giv­
ers’ philosophy is still as valid as it was on the first day. Brand
names, fair pricing, state­of­the­art logistics, customer­oriented
service as well as international market presence – these are the
five principles that made the company what it is today. And these
are the principles which will also help Falk&Ross to continue offer­
ing their customers optimal competitive conditions in the future.
The Falk&Ross headquarters, with its state­of­the­art logistics
center, has been located in the industrial estate of Sembach, close
to Kaiserslautern, since 2006. This is also where the company is
operating with increasing intensity in international markets and
is present all over Europe with seven operating subsidiaries. The
F&R Group Spain SL, for example, has been part of the company
since 2000 and the Spirit Promotional Clothing SA Belgium since
2002. With the entry of numerous East European countries into
the EU in May 2004, the F&R Group Polska has been in the Pol­
ish market right from the start on the very first day. Followed by
formations of subsidiaries in France in 2006, Italy in 2007 and in
Austria in 2008. In 2010, Falk&Ross scored a very special coup
with the acquisition of BTC Activewear Ltd. in Birmingham (UK),
thus instantly getting into one of Europe’s most important markets.
For international strength, the understanding of local markets is
also required– and this, of course, in the local language.
Falk&Ross not only keeps developing its market position but its
selection, performance and service as well. As early as 2004, cus­
tomers were also able to place their orders online. The Webshop
was modernized at the beginning of F&R’s anniversary in 2011
and is now even more user friendly with lots of important infor­
mation concerning the Falk&Ross collection. And of course, this
is where the innovative QR code instantly allows you to view the
current product availability. Hightech has always been a part of
the Falk&Ross customer service: Orders, for example, can be pro­
cessed even more efficiently and delivered faster to the customers
due to the state­of­the­art logistics infrastructure. Even after 30
successful years, Falk&Ross still focuses on one thing: its goal of
continual improvement for their customers in the future…
Contact
Falk&Ross Group Europe GmbH
Ross­Straße 6
67681 Sembach
GERMANY
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)6303 / 800 100
+49 (0)6303 / 800 121
Freecall: 0800 / 351 71 40
Freefax: 0800 / 351 71 71
info@falk­ross.eu
www.falk­ross.eu
Key Activities
• Wholesaler specialist for promotional textiles desig­
ned for easy decoration
• Versatile collection with 40 brand names and 1.270
product lines
• SG – Falk&Ross’ own label for fashion basics
• Market leader with subsidiaries all over Europe
• More than 300 employees in altogether 9 locations
• Headquarters with state­of­the­art fully automated
warehouse in Sembach, Germany
• Large inventory, state­of­the­art logistics, excellent
stock availability
www.falk­ross.eu
Freudenberg Group
One Site – Three Future Markets for Freudenberg
1
Three companies of the Freudenberg Group are located at the Kaisers­
lautern site:
• Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG, Spunlaid Division Europe
2
• Freudenberg Filtration Technologies
• Helix Medical Europe
The success story of the site Kaiserslautern began in 1970 with the corner­
stone ceremony. In 1971 Freudenberg Vliesstoffe started with the
production of spunlaid nonwovens related to a new pioneering techno­
logy which was developed and patented by Freudenberg at that time.
Freudenberg Vliesstoffe is an innovative partner for technically demanding
applications and products. According to the market requirements a broad
product range is manufactured which is characterized by different raw
materials, spinning and binding technologies, fiber deniers, weights and
finishing. On average 1 billion m2 of spunlaid nonwovens are produced
in a year. These spunlaids are sold worldwide and are used, for example,
in the automotive, construction, hygiene­ and carpet industry as well as
in horticulture.
The filter manufacturing plant that is now Freudenberg Filtration Tech­
nologies began life in 2002 as the result of an additional major investment
by the Freudenberg Group. On the Kaiserslautern site, high­quality cabin
air filters are produced for leading automobile manufacturers. These com­
ponents reliably protect vehicle occupants from contaminants (such as
pollen and fine dust) and unwanted odors. The company’s production
portfolio also includes engine air intake filters based on fully synthetic
high­performance filter media, as well as filtration solutions for office
equipment (laser printers and shredders). The product range is complemented
by filtration solutions that make industrial processes more economical,
conserve resources, protect the environment and thus contribute to in­
creasing quality of life.
