Contact
Dr. Jürgen Glaser
Stefan Schröder
Norbert Steinkemper
Lister Straße 15
30163 Hannover
Germany / Niedersachsen
+49 (511) 357 792 – 73 / -74
+49 (511) 357 792 20
glaser(at)niedersachsen-aviation.de
schroeder(at)niedersachsen-aviation.de
Steinkemper(at)niedersachsen-aviation.de
Website
Niedersachsen Aviation
Cluster Description
Facts & Figures
| Number of companies | 250 |
| Number of employees | 30,000 |
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| Other cluster members | Niedersachsen State Chancellery, Niedersachsen State Ministry for Economics, Labour and Transport, Niedersachsen State Ministry for Science and Culture, Niedersachsen Innovation Centre |
Cluster Management
| Organizational form | Initiative, started in October 2008 |
| Financing | Public funding + private-public-partnership |
Main Actors
| Main industry actors | Airbus, Premium Aerotec GmbH, MTU Maintenance, Hannover Airport, Hapag Lloyd Flug / TUIfly, Brötje Automation GmbH, Saertex Stade |
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Cluster Competences and Strategy
Strengths & Competences
- equipment + machinery, avionics
- structural component systems
- materials, i.e. composites
- air traffic management
- maintenance, repair and overhaul
- research + development
- human resources + qualification.
Science & Research
- Research center for CFRP / composite material in stade “CFK-Nord” next to CFK-Campus Nord (EADS, Airbus, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Fraunhofer Gesellschaft, CFK-Valley Stade, Dow Chemicals Germany)
- Research Airport Braunschweig: center of competence in traffic safety and traffic management (+30 companies and institutions, i.e.: Aerodata AG, German Aerospace Center, Braunschweig Airport, GZVB, Luftfahrt-Bundesamt, Siemens IT Solutions and Services, TÜV NORD Akademie, DEKRA Akademie, VW Volkswagen Air Services, TU Braunschweig)
- C²A²S²E - Center for Computer Applications in AeroSpace Science and Engineering (German Aerospace Center).
International Collaboration
In progress.
Main Challenges
- secure the economic future of the aeronautics industry in Niedersachsen and Northern Germany
- develop new market access for Niedersachsens aeronautic industry
- spread of technology used in the aeronautic industry into the whole mobility business.