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We spoke to Sandi Schaible, Executive Director of Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology, and Thomas Halbritter, Director of Chemistry Operations at WuXi AppTec about the start in Bavaria and the further plans for the new site.

The world’s leading Japanese machine tool manufacturer – DMG MORI – is in the process of setting up its new European headquarters in Munich. DMG MORI’s new European headquarters will initially be located, on a temporary basis, in “Parkstadt Schwabing”, and is due to expand its new premises near the city’s Olympic Park in the “Go Four It” business quarter, with a floor area spanning 10,000 m² by the year 2026. A spectacular showroom complete with a technology centre for customers, partners and up-and-coming talent is to be created there. By taking this step, DMG MORI is reaffirming its commitment to Bavaria as a business location. Roughly a third of the Group’s 13,000 employees worldwide work in Germany.

Watch the video interview with Ms Irene Bader, Member of the Board DMG MORI Company Limited and Ms Susanne Schierok, Representative of the Free State of Bavaria in Japan, to see what further plans DMG MORI is pursuing at the new location in Bavaria.

In July 2024, an exclusive Bavarian-Chinese business dialogue took place in Munich for the second time. Hubert Aiwanger – Minister of State for Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy – met with 25 CEOs from Chinese companies based in Bavaria, at the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs. The CEOs offered key insight into current developments, challenges and their plans for the future of their companies in Bavaria. We asked Minister of State Aiwanger and some CEOs about their thoughts on the Business Dialogue.

The event provided great networking opportunities, bringing together public authorities, high-tech startups, innovative corporates, and investment representatives.

The COO of the Proteintech Group (USA) - Mr Jeff Lee - explains in the video statement why the US company decided to expand in Munich, what plans are being pursued at the new company location and why Bavaria also offers ideal conditions for the perfect work-life balance.

Watch the video to find out why Nano Dimension has opened its European headquarters in Bavaria and how the company benefits from the strong cluster and research network in the federal state in southern Germany. Valentin Storz, former General Manager EMEA answers the questions of our colleague Andreas Fischer and shows us the modern offices and laboratories at the new location in Munich. 

After a break due to the pandemic, Bits & Pretzels – one of Europe's leading start-up festivals – finally took place again in Munich in 2022. France was represented as the first guest country including the La French Tech Munich stage and we from Invest in Bavaria were pleased to welcome a French delegation to Bavaria. ? ?? We were able to talk to some of the people involved, including Felix Haas | Bits & Pretzels, IDnow, 10x Founders Carsten Rudolph | BayStartUP Gregor Voigt | Witco Bekale Jean-Cedric & Jack-Hermann NTOKO | TradeIn Dr. Robert Richard Richter | WERK1 – the most startup-friendly place in Munich Pauline Gauthier & Céline FEVRIER | Business France (Export) Klaus Dittrich | Messe München Katinka Uppendahl | Invest in Bavaria

Nobutaka MAEKAWA, Consul General of Japan in Munich, Germany, talks in detail about Bavaria as an ideal business location for Japanese companies.

Panel discussion at the IAA Mobility 2021 on Marienplatz in Munich. How cross-industry innovation is shaping a unique ecosystem for reinventing mobility?

As part of Bits & Pretzels 2020, Invest in Bavaria organized the Bavaria Panel "Bavarians Breaking Boundaries" in cooperation with BayStartUP and Gründerland Bayern. In addition to pitches by innovative start-ups, there were panel discussions.  We asked the international start-ups why they chose Bavaria as their location in Germany / Europe. 

The global Japanese Sunstar Group is now conducting its European business in the automotive and chemicals sectors from Northern Swabia, where the company has set up a production and development site. Invest in Bavaria supported the important settlement from the beginning – investment volume: 20 million euros.

This year’s edition of the Maifest of the Bavarian U.S. Offices in San Francisco took place on May 10 at the Quadrus Conference Center in Menlo Park, CA. It was focused on the “Future of Manufacturing” and was geared towards experts, companies, and strategic investors active in the Industry 4.0, and advanced manufacturing space. Its goal was to initiate collaborations between German and Bavarian multinational corporations and SMEs as well as US American growth- and early-stage start-ups.

From its home in Würzburg, Bavaria, the start-up EmQopter developed the first approvable unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in Germany for fully autonomous flights beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS). The technology opens up two great opportunities. Firstly, EmQopter drones are ideal for industrial use and could even replace cars as tomorrow's mobility solution of choice. And secondly, they can perform key functions for research and development at universities.  The latter is particularly important to the company's founders. Without Bavaria's R&D infrastructure, they could never have established their business. The idea for EmQopter was born many years ago when Nils Gageik and Paul Benz wrote their doctorates in the only academic department for Aerial Computer Science in Germany – at the Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg. 

A washbasin made of sand? Sounds like a crazy idea – at first. But the start-up Sandhelden thought different and proved the opposite. Its additive manufacturing techniques permit totally new designs and options for material procurement. The company has great plans for the future. Not only for the sanitary market. Using 3D printing and an array of recycled materials, Sandhelden wants to expand into building furniture and even entire home environments. 

Don’t believe everything about Bavaria. Just believe the facts. Discover why its true beauty lies beyond its mountains, beer and brass music and join the Bavarian start-up ecosystem.

Impressions from the Bits & Pretzels Conference 2018 in Munich.Including: Personal insights from Javier Echarri, Olga Barreto Gonçalves & Terell Sterling.

The Year of the Rooster is a business conference around the topics of innovation and digitalisation. Each year the conference is named after the current Chinese zodiac, which is the rooster in 2017. Invest in Bavaria partnered the event and talked to some of the attendees, including Marek Cynowski from SentiOne.

Welcome to Bavaria. Germany’s largest Bundesland is a region characterised by a series of contrasts. It is both an industrial powerhouse and a land of stunning natural beauty. It is international and welcoming to outsiders and yet also has a strong sense of its own identity. And it is a seat of tradition and history but simultaneously a dynamic 21st-century centre for innovation.

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