In 2009 Helix Medical built its European headquarters for the manufacture
of medical components here in Kaiserslautern. Helix Medical is the spe­
cialist for the development and production of precision molded parts and
tubes made out of silicone and thermoplastics. With its broad product
portfolio Helix Medical is the One­Stop­Shop for the medical device,
biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry. Using the latest production
technology at the Kaiserslautern plant Helix Medical meets the industries’
highest quality standards. So HME fulfills the ambitious requirements
of renowned customers, e.g. for applications in dialyzers, catheters and
pacemakers.
Connection of ecology, economy and sustainability
At the site environmental awareness at work is a matter of course for all
Freudenberg companies – likewise the fulfilling of our customers expec­
tations of environmentally­friendly products. The consumption of energy
plays a more important role in the cost factor. Regular energy audits and
projects for efficiently and economically energy consumption and thus for
sustainability and the protection of the environment are very important
to the location. We continuously work on projects which secure the envi­
ronment as well as the economic and competitiveness of each company
on site and at the same time improving the profitability of the site as a
whole.
Company cooperation on the Kaiserslautern site
The reasons for investing in the location Kaiserslautern for the Freudenberg
Group are its hard­working employees, the excellent geographical position
in the heart of Europe and the outstanding support by the government.
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Main products of the Freudenberg companies
(1) Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG, Spunlaid Division Europe,
(2) Freudenberg Filtration Technologies, (3) Helix Medical Europe
Contact
Liebigstraße 2–8, 67661 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG
Spunlaid Division Europe
Michael Ehret
Tel:
+49 (0)631 / 5341 343
michael.ehret@freudenberg­nw.com
www.freudenberg­nw.com
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies
Dr. Matthias Waldenmaier
Tel:
+49 (0)631 / 5341 844
matthias.waldenmaier@freudenberg­filter.com
www.freudenberg­filter.de
Helix Medical Europe
Dr. Mark Ostwald
Tel:
+49 (0)631 / 5341 7504
[email protected]
www.helixmedical.de
Freudenberg Group
The Freudenberg Group is a family­owned group
of companies active on the global stage with a
tradition of more than 160 years. The company
employs some 34,000 associates in 59 countries
around the globe and generated an sale of more
than 5,4 billion euros in 2010.
Insiders Technologies
Insiders Technologies is one of Germany’s most successful IT
companies. For over ten years, Insiders Technologies has been
setting the standard for innovative products and solutions for in­
telligent document processing and business process optimization.
Renowned and globally active companies of various sectors trust
in the market­leading technologies.
The company’s core competence is “understanding content”,
recognizing and comprehending document content of differing
formats – varying from free form documents to structured forms.
While doing so, source and medium – paper, email, fax, office
documents, PDF/A, etc. – are no object. Insiders Technologies
offers standard products with which an entire company’s content
can be captured, organized and managed as needed.
Insiders Technologies has established itself as market and tech­
nologically leading provider in the field of free form processing,
i.e. in document classification and extraction of relevant information
from documents of any format. Furthermore, the comprehensive
range of services for the document entry point offers all product
functionality surrounding intelligent document processing for every
type of document including invoices, orders and general incoming
mail.
Insiders Technologies offers standard interfaces for all current
DMS systems as well as SAP. Especially SAP customers profit from
flexible interfaces when processing many types of documents,
so that all data relevant to following business processes can be
transferred to the SAP system.
As a spin­off from the German Research Center for Artificial
Intelligence (DFKI), Insiders Technologies also currently cooperates
closely with leading universities and research institutes, e.g. the
DFKI or the Fraunhofer Institutes. The resulting transfer of knowledge
leads to diverse and valuable input for the sustainable innovative
strength and technological advantage of the products.
Market­leading, globally active companies of virtually all sectors
trust in Insiders Technologies’ products, as for example Barmenia,
BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte, Continental, DAK, Deich­
mann, EDEKA, GLOBUS SB­Warenhaus, Hella, HUK Coburg, ERGO
Versicherungen, MAN Nutzfahrzeuge, Markant, Münchener Verein,
SportScheck and many more.
Intelligently capturing, organizing and managing content
Contact
Insiders Technologies GmbH
Brüsseler Straße 1
67657 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 303­1700
+49 (0)631 / 303­1711
info@insiders­technologies.de
www.insiders­technologies.de
Key Activities
• Intelligent document processing
• Invoice and order processing
• Email processing
Insiders Technologies
is a spin­off from:
• Innovative products
• Market­leading technologies
• Globally active customers
www.insiders­technologies.de
SKS Welding Systems
With many years of experience, SKS sees itself as one of the most
innovative system partners of the automotive industry. Since the
early 80s, SKS Welding Systems uses groundbreaking technolo­
gies to optimize arc welding processes.
