A³ – INNOVATION next door to Munich

Mechatronics, Environmental Technology, IT and Telecommunication are key technologies for the future. A³ is a site with many associated branches, innovative companies and world market leaders, and offers an outstanding environment for high-tech product and process development as well as innovative services.

A³ Mechatronics

A³ is a classical production site. World market leaders and global players like MAN AG, EADS or KUKA produce technologically demanding products like printing systems, large diesel engines, industrial robots or components for the Airbus A380 and the Ariane carrier rocket. A³ is a leader in drive technology, automation, mechanical engineering, plant engineering as well as efficient production systems and with that it is an acknowledged competency centre for mechatronics in Bavaria and in Germany.

 mechatronics in A³ 

A³ Environmental technology in A³

A³ is site No. 1 in Bavaria in the largest growth market in the world, and enjoys federal acknowledgement as environmental competency centre. The broad spectrum of companies like Arvin Meritor, MDE "Dezentrale Energiesysteme", UPM or AVA, the most modern waste disposal plant in Europe, spans from automobile catalyst technology through environmental plants to large industry recycling and energy plants. The closely-knit R&D network accentuates integrated, efficiency-oriented technologies in the fields of waste disposal, recycling, energy, material management, production management and environmental management.

 environmental technologies in A³

A³ Information and Communication Technologies

Besides Munich, A³ is the high-tech centre for Information and Communication in Bavaria and takes advantage of its proximity to Munich and the huge potential of customers. Internationally oriented large corporations like Fujitsu Siemens Computers with its PC and Notebook production, NCR, SBS Technologies or Böwe Systec have just as strong an influence on the branch as an innovation network of flexible SME's, start-ups and university research groups with focal points like embedded software, multimedia and mobile.

ICT in A³

A³ Network & Technology transfer

Impulses for company research, development and innovation are generated in A³ in the application centres and transfer institutions of universities, along the three fields of competency, especially in fields like production technology, drive technology, material or environmental research. Specialised technology and founder centres drive innovation dynamics additionally in A³. Sector networks stimulate the innovation and cooperation potential in the economic area.

 technology transfer in A³