Medical technology is one of the most important drivers of the Bavarian economy. The state is home to the enterprise and expertise of over 250 innovative, mostly medium-sized firms and their approximately 20,000 highly qualified employees, giving the region a leadership role in medical technology in Germany and in Europe.
Over 60% of Germany's production of electrical medical devices and around 30% of the country's entire output of medical technology products takes place in Bavaria, with an export quota of around 70%. An outstanding location for technology, business and health care institutions, Bavaria also boasts a top-class medical-clinical infrastructure.
As a consequence, Bavaria is ideally placed to go on to develop further innovative, cutting-edge products and consolidate its position of leadership.
Excellent conditions for businesses - the advantages of Bavaria as a location
Qualified workforce for medical technology
Bavaria possesses a strong base of highly qualified workers. The engineering and electrical industries here alone employ around 400,000 engineers, technicians and commercial professionals. Over 50,000 doctors are active in Bavaria in medical research and practice. Occupational training modelled on the world-renowned dual system, which involves the close linking of theory and operational practice, serves as a guarantee of a skilled employee pool.
Top-class medical-clinical infrastructure
Bavaria uniquely combines "hard" location factors, such as a wide range of services in patient care, with "soft" ones: 400 approved acute hospitals, 48,000 doctors, 10,000 dentists, 341 care and rehabilitation establishments, 53 renowned spas and health resorts.
Bavaria invests in its future
As part of its high-tech drive, Bavaria invested approximately 80 million euros between 2000 and 2005 in life sciences (medical, bio- and genetic technology). The Bavarian government is now backing the formation of networks in nineteen promising areas of technology through its cluster initiative with investment amounting to 50 million euros.
Key Technologies in Bavaria – the companies’ database
You are looking for a buiness partner in Bavaria? With "Key Technologies in Bavaria", Bayern International provides detailed information about 20,000 entries of Bavarian companies, institutions in the fields of research, technology transfer and network management as well as technical authorities and associations. This is a free of charge database to help with your research.
Medical technology - cluster regions in Bavaria
The greater areas of the metropolitan regions of Nuremberg and Munich have established themselves as leading centres of expertise. The regions of Regensburg and Würzburg, too, rank as top-class centres for medical technology.
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