With the steady integration of the latest technology trends,
welding system concepts can be realized that meet the increas­
ing demands of automated manufacturing processes. Besides
manufacturing, sales and service, the Kaiserslautern/Germany­
based and globally operating company offers its customers de­
signing of welding systems, a comprehensive project management
up to the start of production (SOP), and continuous technology
development.
In the industry, the innovative power of SKS with the ability to
forward­looking and customer­oriented development is particu­
larly appreciated. In technological symbiosis with the system part­
ner Leipold SKS develops welding machines, processes and torch
systems that widely extend the capabilities of the automated and
robotic arc welding applications.
The successful concept: the connection of a modular welding ma­
chine with high­performance components and a highly functional
torch series for single wire, dual wire, plasma and TIG welding, for
a wide range of applications.
SKS lays special emphasis on ensuring high process reliability for
the customer. Therefore, SKS provides a comprehensive consult­
ing service. This covers everything, ranging from choosing the
best welding process, up to feasibility studies. For a rapid start of
production weld parameters are determined in an in­house weld­
ing laboratory. Furthermore, a comprehensive training program
ensures a safe operation of SKS equipment at the customer’s site.
Flexible data software solutions complement the systems espe­
cially with weld data documentation in stand­alone operations as
well as network integration. Moreover, SKS welding machines and
torch systems are compatible with all common welding robots of
well­known manufacturers.
What SKS products makes unique is its high reliability and long
service life.
In 2009, SKS has established its own manufacturing next to Kai­
serslautern/Germany, to manufacture quality precision parts. This
guarantees the highest possible availability of the welding equip­
ment. Therefore, SKS is the first choice in the welding industry.
SKS welding machines are used by leading manufacturers in the
automotive industry. As well as the OEMs, well­known tier 1 and
tier 2 suppliers, e.g. manufacturers of exhaust systems, seats,
axles, body construction, use SKS welding equipment.
SKS Weld Package for weld robots: (1) Power Source, (2) Interface,
(3) Weld Process Controller, (4) Wire Feeder, (5) Cable Material,
(6) Mounting Kits, (7) Torch System, (8) Software/IT
SKS torch series for robotic arc welding
Contact
SKS Welding Systems GmbH
Marie­Curie­Straße 14
67661 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel.:
Fax:
+49 (0)6301 7986 ­ 0
+49 (0)6301 7986 ­119
[email protected]­welding.com
www.sks­welding.de
Key activities
Development, manufacturing and sales of
• Welding machines and components for
automated/robotic welding applications
• Torch systems
• Process development for GMAW
(single wire, dual wire), MIG brazing,
PlasmaTIG, MIG­Laser
• Development software/IT
www.sks­welding.com
Ticona GmbH
Firsthand plastic competence
Ticona, a company in the Celanese Corp., is one of the leading
manufacturers of engineering plastics. With Celstran GmbH inte­
grated in the company including its products Celstran ® LFT and
Factor ® LFT; Ticona has become a major manufacturer of long
fiber­reinforced thermoplastics and offers its customers more than
20 years of market and product experience. But Ticona is more
than just a supplier of raw materials. Ticona, as a manufacturer
of plastics, provides its customers with a comprehensive technical
service. In addition to the full­scale consulting in project work
this includes material selection, support in component and mold
design, CAE calculation and optimization of production processes.
Production of long fiber­reinforced thermoplastics in Kaiserslautern
Contact
Success in series
FACT Future Advanced Composites & Technology GmbH has been
part of Ticona since January 2010. FACT was founded in 1998 as
a spin­off of the Kaiserslautern Institute for Composite Materials
(IVW). FACT realized the first automotive series production as ear­
ly as 2000; the first product went into line production in 2003.
Based on these successes, FACT expanded in 2006: A new facility
with considerably greater production capacity was set up in the
Kaiserslautern North industrial park.
Convincing references
As a leading manufacturer of long fiber­reinforced thermoplastics,
Celstran GmbH can look back on many successful projects with
prestigious partners and today provides a broad LFT portfolio.
The Celstran ® LFT and Factor ® LFT product families developed in
the company comprises glass fiber­reinforced polypropylenes and
polyamides as well as numerous special developments. Just one
of the success stories: The instrument panel in the Daimler A class
that ensures safety and comfort is made from Factor ® granulate.
Factor ® LFT was so successful at Daimler that the instrument pa­
nels of many other Mercedes models are made of it. In addition
hood and trunk lid panels, instrument panel supports and bumper
supports are also made of this long fiber­reinforced thermoplastic.
It is also used in other applications such as in consumer products.
Properties of the product lines
The long fiber­reinforced thermoplastic brands Celstran ® LFT and
Factor ® LFT mainly win over customers due to their low weight
while maintaining high performance. They also provide numerous
technical advantages such as excellent impact strength, resilience
and stiffness as well as good temperature stability, low warpa­
ge and ease of processing. Various modifications have produced
special grades of the brand that are especially ductile, have very
high resistance to abrasion or a special self­reinforcement – de­
pending on requirements. Specific addition of mineral fillers also
permits further increasing of the heat distortion temperature.
Ticona GmbH
Informationsservice
Marie­Curie­Str.10
67661 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel:
+49 (0)180 / 584 26 62 * (DE)
*0,14 € / min + local landline rates
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)69 / 30 51 62 99 (EU)
+49 (0)180 / 202 12 02 ** (DE + EU)
**0,06 € / min + local landline rates
[email protected]
www.ticona.com
Key activities
• Largest supplier of long fiber­reinforced
thermoplastics
• Longfiber concentrates
• Continuous fiber­reinforced and
unidirectional tapes
• More than 20 years of market and product
know how
www.ticona.com
WESSAMAT
Eismaschinenfabrik GMBH
Competence in Ice cube and crushed­ice production
WESSAMAT develops, produces and sells ice cube makers,
crushed­ice makers, ice crushers, micro­cube ice makers and flake
ice makers for a variety of fields. WESSAMAT provides tailored
solutions for many requirements extending from the table top
unit with daily output of 22 kg up to the high­capacity ice makers
for producing, filling and packing several tons of ice cubes a day.
We see ourselves as our customers‘ partner. We consider our
service to be the fast, flexible and professional reaction to the
demand­oriented requirements. High performance products, inno­
vative technology and maximum quality and reliability have made
us one of the leading companies in the market in Germany and
Europe. The name WESSAMAT represents expertise in the produc­
tion of machines for ice cubes, crushed ice and flake ice – for
every occasion and to suit the highest demands.
WESSAMAT is today still the only manufacturer of ice cube and
crushed ice makers in Germany. The company‘s success has been
largely determined by the unique ice­making technology (“wave
technology”) patented and developed by WESSAMAT. Particular
emphasis has been placed on technology and model diversity
over the past few years. Innovative products and individual, cus­
tomer­oriented approaches have led to the tapping of new busi­
ness fields beyond traditional markets. An important requirement
for the continuation of the positive company development.
Ice making equipment for an ice output of 20 tons per day consisting of
27 ice making units Z2005W and 3 dispensers D2005
Contact
Besides the conventional ice cube makers especially used in gas­
tronomy and related target groups, WESSAMAT also produces ice
cube makers for integration into fitted kitchens as well as high
performance ice preparation equipment for special market seg­
ments within catering and gastronomy.
WESSAMAT Eismaschinenfabrik GmbH
This ice making concept “Mega­Line” was developed especially
for customers with a very large demand of ice cubes. Depending
on the configuration of the equipment production performances
up to 50 tons each day can be realized.
Tel:
Fax:
New technologies concerning storage, filling and exact weighing
of ice cubes were also developed and set up to amend the qual­
ity of the ice cubes and the running of the ice cube production
system, establishing new standards. Thus WESSAMAT is the sole
producer for Ice preparation equipment using brine as an energy­
efficient and environmentally­friendly cooling medium.
Marie­Curie­Str. 1
67661 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
+49 (0)6301 / 79100
+49 (0)6301 / 791020
perfect­[email protected]
www.wessamat.de
Key Activities
• Ice Cube Makers
• Crushed Ice Makers
• Ice Cube Dispensers
• Micro­Cube­Icemakers
• High Performance Icemakers and Filling
equipment
• Individual ice­concepts for industry, gastronomy
and trading
• Design / project planning for ice factories
www.wessamat.de
WIKON
Kommunikationstechnik GmbH
„Welcome to the cloud“ – WIKON is a world­wide supplier for
individual remote monitoring and control technologies via GSM
and internet.
For more than 20 years, well known energy suppliers and global
acting corporations from various industrial sectors trust in com­
munication products manufactured in Kaiserslautern! Thus, WIKON
is one of the most established companies in the field of communi­
cation technologies and machine­to­machine (M2M).
As a basic technology, WIKON provides GSM modules which can
be tailored individually to the customers application and to his
needs. Additional features and intelligence can also be added on
demand.
Contact
Due to this technology, energy suppliers or industrial companies
are able to collect data of distributed technical installations, ma­
chines as well as gas or water meters, tank fill levels and many
more in a central place where it can be monitored and evaluated.
The core component thereby is the WIKON Datacenter which con­
stantly observes the communication to every unit in the field and
evaluates and processes all incoming messages. All the data is
being individually prepared for the customers and then made
accessible on a password protected internet portal.
For more than 10 years, this Global Datacenter is operated and
maintained by WIKON as software­as­a­service (SAAS). Thus, WIKON
is definitely the most sophisticated company when it comes to
connecting machine communication to the internet cloud.
At present, WIKON is monitoring more than 50.000 devices
in more than 35 countries all around the world. From Chile to
Malaysia, from South Africa to Russia. WIKON is planning a further
extension to global markets where about 50 % of the yearly sales
volume will be generated mediumterm.
For many years, WIKON is involved as a partner in several R&D
projects of German research institutes like the Fraunhofer associa­
tion and thus is concerned with modern software development
strategies as well as with miniaturized hardware solutions.
WIKON Kommunikationstechnik GmbH
Luxemburger Straße 1–3
67657 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 205 777­0
+49 (0)631 / 205 777­99
[email protected]
www.wikon.de
Key Activities
• development of customer­tailored monitoring
solutions
• world­wide monitoring of technical installations
• Datacenter / Cloud computing
• intersystem communication GSM ↔ Internet
• Machine­to­machine
www.wikon.de
Wipotec Wägetechnik GmbH
Wipotec Wägetechnik GmbH is one of the most innovative compa­
nies in Kaiserslautern. Ever since Wipotec was founded in 1988
the company has been growing constantly and quickly. Today,
Wipotec is a technology leader with a staff of 280 and subsidiaries
in Italy and the USA.
The core business of Wipotec is the development, production
and integration of ultra­fast precision Weigh Cells and high­tech
weighing systems for high­speed applications.
Wipotec Weigh Cells are applied in a wide range of industrial
production processes, such as checkweighers, filling, dosing and
price labelling systems as well as the integration in packaging ma­
chines. Furthermore, highly specific solutions, tailored to the needs
of the customers, are implemented for the pharmaceutical industry to
weigh capsules, tablets, syringes and vials.
The Weigh Cells work according to the principle of Electro Magnetic
Force Restoration (EMFR). They are based on the monoblock tech­
nology which makes them extremely precise and fast and enables
them to render accurate weighing results even at highest speeds
and under the most adverse ambient conditions. Vibrations can
be actively compensated for. The product range includes models
which can weigh a mere microgram and others which can deal
with loads from µg up to 120 kg.
Wipotec places special emphasis on the independent develop­
ment of all necessary technologies and core competencies. There­
fore, about 25 percent of the staff work in hardware and software
development. The in­house development and project engineering
departments enable the company to provide all production docu­
ments required within a very short time frame and with a maximum
of flexibility.
The heart of all Weigh Cells, the so­called monoblock, is manu­
factured in the in­house machining centre by means of state­
of­the­art CNC milling machines. However, Wipotec‘s systematic
in­house policy does not end with the mechanical manufacturing,
the printed circuit boards are also manufactured under the same
roof by automatic pick­and­place machines.
These components are put together in the cleanrooms of the
Weigh Cell assembly before they have to undergo an extensive
testing and adjusting process. Finally, the Weigh Cells reach their
application in dynamic checkweighers and in integrable weighing
systems.
OCS Checkweighers GmbH, a fully owned subsidiary company, is
the brand for checkweighers and X­ray scanners. Development
and production of high­performance checkweighers and X­ray
scanners is also located at the site in Kaiserslautern. The broad
product range covers the areas food, pharma, chemistry, cosmetics,
logistics as well as industry. A close­meshed international sales
and service network is provided.
Certified to DIN EN ISO 9001
Contact
Wipotec GmbH
Adam­Hoffmann­Str. 26 · 67657 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 34146­0
+49 (0)631 / 34146­8640
[email protected] · www.wipotec.com
Managing Directors
Theo Düppre, Udo Wagner
Branches and Service Centres
Wipotec GmbH:
National: Kaiserslautern | Germany
International: Italy, USA
OCS Checkweighers GmbH:
National: Schwäbisch Hall, Eltmann, Ulm, Gröbenzell, Mülheim
an der Ruhr, Hildesheim, Dessau
International: France, England, USA, Italy, Spain
Key Activities
Product Range
• Ultra­precise Weigh Cells for industrial applications in the
fields of food, pharma, chemistry, cosmetics, industry and
mail & logistics.
• Weight and volume determination in
high­speed sorting systems
• Metal detectors
• X­ray scanners
• System integration
Service Portfolio
• Custom­made weighing solutions
• Expert advice, planning, project management,
engineering and after sales services
• Hotline for maintenance and service
• Maintenance programme individually tailored to
the needs of the customer
www.wipotec.com
Alpla­Werke Lehner
GmbH & Co. KG Kaiserslautern
The Alpla­Werke Lehner GmbH & Co. KG are a worldwide leading produc­
er in the plastic packaging industry. For more than 30 years the location
in Kaiserslautern has been standing for reliable production and delivery
of various plastic containers for the food­ and cosmetics­industry. Global
presence and world­wide customer liaison and support led to stable
growth.
Alpla­Werke Lehner GmbH & Co. KG are a packaging producer head­
quartered in Hard/Austria. Operations in the branch in Kaiserslautern­
Einsiedlerhof started in 1978. The Alpla­Werke are the main manufacturer
of plastic packing material for laundry detergent, food and cosmetics
world­wide and leading PET­bottle producer. Technology, research and
development as well as production according to international quality
standards guarantee conformance of all criteria for outstanding plastic
packing material and enduring quality.
Since 2005 the branch in Kaiserslautern was continuously optimized in
cooperation with a new plant manager so that enlargement and improve­
ment of the site by dint of a new building was approved. A new factory
building with an affiliated administration building was built and the pro­
duction units as well as the associated work stations were implemented
with the latest machines, equipment and tools to meet the strict require­
ments and quality specifications of the food­industry.
Alongside the production of bottles from PE­ and PP­materials­ depend­
ing on the bottle type, preforms from PET­granulate are produced. 25% of
these preforms are blown into bottles in­house and the others are sent to
diverse plants world­wide to be molded. Well­known business ventures
of the food­industry as well as the cosmetics­ and beverages­industry are
counted among our satisfied customers.
More than 12.000 staff members in 134 production plants on five con­
tinents are employed by Alpla­Werken Lehner GmbH & Co. KG. In Kai­
serslautern the company offers approximately 125 employees a job. To
give a chance to the young, to bring forward professional expertise and
to prepare staff for future executive functions Alpla­Werke offer the pos­
sibility of an acknowledged apprenticeship to dedicated, young people.
Besides best possible customer service and distinguished product quality
the corporate management cares about its employees’ well­being. For
this reason staff meetings and professional development are carried out.
Beyond every­day work life business events in terms of social, cultural
and sportive activities are organized.
In addition to the already mentioned aspects environment protection
and energy­efficient operation methods are important cornerstones of
the corporate policy. Therefore the headquarters as well as the branch in
Kaiserslautern are engaged in the venture “Ökoprofit”. Supported by the
project resources are consciously used and working processes are opti­
mized to fulfill ecological as well as economical responsibilities.
Next to the commitment in terms of efficient energy use the company
uses its best endeavors to add to the social cooperation in the region,
for example participation in the project “Kaiserslautern” of the Malteser
Hilfsdienst. Furthermore well chosen social projects are supported spe­
cifically.
Contact
Headquarters:
Alpla­Werke Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
Mockenstraße 34
6971 Hard
AUSTRIA
www.alpla.com
Branch in KL:
Alpla­Werke Lehner GmbH & Co. KG
Von­Miller­Straße 11
67661 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 53564­0
+49 (0)631 / 53564­17
Key activities
• Ground­breaking, competitive
packaging solutions
• Optimized product development processes
and permanent quality control
» Preforms (blanks for bottle production)
» Bottles blown out of preforms
» Bottles made of raw­material
• Delivery of bottles and preforms to customers
• Global presence
• Flexible supply­chain solutions for
optimum customer supply
Certificates
• DIN EN­certified
• ISO 9001:2008 und
• ISO 14001:2004
www.alpla.com
Opel plant in Kaiserslautern
The Opel location in Kaiserslautern has been in operation since
1966 and today comprises a components plant, together with
engine production and re­conditioning facilities. With a total of
around 2,800 employees, including 150 trainees, Opel Kaisers­
lautern is the largest employer in the Western Palatinate region.
It supplies both Opel and GM assembly plants and also provides
components for other automotive manufacturers.
Opel is on the upswing and outperforming overall market de­
velopment.
Opel Kaiserslautern also benefits from this as the center for com­
ponents manufacturing in the Opel/Vauxhall pan­European pro­
duction organization. More than one third of the body parts of
the new Opel Zafira are made in Kaiserslautern. In June this year,
the plant produced the 750,000th unit of the current 2.0­liter,
four­cylinder turbo diesel engine, which is produced in 16 vari­
ants with outputs of 81 kW/110 hp and 140 kW/190 hp. In order to
meet high demand for the Astra and Insignia, Opel increased the
goal for diesel engine production at Kaiserslautern from 180,000
to 250,000 units a year. “Building engines requires great skill and
precision, so this substantial increase in production is a fantastic
achievement on the part of the Opel team in Kaiserslautern,” says
plant director Anja Kleyboldt.
Opel is currently investing around 100 million euros in Kaisers­
lautern to enable increased engine and component production.
The engine plant has moved from a two to a three­shift opera­
tion and there are also four new press lines producing body
components.
A further highlight at Opel Kaiserslautern is the ultra­modern
welding plant, with 165 state­of­the­art robots working in 15
production cells. Covering 8,000 square meters, the plant pro­
duces assemblies and sub­assemblies for the Opel Insignia, as
well as sheet metal pressings, axles and chassis components on
a large scale.
Plant Kaiserslautern
Contact
Adam Opel AG Plant Kaiserslautern
Opelkreisel 1–9
67653 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 355­0
+49 (0)631 / 355­2800
www.opel.de
Key activities
• production of engines and engine components
• engine re­conditioning
• production of body and chassis components in
sheet steel or aluminum (sheet metal pressings,
axles and chassis components).
www.opel.de
PFAFF Industriesysteme
und Maschinen AG
Excellent product know­how and continuous innovation – that
is what the PFAFF (Industrial) trademark has been known for in
Kaiserslautern since 1862. The new sole shareholder, Joachim
Richter, has led the operational business of the newly founded
PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen AG as its CEO since 16
April 2009. The entrepreneur embraces the location of Germany. A
few weeks after takeover, the company already moved into a new
plant in the industrial area to the north of Kaiserslautern.
A clear concept has lead this traditional company into a successful
future. As an innovation leader, PFAFF Industrial produces exclusive
high­end machines for the apparel, shoe, living and car upholstery
industries as well as for the technical textiles sector. The most
modern sewing and welding solutions with flexible procedure design
are developed and manufactured as customer­oriented solutions
– Made in Germany.
In the sewing range, the product portfolio encompasses high­speed
sewing machines, standard and specialized machines, automatic
stitching units and sewing­mechanization equipment. For more
than 50 years, PFAFF Industrial has been the innovation leader in
welding technology, which is a bonding process without a needle
and thread, and possesses a comprehensive product range for
this bonding technology with hot­air, hot wedge and ultrasound
welding machines. Ultrasound welding, especially, is an effective
alternative to sewing.
The new location also helps to reduce delivery times and to be able
to react to customer requirements at short notice. As an owner­
managed company with an efficient, market­focused production
as well as a customer­oriented and agile service distribution,
PFAFF therefore has good reason to look optimistically towards
the future and to continue writing “sewing history”.
Business activity:
• Ladies’ and men’s wear
• Leather clothing
• Children’s clothing
• Work and protective clothing
• Jeans
• Home textiles
• Underwear
• Home upholstery
• Footwear, small leather goods
• Sport, leisure wear, outdoor
• Filter technology, medical
technology
• Technical textiles
• Automotive
• Shirts and blouses
Contact
PFAFF Industriesysteme und Maschinen AG
Hans­Geiger­Straße 12
67661 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)6301 / 3205­0
+49 (0)6301 / 3205­3171
info@pfaff­industrial.com
www.pfaff­industrial.com
www.pfaff­industrial.com
Institut für Immunologie und Genetik
The Institut für Immunologie und Genetik Kaiserslautern (IIG) interlinks
specialized medical diagnostics and innovative molecular­biological re­
search services. This particular combination of a clinical laboratory and the
cutting­edge technologies for contract research turns the IIG into a most
interesting service partner for hospitals, universities and research insti­
tutes such as medical, pharmaceutical, ecological, plant breeding, forest
sciences and many others.
Deeply rooted in transplantation science, our institute focuses a leading
position in diagnostic sectors such as haemato­oncology, human and
molecular genetics, molecular characterisation of viruses as well as clini­
cal immunology and is therefore indispensable to many kinds of therapy
of heavy and life threatening diseases.
Our members of staff, among them 10 scientists as well as more than 25
assistant medical technicians, features a high professional competence
and partiuclar versatility.
Given this background and providing the best technological and scien­
tifical know­how, the engagement in selected research areas is a logical
consequence:
Using so­called Next­Generation sequencing method, an unprecedented
number of sequences can simultaneously be decoded (sequenced). For
example, these methods allow for a precise characterisation of a patient’s
HI­virus population enabling highest sensitivity to minimize risk of fail­
ure caused by drug resistant minority variants.These technologies are
indispenable for the development of new personalized medicine for the
treatment of AIDS and hepatitis viruses. Among the European Research
Institutes, the Institut für Immunologie und Genetik Kaiserslautern has
gathered a particular reputation in this field.
Innovative research services with tradition
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The continuous genetic decoding of germs and funguses provides our
phamaceutical project partners a basis for the discovery of new active
pharmaceutical compounds and possible medical products.
In the field of plant breeding research, the characterization of genes of
different grape varieties helps to comprehend the mechanism of resis­
tance criteria against mildew as an example. It may also be helpful to
accelerate the targeted plant breeding process without the manipulation
of genes. Thus, a large quantity of plant protection products and pesti­
cides might be saved due to the adoption of more resistant breed species.
Using molecular­biological methods, those genes en­ or disabling plants to
overcome climatic challenges, can be identified and characterized. Taking
into consideration the history of climatic change, genetics turns out to be
an important tool for ecolocical sciences.
Another technologically ambitious and challenging ecological field of ac­
tivity features the evaluation of wildlife stock, based on the genetical
variety of excrement samples. This is of special relevance due to con­
siderable forest damage caused by animals. For the first time ever and
worldwide, consistent data can be collected to determine the population
density of red deer, roe deer and wild boars in woodlands.
The latest sequencing technologies provide a huge amount of data, that
has to be manage, processed and interpretated. Accordingly, the data
require a bio­informatical expertise in­house, which also helps to suc­
cessfully commercialize research activities in the fields of red, green and
white molecular biology.
Institut für Immunologie und Genetik
Pfaffplatz 10
67655 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 31 67 00
+49 (0)631 / 31 67 020
office@immungenetik­kl.de
www.immungenetik­kl.de
Key activities
• Hemato­oncological diagnostics
• Human genetics, Molecular genetics
• Immuno genetics (Transplantation diagnostics)
• Molecular infectious diseases
• Next­generation­sequencing technologies
• Custom molecular services, Contract research
www.immungenetik­kl.de
General Dynamics
European Land Systems­Germany
Today’s company General Dynamics European Land Systems­
Germany GmbH (GDELS­Germany) was, up to its takeover by
General Dynamics Corporation in 2002, known as Eisenwerke
Kaiserslautern GmbH (EWK). The company had originally been
founded as early as in 1864, and since that time GDELS­Germany
has not only been firmly established in Kaiserslautern, but also
acknowledged world­wide as a specialist in the field of welding
assembly of aluminum alloys. At present, GDELS­Germany has
almost 600 highly qualified employees working at sites located in
Kaiserslautern and Sembach.
Together with companies from Austria, Switzerland and Spain,
GDELS­Germany constitutes the group of General Dynamics European
Land Systems (GDELS).
From the early fifties on GDELS­Germany has specialized in the
development, production and marketing of mobile military bridge
systems and, meanwhile, become one of the global leaders in
that field. More than 20 armies world­wide trust in the quality
and reliability of the bridges “Made in Kaiserslautern” which are
based on a synergy of tradition and empiric knowledge as well as
innovative technology.
However, it is not only the flexibly deployable bridge systems
that have enabled GDELS­Germany to make a name for itself, but
it is also by the so­called EAGLE, a light tactical armored mission
vehicle, that the company could distinguish itself in recent years.
The German armed forces and the German federal police have or­
dered more than 500 EAGLE vehicles from GDELS, many of which
have already been delivered, now completing their daily service
in areas of conflict.
Same as for its bridge systems, GDELS­Germany offers complete
logistic support world­wide and mobile repair services for EAGLE,
too.
Based on its international orientation and affiliation with General
Dynamics Corporation, which has more than 90,000 highly quali­
fied employees working in various different facilities world­wide,
GDELS­Germany ranges among the attractive employers of the
region.
Headquarters in Kaiserslautern, Barbarossastraße
Contact
General Dynamics
European Land Systems–Germany GmbH
Barbarossastraße 30
67655 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
Tel:
Fax:
+49 (0)631 / 3616­0
+49 (0)631 / 3616­1300
www.gdels.com
[email protected]
Key Activities
• Development, Production and Marketing of
Mobile Military Bridge Systems
• Courses of Instruction and Training of Operators
and Maintenance Personnel in Germany and
Abroad
• Customer Service & Integrated Logistic Support
www.gdels.com